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2. PETE&C 2012Beyond the Classroom with Simple One-to-One BYOD Presenter: Bob Bell, Harrisburg AcademyFacilitator: Joan Adams, Capitol Area IU

3. Personal Electronic Devices will not be permitted in this class! If you did not leave them at home, or in your locker, please deposit them in the basket that is being passed around. You can get them back at the end of class.

4. How many schools have a similar policy? Poll – please select the best answer: A. My school does not permit personal electronic devices at all. B. My school allows personal electronic devices, but they are not permitted in classrooms. C. Students may use personal electronic devices in classrooms, but there is no structured program for them. D. My school has a structured program for student use of personal electronic devices.

5. Harrisburg Academy is a BYOD One-to-One School We can answer D.

6. In the Beginning…(a very brief history of Academy computing leading up to BYOD) • Prior to 1997 – there were just a few computers with dial-up Internet access. Some teachers permitted student use with very limited success. • 1997 – High-speed Internet comes to the Academy for most office and teacher computers. Students have access in two computer labs – 36 computers total. • 2000 – Every classroom (45 total) gets a student-accessible computer. However, demand far outpaces the supply.

7. The 2006 Robotics class Using shared laptops from a cart (school-supplied)

8. 2002 – Wireless is installed and 20 laptops are available for students in a mobile cart. Plans are made to grow the computer cart concept to 120 computers within 4 years – enough machines so each one only has to be shared with four students. • 2005 – There are eight carts with 10 laptops each, 40 computer lab machines and 60 desktop PCs in classrooms and libraries. This is still not enough to satisfy demand, but problems are stirring…

9. Developing Computer Cart Issues: • Limited/stretched staff can’t keep them all running satisfactorily • Students don’t return them to carts properly and often don’t plug them in to charge. • Limited funds force use of old machines; teachers don’t like how unreliable they are; the students take 20 minutes to login • Teachers don’t like to move 8 carts to 45 classrooms on 3 floor levels

10. 2006 – Demand continues to grow even while the ability for Tech to support them is waning.One-to-One, implemented at some other schools looks very tempting, but it means more of what we are having difficulties with.Stalemate!

11. 2006 to 2009 – Teachers complained, the Technology team anguished over supporting machines as old as 8 years, and students were short-changed on their use of technology. The technology was not effectively supporting the pedagogical needs of the school.And of course, the prevailing policy saidNO student-owned machines in the building!

12. 2009 – 2010 is a turning point • Many students are sneaking electronic devices into the school: cell phones, iPods, the occasional laptop • It was becoming difficult to enforceTHE POLICY, so administration decided to stop enforcement and “look the other way” • Student-owned devices were still off-limits in all classrooms, but no one had anything confiscated anymore • The Non-classroom areas of the school became a mecca for students with devices

13. The First “Realization” From casual observation of the students (quite unlike the way they treat school-owned equipment), we saw that students cared for, protected and effectively used their own personal electronic devices

14. The Second “Realization” Student devices can function without direct access to school resources.This was discovered when a student asked if he could connect his laptop to the wireless to get a paper off Google Docs he needed for a class. He wondered why the school didn’t provide Internet access for students when the coffee shop down the street could. Made me say “hmmm…”

15. Six More Realizations… • To be examined in a minute • But first, we complete the history lesson • Fall of 2010 • Policy banning personal electronic devices is dropped, replaced by policy written to protect the school from liability with student devices • Domain logon is removed from all cart laptops, which significantly improves the responsiveness of these machines and shows that control is not necessary on student-owned computers that don’t have a need for access to local resources

16. Winter 2010/2011 – formal design of the Academy’s One-to-One program is started and it is determined that a better wireless network is needed and students would provide their own devices • Spring 2011 – current 8th grade students are alerted that the program will start in Fall 2011 and they will need to have a computer that meets the minimum requirements

17. Summer 2011 – a new wireless network is installed with a new student/guest VLAN that channels any access on this open network directly to the Internet • August 31, 2011 – history is made at Harrisburg Academy as 22 ninth grade students participate in the launch of one of the area’s first BYOD One-to-One programs

18. Typical 2012 Ninth Grade English Class A mix of Windows laptops, Netbooks and Mac laptops in collaboration

19. What is the student computing environment like at your school?(choose the answer that best fits your school) • Mostly desktops in labs, classrooms, etc. • Laptops in carts shared by classes • One-to-One using school-supplied machines • BYOD One-to-One where students provide their own machines

20. The Eight Key RealizationsThat helped to make BYOD One-to-One an effective teaching tool 1. Effectively utilize time outside the classroom • School time = 6 hours • That leaves 18 hours outside the classroom and we want to make more effective use of it • Kids will want to spend time on their assignments if they are interesting and compelling and they can use their personal electronic devices for research, to solve problems and to collaborate with others • Helps to enable the “flipped classroom” concept.

