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Empowering High School Success Through Technology: Meeting Agenda & Project Overview

Join us for the Technology and High School Success Grant Recipients' Meeting on May 5, 2008. Explore successful projects, lessons learned, and scope of initiatives to engage at-risk students and improve high school completion rates. Featuring essential components for successful project planning. Participating stakeholders include educational zones, public, separate, Francophone, and charter schools. Get ready for dynamic sessions, project evaluations, and valuable insights for enhancing K-12 education.

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Empowering High School Success Through Technology: Meeting Agenda & Project Overview

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  1. WELCOME! Technology and High School Success Grant Recipients’ Meeting May 5, 2008 Stakeholder Technology Branch

  2. Agenda 8:30-9:00 Registration/Refreshments 9:00-9:30 Greetings/Planning for Success Brad 9:30-10:00 Lessons Learned from Research Karen 10:00-10:30 Project Evaluation Part 1 Cheryl 10:30-10:45 Break 10:45-12:00 Project Evaluation Part 2 Cheryl 12:00-1:00 Lunch 1:00-2:30 Project Evaluation Part 3 Cheryl 2:30-2:45 Break 2:45-3:30 Project Evaluation Part 4 Cheryl Stakeholder Technology Branch

  3. INITIATIVE OVERVIEW - Rationale • Technology can be used in schools to engage at-risk students and improve Alberta’s high school completion rates. • Ongoing research into best practices in classroom technology implementation. • The results of this research will be shared with all jurisdictions. Stakeholder Technology Branch

  4. Video -A Vision of K-12 Students http://www.youtube.com/user/bjnesbitt

  5. INITIATIVE OVERVIEW – Successful projects • 24 successful projects. • $6.45 million in total funding. • Grades 7 through 12 • All six educational zones. • Public, Separate, Francophone and Charter Schools. • Rural and urban. • See project chart – in your folder Stakeholder Technology Branch

  6. INITIATIVE OVERVIEW – Scope of projects Wide variety of projects and project elements: • Interactive Whiteboards – 17 Projects • Laptop computers - 12 Projects • Videoconferencing – 9 Projects • Student Response Systems – 6 Projects • Online/Distributed Learning – 5 Projects

  7. INITIATIVE OVERVIEW – Scope of projects • Student/Parent/Teacher Portal – 3 Projects • Digital Cameras/Camcorders – 3 Projects • Digital Scientific Equipment- 2 Projects • Outcomes-based assessment systems – 1 Project • Web 2.0 Tools – 1 Project • Assistive Software - 1 Project

  8. INITIATIVE OVERVIEW – Participants • Boyle Street Education Centre • Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School District • Canadian Rockies Regional Division • Chinook’s Edge School Division • Edmonton Catholic Separate School Division • Edmonton School District • Elk Island Catholic Separate Regional Division • Fort Vermilion School Division • Grande Prairie and District Catholic Schools • Grande Prairie Public School District • Grande Yellowhead Regional Division • Grasslands Regional Division • Greater Southern Public Francophone Education Region • Greater St. Albert Catholic Regional Division • High Prairie School Division • Lethbridge School District • Livingstone Range School Division • Medicine Hat Catholic Separate Regional Division • Northern Lights School Division • Northland School Division • Peace Wapiti School Division • Rocky View School Division • St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Separate Regional Division • Westwind School Division

  9. Project Supports Alberta Education is pleased to offer support to project participants. • Project manger • Meetings – at least 1 a year • Project sharing • Information concerning PD opportunities • Research and disseminate best practices. • Field visits • Alberta Education website 

  10. Project Supports Alberta Education is pleased to offer support to project participants. • Video Conference Meeting Room • Within Supernet - 3008@199.216.149.3 • On Internet –139.142.188.3##3008 • Educational Standing Offers  • Hardware • Software • Access the ESOs through the Learning Resource Center Website. • www.lrc.education.gov.ab.ca

  11. Emerge Summer Institute • August 21-22, 2008 • Calgary – SAIT Campus • Focus on 1to1 Wireless Laptop Learning, but offers a broad range of professional learning • Invitation in your folder

  12. Planning for Success Essential Components Of A Successful Project

  13. Project Planning • A well-planned project is more likely to succeed. • A good project plan: • Features a Project Charter • Defines goals • Defines roles • Has a communication plan • Has a clear action plan • Establishes timelines and deadlines

  14. Essential ComponentsProject Charter • A project charter defines: • the scope • the objectives • the overall approach to the work • roles of team members • A template has been included in your folders

  15. Essential ComponentsDefine Goals • What is your vision? • What are your goals? • Are you ready? • Are the essential conditions in place to achieve your goals?

  16. Essential ComponentsRoles and Responsibilities Project Manager – Alberta Education • Provide supports to participants • Track projects • Collect and summarize reports/deliverables • Share information and research among project participants • Plan events • Facilitate sharing of projects/ideas/best practices. • Other duties “as assigned” - 

  17. Essential ComponentsRoles and Responsibilities Project Manager/Lead – Jurisdiction • Manage communications among project team and stakeholders • Information and strategies • Experience of success and challenges • Monitor timelines and offer “encouragement” when needed • Prepare and submit reports and other deliverables • Maintain “the vision” • Manage change/challenges • Celebrate Success

  18. Essential ComponentsRoles and Responsibilities Project Team Members (teachers, admin, etc…) • Be aware of the project timelines and deliverables • Implement the project • Develop the necessary technological AND teaching skills • Use those skills with students • Evaluate student success • Communicate successes and challenges • Celebrate Success

  19. Essential ComponentsCommunications Plan • Keeping all stakeholders informed will increase your probability of success and build support • The basic questions you want to consider for any communication: • Who are you trying to reach? • What do you want them to know? • How are you going to tell them? • How will you know if it worked? • A communications toolkit has been provided in your folders

  20. Essential ComponentsAction Plan • The steps necessary to achieve your project’s goals • Specific steps and indication ofwho is responsible • Includes start and end dates for tasks

  21. Essential ComponentsAction Plan

  22. Essential ComponentsWhat about evaluation?

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