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10 Years of 1:1

Lessons Learned

What I wish I knew 10 years ago!

Tami Brass

Director of Instructional Technology

St. Paul Academy and Summit School

tbrass@spa.edu @brasst on Twitter

tamilu.brass@gmail.com

http://goo.gl/Z55HD

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Device selection

What are your instructional goals?

What integration is already in place?

What tools can't you live without?

What can you live without?

How much training/PD is realistic?

How much local storage is needed?

Which hardware?

For students
For teachers

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Why we didn't choose...

Traditional PCs

Macbooks

iPads

Chromebook

Had them - wanted touch/inking capability for math and science

Program started by tech department (anti-Apple, $/device, warranty needs)

Concerns about writing/research

Curriculum in place couldn't be used on iPad without significant losses

Durability/life-span/warranty

Need for applications not currently available online

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Ownership Models

School-owned
School-leased
Tech fee to cover lease
Family-owned

BYOD - open vs spec-based
BYOC - computers only

Choice of fee or purchase

What about secondary devices?

Cell phones? eReaders?

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Ownership model influences...

Budget

Replacement schedule
Support/repair
Apps and subscriptions
PD needs

Family

Supervision - Who's the heavy?
$$$ commitment
Have-nots
Parents/siblings

Classroom management

Readiness for class
Behavior carry-over

Curriculum

Content management
Device capability
Cloud vs software/app
Licensing

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Don't forget...

IWBs
Projectors
Document cameras
Clickers
Dongles
Cameras
Printers
Cases
Classroom lighting
Loaner devices

Flash drives, SD cards, external drives
Spare chargers
Power strips
Styli or graphics tablets
Headphones
Microphones

Will some labs still be needed?

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Content management

Kids under 13?

Clouds still need to be managed.

What's your process for:

Teacher-sharing
Student to student collaboration
Student to teacher (handing in)
Feedback loop
Long-term storage
How much space is needed?
Where do parents fit in?

GAFE ROCKS!

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Software, Apps, Subscriptions

Kids under 13
Free or paid?
Alternative To - http://alternativeto.net/
Ownership impacts licensing
Who owns the app? Software?
Lowest common denominator - teaching and learning on the cloud
Free isn't always inexpensive...
Library & databases

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Support

What if it breaks?

Loaners
Warranty
Repair
Tolerable downtime
Access
At home?
Theft/loss
Reimaging
Backing up

Helpdesk models

Online
Video tools
Teacher mentors
Student provided
DIY / crowdsourced
Tech staff
Deployment and refurbishing

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Infrastructure

Wiring the wireless
Bandwidth
Filtering & firewalls

Network-based
Device-based
Can parents install their own?
Procedures for unblocking

Admin vs managed accounts
Network (or not)
Printing (or not)
Security (virtual and physical)

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Parent training

Prior to roll-out
Home tech needs

Printing
Wireless (or not)

Social networking
Device capabilities
Device care/management
Online grade access
Sibling jealousy/curiosity
Digital parenting strategies

Sometimes parents need a reminder that they know their kids better than we do.

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Wellnology

Skills training for the kids
Survival skills
Hardware care
Responsible use
Digital citizenship
Ergonomics
Keyboarding (or not)
Balance...
Responding to digital parenting

It takes a village...

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Expectations...

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Professional Development

Skills development
Naysayers vs Early Adopters
Mentorship
Curriculum development
Other curriculum demands
Just in time training
Skills mapping in curriculum maps
How much troubleshooting is realistic?
Integration support models

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How will you deal with:

What happens outside of school? Summer?
Misbehavior?
Families who want to "opt out" ?
Financial concerns?
Subs

Access
Training
Expectations

Special needs?
Naysayers?
Reluctant adopters?
Early adopters?
Loss/theft/abuse of hardware?
Support needs?
Bullying? Porn?
Lockers & locks
Building security

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When to go low tech...

When you have a low-tech solution that checks all the boxes
When the tool is too new and the stakes are too high (pilot should always be low-stakes)
When the $$$ means you'll lose something even better
When the outcome isn't worth the effort (long-run results)
If using the technology is the only reason you want to use technology (curriculum and kids come first)

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On the Horizon for SPA...

Evolution of hardware
BYO demands
K-12 flow (skills, access, curriculum)
Evolving "tech" curriculum

Skills instruction vs integration
When should "wellnology" instruction start?
Coding/programming/making
Who "owns" digital literacy? Media literacy?

Evolution of support model