21. 2. In-school and out-of –school environments must be similar, or better yet, identical • For access to resources from anywhere means using the Internet • All assignments are electronic or point to targets on the Internet

22. 3. Anytime, anywhere access to common resources on the Internet requires a computer • Every student must have one • Computers cannot be shared • A student’s computer must be available to him/her at all times and in all places, both in and out of the school building

23. 4. Students WANT to use their own devices • They already know how to use them effectively for most things and are eager to learn new things • Many already have something that meets the minimum criteria (more on this later) • As long as everyone has their own machine and all machines have the same means to the end, the probability of theft or vandalism is minimalized • Students will protect and care for their own machine, and they will make sure it is charged and ready for daily use

24. 5. Students don’t need direct access to school resources - one of the first realizations that was key to starting it all • Students expect Internet access. Free public Internet access is becoming common. Why not here too? • Students were beginning to use 3G for Internet access which bypasses Internet filters and racks up big bills for someone. • With everything on the web, wireless access to the Internet is all the resources a student needs to be able to work on their assignments both in the building and out of the building

25. Web-based resources commonly used by our students include (but are not limited to): • MS Live@EDU (25G cloud-based data storage with collaboration features, email, and web-based Office Apps) • Moodle • Wordpress • Netclassroom (SIS student/parent portal) • Discovery Education • Turnitin • PowerLibrary • Glogster • Project Gutenberg

26. 6. Student machines only need to have a few important characteristics: • Wi-Fi wireless • An Internet Browser • Sufficient battery life to last the day • Small, light and rugged to carry around all day Tablet-class machines not included initially Keeping the minimum low helps with parity: the student with the $2000 MacBook Pro has no particular academic advantage over the student with a $350 netbook – they both accomplish the same

27. Another Poll How many here have something with them today that meets these four simple requirements? • YES • NO

28. A Student Poll in Spring 2011… Revealed that about 85% of our Upper School students had one or more devices that met the minimum requirements with about half of those already bringing it regularly

29. 7. With no local resource access needed, there is no need to “control” student machines: • The student is responsible for everything on their machine, including malware and firewall • The student is responsible for the physical well-being of their machine, including malfunctions • Technology only helps students connect to Wi-Fi • No “control” software or overhead makes sense. After all, how can it be a “personal device” if the Tech Team would take it over when it came through the door? Middle and Upper School students receive extensive training in the good and the bad of the Internet. At some point, they have to be trusted – it won’t be long until they are on their own.

30. 8. BYOD does not appreciably increase teacher workload: • Initially, trepidation with a classroom of diverse machines – how would they know how to use all the different platforms? (e.g. Windows, MAC, etc.) • But, students were already ahead of them with use of their machines and teachers soon realized that they could forget about the operation of the student devices and just focus on teaching the lesson, moderating the discussion or leading the collaboration • As the goal of the Urban School in San Francisco, student-owned devices have become “invisible”

31. The “Cove” student lounge (last week) Where machine diversity is obvious

32. Advantages for Students • Familiar Technology is theirs; not limited by common school-supplied equipment • It’s the same technology both in and out of school, which enhances the familiarity and their desire to use the devices to complete school work • Embraces global connectedness, a core component of the Academy’s mission • Free (filtered) Internet access while in the building

33. Advantages for Faculty • No more struggling with inadequate school-supplied student computers, including availability, charging, student login; students always have them ready to go • A clear path for technology integration; fewer unknowns compared to previous student computer programs • Minimum requirements for student computers are unlikely to change

34. Advantages for Tech & Admin • Fewer student machines to support frees up time and funds for use on a more robust common infrastructure and programs that directly benefit the whole school • Self-sustaining One-to-One, as students will naturally upgrade to improved devices on a regular basis

35. Plans for 2012-2013 • All of Upper School (grades 9 to 12) will be One-to-One BYOD • The 8th grade dedicated netbook program will expand to grade 7 and will become optional BYOD • All remaining functional cart laptops will be dedicated to grades 5 and 6 • Currently running tablet pilot in Lower School will help determine if these types of devices can be added to the acceptable list for US

36. BYOD after 2012-2013 • Continue with BYOD One-to-One in the Upper School • Convert grade 7 and 8 to BYOD One-to-One • Consider BYOD One-to-One for earlier grades

37. The Tough Spots • Student-owned machine is unusable • Theft and vandalism possibility • Student cannot afford to buy a machine • Student machine has no malware protection • Batteries run low during the day • Teachers don’t know how to handle diverse hardware in their classroom • Teachers don’t know how to structure classroom activity to include BYOD One-to-One • Policy changes are needed for BYOD One-to-One

38. What are your plans? • A One-to-One program is possible two ways • Have lots of money to give kids machines that they won’t appreciate or want to use • Implement BYOD One-to-One that benefits students, faculty and administration/technology • BYOD One-to-One requires acknowledgement of some facts referred to here as realizations • BYOD One-to-One takes about a year of planning and forethought to work out the details prior to launch • But just watch the impact!

39. Time for QuestionsAct 48 Class ID Number is in the chat or on the hand-outBob BellHarrisburg Academybell.b@harrisburgacademy.orgwww.harrisburgacademy.org717-763-7811