Why we're doing it...
The purpose of the initiative is to improve student interest and
engagement and promote collaborative, student-directed learning.
We want to make it easy for students
to access information, take and organize notes and view and
listen to multimedia content during class.
In addition, we want students to
be able to to go online to contribute to discussions, complete
tests and quizzes and to access and turn in class materials.
Looking at key questions
-Finding
balance in a technology-rich
classroom; when & how much to use it
-Things that work really
well with the laptops
-Classroom
activities
that students have liked
-Examples of student-directed
learning
-Lessons learned 06-07
Survey results
-Student survey
results all classes
(Oct. 26, 2006, 2 months in)
-Students
survey, AP Lit 3rd period, Suzie Thetard (administered Sep.
5, 2006, 3 weeks into the initiative).
-Student survey, Accelerated
Chemistry, 6th
period, Janeice Ives (Aug. 30, 2006, two weeks in)
-Faculty end-of-year
survey
-Parent survey summary
May 07
Readings
-Study shows
writing gains in Maine Laptop program (Feb. 08)
-Pennsylvania high schools say
laptop program is working
-Westside High School laptop
success
over 4 years (Omaha) (Feb 08)
-The
New Face of Learning: what happens to time-worn concepts of
classrooms and teaching when we can now go online and learn
anything, anywhere, anytime? |
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How-to...
...use
the laptop classrooms
...connect tablet &
wireless projector
Tools to use with your classes
Blackboard
del.icio.us:
mobile favorites
Wikis
Podcasting
-Audacity
-Lame encoder
-Sound
effects
-Directions
Downloads
Microsoft
powertoys for tablets
Microsoft
education pack
Resource Websites
General Purpose
The futures channel:
lots of videos linking education to the real world
Learner.org: Educational videos
Wikibooks:
free textbooks online
The Library of Congress:
videos, more
Teacher's Domain:
resources, videos
ETIP: setting up
collaborative projects
Thinkfinity: resources,
lesson plans
Social Science
C-Span Classroom:
videos
Digital History:
videos, documents
The National Archives:
primary sources
Community
Cartography: maps
Math/Science
NASA:
video, images
Aquatic Field
Data
Mapping by
Satellite: GPS technology
Amusement Park
Physics:
motion |
