1	Daviess County Public Schools- a tradition of excellence
2	"eLearning is a project that..." eLearning is a project that will provide a laptop for every high school student by the 2008-2009 school year
3	"Tom Shelton" Tom Shelton, Superintendent Steve Burton, Computer Operations Manager Leesa Moman, Assistant Supt. Of Teaching and Learning Susan Smith, District Technology Coordinator
4	About Us Located in northwestern KY County population of 94,000 Student population of 11,000 39% Free or reduced lunch 1600 employees
5	DCPS Infrastructure 20 schools 4930 networked computers 18 schools out of 20 are connected via switched 100 mb fiber WAN all schools are blanketed by 802.11b 3 T1’s out of district to state provided Internet
6	History of Academic Excellence CTBS norm referenced tests Above the national average in: Every subject At every grade level In every school
7	State Standing 2003 1^st in state at elementary level 2^nd in state at high school level 4^th in state at middle school level
8	National Standing
9	Our goal is to improve HS achievement Our high school results were not improving
10	And bring them in line with the rest of the district
11	eLearning – a strategy to increase student engagement eLearning is a plan to give every high school student a laptop by 2008
12	Laptops Tested In the 2003-2004 school year a pilot project with laptops from Dell, IBM, Apple and HP was conducted
13	Instructional Tools provided Microsoft Office Suite for productivity Student e-mail and Moodle for paperless assignments Internet subscription services to maximize the Internet: SASinSchool, KY Virtual Library, Nettrekker, eGuidance Center, Atomic Learning, United Streaming Web page creation Movie creation
14	Timeline Continued
15	What we evaluated Assessed: rate-of-repair wireless connectivity battery life ease of use affect on student engagement student achievement
16	Phase 1
17	Phase 2 All high school teachers received : wireless laptop computer projector in their classroom 18 hours of technology training
18	"All high school Freshmen received..." All high school Freshmen received an IBM Thinkpad for their use 24-7
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20	Support 3 Tiers Student Help Desk (1 school) 404 Walk-ins 177 Calls 31 Emails On Site Technician (both schools) 315 work orders for eLearning alone District Level Technical Support Addresses most warranty issues
21	Software Issues Spyware – Huge problem Teach users not to visit Restoring base system 45 machines were re-imaged strictly to repair damaged software and operating system caused by spyware and viruses.
22	Hardware Failures
23	Project-wide percentages
24	Repeat Offenders 27 Students have had 2 or more hardware issues 19 have had 2 problems 4 have had 3 problems 4 have had 4 or more problems
25	Accidental Damage Coverage Cost for coverage for 4 years - $47,788/yr Estimated District Labor Cost through Dec. 31, 2005 - $3,200 Estimated covered non-warranty damage cost through Jan 4, 2006 - $55,000 Estimated savings to the district - $4,012 Payback time on coverage cost – less than 5 months
26	The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Good Wireless Infrastructure 802.11b with overlapping coverage. 100meg to all servers and buildings. IBM Access Connections. Bad Internet Bandwidth – More is better and there’s no such thing as enough. Ugly Internet Filter – Constant battle to stay ahead of the students.
27	eLearning Field Observations Conducted each month at the high schools Document the type of technology used by teacher and student Identify the engagement level of students
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29	"Ask students these questions" Ask students these questions: 1. What are you learning today? 2. Why do you need to know this information? 3. Are you using technology to help you learn? 4. How are you using technology to help you learn?
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31	Examples of technology being used: Graphing calculators Active Board, InterWriter Digital cameras Classroom Performance System Projectors Power Points Microscopes Video equipment
32	Training Daviess Instructional Technology Academy Moodle training Parent trainings Student orientations KET Encyclomedia (United Streaming) eTeam training Student Help Desk
33	Making a difference KET Encyclomedia Used by all high school teachers: Example Math –GraphCalc, Geometer’s SketchPad Foreign Languages- GREAT Textbook Resources and Interactive Conversations Career Options and Guidance Language Arts- Writing, Webquests and Movies Social Studies – Terrific Internet Sites Science - Subscription Internet Sites, Homework for students Arts and Humanities- Art Museums, Music Resources Ag, Tech Ed, PE Online Resources Making Movies motivate Unmotivated students
34	"1800 more laptops" 1800 more laptops More technical staff More teacher training More teacher support More bandwidth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
35	To Learn More Visit Http://www.dcps.org/technology/elearning