Attending:
Timeline:
9am: Leave LRC parking lot
11am: Arrive, each lunch (it’s not provided at site visit)
12noon – Visit begins. This is their district’s monthly open visit day – there will be other districts in attendance
3pm: Visit concludes, start return trip home
5:15pm/5:30pm: expected return
Overview: Council Bluffs is one of three Google pilot locations for the Chromebook. They currently have 4,300 devices deployed to all 9th thru 12th grade students, and during 2013 plans are to expand down to 6th grade. By 2014, plans are to have a Chromebook in the hands of all 3rd thru 12th graders.
Links:
Why Schools are turning to Google Chromebooks
Why Three Districts choose Chromebooks over tablets
Google’s official video about Chromebooks in Council Bluffs
Site Visit video of Council Bluff’s deployment of Chromebooks
Attending:
Timeline……..
7:50am: Leave from LRC parking lot
10am: Arrive at Middle School, talk with their team who lead the initiative. Also tour the middle school building as well as talk with some teachers.
11 / 11:15am: Visit their high school, talk with building leaders and teachers about the implementation at the high school.
12 noon: Visit is finished, time for lunch (several of their key staff may join us to allow for follow up discussion)
1/1:15pm: Start trip back home
3:15/3:30pm: Estimated return
Return: 3:30pm to LRC
Overview: Their middle school (5th-8th) was destroyed in a flood in 2008. As they were rebuilding the school, they made the decision to move to 1:1 ipads, which were deployed to all 5th -8th in the fall of 2011. Fall of 2012, they then expanded to high school, meaning that they are currently deployed to all 5th grade thru 12th grade.
Links:
Waverly-Shell Rock kids take education in hand
Middle Schools enhance learning with iPads in classroom
Notes from our district’s previous visit to Waverly-Shell Rock
Attending:
Timeline:
9:00 am Leave LRC parking lot
9:30am: Visit starts at Johnston High School. Since Johnston just launched their project within the last month, the focus won’t be as much on classroom visits – but instead on why they decided to do 1:1
12 noon: Visit ends, return to LRC at or around: 12:30pm
Overview: They launched 1:1 iPads with 10th thru 12th graders at the high school during Jan 2013.
Links:
Johnston School Board OKs concept of iPad for every high school student
1:1 digital learning @ Johnston High School
iPads arrive at Johnston High Schools
Attending:
Timeline:
8:30am leave from LRC parking lot
10:45 arrive in Cedar Rapids, eat lunch prior to visit
11:45 Visit begins: We are meeting with the district’s digital literacy team that is directly responsible for the planning and roll out of the project.
12:15 Visit 9th grade, talk with teachers/administrators
1:00 Visit High School
1:45/2:00pm start return trip home
4:00pm estimated return time to the LRC
Overview: August of 2012, they deployed 11″ Mac Airbooks to all 9th thru 12th grade students
Links:
Digital Literacy at Prairie High School
Attending:
Timeline:
6:30am leave from LRC parking lot
9:00am: Arrive at Bettendorf High School. Visit features conversations with the leadership about why/how they approved their project.
12:00 noon: Visit concludes. Head for lunch.
1::00pm: Start return trip home
3:30pm: estimate return time
Overview: Deployed iPads to all 9th and 10th graders during fall of 2012. Plan to deploy to each incoming 9th grade class in the future, and over time will be fully deployed to all high school students.
Links:
Bettendorf district lays out technology plans
Bettendorf students ‘excited’ to get iPads for school work
PD Plan related to iPad deployment
Bettendorf iPad Teacher Resources
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Reminder: April 4th is the Iowa 1:1 Conference at the Iowa Event Center. So far, the following individuals are registered…
1. Andi Lipman
2. Liz Brennan
3. Ross Bower
4. Bret Miller
5. Carrie Jacobs
6. Natalie French
7. Jessica Novelli
8. Brooke Dey
9. Scott Brown
10. Adam Ponsor
11. Bob Davis
12 Kerry Ketcham
13. David Feingold
14. Julia McGuire
15. Jana Edwards
16. Kevin Neal
17. Karl Goldsmith
18. Brian Abeling
19. Jackie Neuberger
20 Kathy Talbot
21. Kelsey Hudson
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