Bridging the Digital Divide: Expanding the Idaho Education Network

1. Bridging the Digital Divide: Expanding the Idaho Education Network

2. Bridging the Digital Divide: Expanding the Idaho Education Network

3. Bridging the Digital Divide: Expanding the Idaho Education Network • State of today: Where have we been? • Future Implementation and Roll Out • Resources for Success • Benefits, Future Plans and Focus

4. State of Today • Recent legislative changes to composition and organization • IEN Technical Committee • IEN Advisory Committee • Reporting to JFAC Quarterly • Department of Administration • Changes to Committee • Schools Connected and New Technology • Classes Conducted • Identity of the Idaho Education Network

5. State of Today: IPRAC • Appointed Positions • Tom Luna--Supt. of Public Instruction (Chair) • Dept. of Administration (Vice Chair) • Idaho Digital Learning Academy • Public and Higher Education • Jerry Reininger - Dir. of Information Systems, Meridian School District • John Miller - Dean of Off Campus Instruction, College of Southern Idaho • Private Sector • Alicia Ritter - President, Ritter ConsultingShelly Sayer - VP of Finance, Premier Technology Inc. • Legislature • Representative Bob Nonini (ED) • Senator John Goedde (ED) • Representative Darrell Bolz (JFAC) • Representative Wendy Jaquet (JFAC) • Senator Shawn Keough (JFAC) • Senator Bert Brackett (JFAC )

6. State of Today: Year One Connections • 40% Target for first year • 79 schools connected in FY 2010 • 121 schools left to connect in FY 2011 and 2012 • Phased approach changed • VTC-Interactive Video Foot Prints

7. State of Today: Who is doing it?

8. Schools Connected in Year One

9. Schools Connected in Year One

10. Schools Connected in Year One

11. State of Today: VTC Footprint (Receiving)

12. State of Today: VTC Footprint (Origination)

13. State of Today: Classes and Activities • 79 schools connected in FY 2010 • 121 schools left to connect in FY 2011 and 2012 • 250+ Teachers and Administrators trained • 300+ students received courses over VTC in Idaho • 800+ credits earned over VTC in Idaho • Established a management system for network • Established training for users and teachers • Established a search engine for neighboring VTC sites and curriculum

14. State of Today: Classes and Activities • High School to High School Elective/Core • Weiser to Emmett • Dual Credit/Concurrent Credit • Intra-district or Inter-district • Emmett to Weiser • Twin Falls SD to Jerome, Sugar Salem • Community Education • Masters Program at Sugar Salem • Professional and Workforce Development • Idaho State University to Weiser/Chamber of Commerce • ISU 21st Century Classroom Training • Supplemental Curriculum, Virtual Field Trips for K-12 • Royal Botanical Gardens, St. Louis University School of Medicine, Royal Tyrrel Paleontology Museum, NASA, Smithsonian, etc… • Collaboration, Meetings, Interact with Subject Matter Experts

15. Future Implementation and Roll Out • Phased approach changed • Website and Applications • MOU

16. Future Implementation and Roll Out

17. Future Implementation and Roll Out

18. Future Implementation and Roll Out

19. Future Implementation and Roll Out

20. Future Implementation and Roll Out: MOU Activities • Established an Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to improve adoption • Access, Introductions, Training Opportunities • Open House Presentations with VTC • Invite parents to see the system and share your vision • Conduct Professional Development and Open House trainings with Teachers • Conduct open house meetings with Community Leaders- • Police, Fire, Chambers of Commerce • Conduct open house with parents

21. School District Resources For Success • Training • Support from IEN • Support from Partners • Support from ENA • Statewide E-Rate Application

22. School District Resources for Success • Teacher Proctor Training and Origination Training • Andy Lanning 208-861-3773 • andy@andylanning.com • What does VTC mean to me? Overview of VTC in the class • Proctor Training (4hr) • Origination Training (16hr) • IEN Webinars, Meetings with Administration, Teachers,-Sponsoring VT’s

23. School District Resources Available

24. Collaborating across Idaho

25. School Resources for Success: Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration

26. CILC- Content Providers

27. School Resources for Success • Community Leaders Open House • ISU workforce training • Joe Fleischman and Jeff Hough at ISU • E-Commerce Training • Online Marketing • Customer Retention Techniques • 208-282-3372 or fleijose@isu.edu

28. School Resources for Success: Web-Based Support Center and 24/7 Support Network Operations Center 1-888-612-2880 support@ena.com

29. The Future of the IEN? What can we learn from the past and present? • Wyoming Model–Heavy focus on K-12 to K-12 delivered courses • Utah Model—Heavy focus on Higher Education and Dual Credit. • 20% of concurrent enrollment credits were earned through distance education. • Dakotas—Half the schools have less than 100 students-Consortia Approach

30. The Future of the IEN? What can we learn from the past and present? • Idaho Model—Expand on their strengths and included community opportunities, PTE, STEM, Graduate Degrees, Emergency Training, etc… • Predictable and distributable path for DC/CE • Portability of credits • Expand it to benefit Middle Schools and beyondRe-inventing yourself with the changing economy • Consortia and Autonomy • Dedicating the right personnel to grow it (Joann Wade and Renee Sweet)

31. The Future of the IEN? Considerations for Superintendents • Community Centered Education Facility • Weiser and Sugar Salem • Developing a winning personnel strategy • West Side and Weiser • Issues facing predictable and distributable path for DC/CE and High School Core • Twin Falls, Meridian, and Sugar Salem • Portability of credits • Scheduling

32. The Future of the IEN—Considerations for Superintendents

33. Contact Garry Lough Communications Director 208-332-1842 garry.lough@ien.idaho.gov www.ien.idaho.gov