A Tale of
Two Districts
What Went Wrong, What Went Right,
and Why We Should Care
Henrico County, VA
Los Angeles, CA
iPads for Everyone
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https://www.macworld.com/article/2042428/apple-will-roll-out-ipads-to-los-angeles-public-school-students-this-fall.html
https://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-me-deasy-ipads-20140826-story.html
iBooks for Everyone
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https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2001/05/01Apple-to-Supply-23-000-iBooks-to-Henrico-County-Public-Schools/
https://www.richmond.com/news/henrico-schools-to-pursue-tablets/article_c5f705bf-d588-5d30-b86e-f841523ce0d0.html
https://www.richmond.com/news/local/chesterfield/chesterfield-schools-prepare-to-deploy-chromebooks/article_395008a8-b6f6-50fd-ad4d-66e022d68807.html
Partial rollout in first year
Partial rollout in first year
Partnership with Apple
Partial rollout in first year
Partnership with Apple
Equal technology access for all
Partial rollout in first year
Partnership with Apple
Equal technology access for all
Wireless access difficulties
Blocking inappropriate content
“Anytime you control things from the top, you get compliance, where people just go through the motions. We wanted to say: ‘Here’s the model. Come up with your version of it and go test it.’”
--Supt. Cary Matsuoka
https://www.wired.com/2015/05/los-angeles-edtech/
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2014-01-07-what-makes-milpitas-a-model-for-innovation
Darling-Hammond, L., Chung Wei, R., Andree, A., & Richardson, N. (2009). Professional learning in the learning profession: A status report on teacher development in the United States and abroad. Oxford, OH: National Staff Development Council.
Darling-Hammond, L., Chung Wei, R., Andree, A., & Richardson, N. (2009). Professional learning in the learning profession: A status report on teacher development in the United States and abroad. Oxford, OH: National Staff Development Council.
Darling-Hammond, L., Chung Wei, R., Andree, A., & Richardson, N. (2009). Professional learning in the learning profession: A status report on teacher development in the United States and abroad. Oxford, OH: National Staff Development Council.
Darling-Hammond, L., Chung Wei, R., Andree, A., & Richardson, N. (2009). Professional learning in the learning profession: A status report on teacher development in the United States and abroad. Oxford, OH: National Staff Development Council.
TNTP. (2015). The mirage: Confronting the hard truth about our quest for teacher development. Retrieved from http://tntp.org/publications/view/evaluation-and-development/the-mirage-confronting-the-truth-about-our-quest-for-teacher-development
5 Principles of Effective Professional Development
Gulamhussein, A. (2013). Teaching the teachers: Effective professional development in an era of high stakes accountability. Center for Public Education. Retrieved from http://www.centerforpubliceducation.org/system/files/2013-176_ProfessionalDevelopment.pdf
5 Principles of Effective Professional Development
Ongoing and of significant duration
Includes support during implementation
Active learning
Modeling
Content-specific
Gulamhussein, A. (2013). Teaching the teachers: Effective professional development in an era of high stakes accountability. Center for Public Education. Retrieved from http://www.centerforpubliceducation.org/system/files/2013-176_ProfessionalDevelopment.pdf
bryaneharris.blogspot.com
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