This document summarizes a presentation on integrating Haiku LMS and Google Apps for education. It discusses why these tools are useful for modern, technology-enabled learning by allowing collaboration, communication, authentic assessments, and flipped classrooms. Google Apps is recommended due to its free cost and integration with other Google services. Haiku LMS complements it with additional learning management features. Effective implementation requires ongoing training, serving different teacher types, and cultivating a new form of digital literacy.

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Haiku LMS and Google Apps
PRESENTED BY JONATHAN JARC

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THE WORLD IS OPEN.

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WE, AS EDUCATORS,
PARENTS, AND LEADERS,
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
AND THE RESPONSIBILITY
TO NOW BUILD STRONG,
STUDENT-CENTERED
LEARNING NETWORKS
THROUGH TECHNOLOGY.

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• Mastering Core Concepts
• Thinking Critically
• Problem Solving
• Self-Directed (or online) Learning
• Collaboration
“NOT SO NEW, 21ST CENTURY SKILLS
Technology provides us with the tools to invoke
deeper learning from our students.

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AN OPEN-SOURCE SOCIETY
“[The Internet is] a belief system, a philosophy about the effectiveness of
decentralized, bottom-up innovation. And, it’s a philosophy that has
begun to change how we think about creativity itself.”
- Joi Ito
Director, MIT Media Lab

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“IF WE TEACH TODAY’S KIDS THE WAY WE DID
YESTERDAY, WE ROB THEM OF TOMORROW.”
- JOHN DEWEY

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ONE TO MANY VS. MANY TO MANY
Direct Instruction
Unidirectional Communication
Lecture
Teacher as sole source of knowledge
Distributed Discovery
Collaborative Environment
Creative / Project-based
Peer-to-peer instruction
Teacher as facilitator

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• When and where the learning can occur
• Types of learning that is possible
• Kind of learners that can take advantage of opportunity
• Assessments
• Content Delivery
• Content Creation
• Publication, Sharing, and Reflection.
ACCESS CREATES SHIFTS:

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WHY GOOGLE APPS
FOR EDUCATION?

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• Free. Free is in the budget.
• Gmail Simplicity and spam protection
• Google Docs/Drive
- Cloud based word processor
- Cloud storage for files
- Collaborative writing tool
- Commenting and peer-review on documents
- Rubric Templates
- Back-channeling on presentations
- Doc sharing in Google+ Hangouts
WHY GOOGLE APPS FOR EDUCATION?

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• The “Digital Divide” narrows: no need expensive solutions like
Microsoft Office.
• Integration with other Google services like; Google+, Google
Hangouts, YouTube, Picasa, Google Maps, Sites, and Calendar.
• Add-on applications to Google Apps for education - many are also
free from the Apps marketplace.
• Haiku LMS
• EasyBib
• Slide Rocket
• Brain Pop
• Open Class - and more from the EDU dedicated category in the Google
Apps Marketplace.
WHY GOOGLE APPS FOR EDUCATION?

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• Google SSO - access to other Web 2.0 tools like Mindomo, Quizlet
or anywhere you see the ‘sign in with Google+’ logo
• Easy IT centralized management of users
- Active directory sync
- SubOrganization for user management (Faculty, Students, Parents)
- Cloud email and docs storage
- Administer from anywhere
- Assign granular admin permissions to delegate tasks
– New user creation
– List management
– Password Resets
WHY GOOGLE APPS FOR EDUCATION?

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WHY HAIKU LMS?

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• Simplicity - we had to find a system that every use level could
embrace, from early adopter web-guru to the grand-resisters.
• Complete feature-set. Haiku LMS has all of the features we needed,
based on what teachers were using, and based on where we knew we
wanted to go.
We were able to combine the writing, peer review and collaborative
tools of Google Apps with the authentic learning tasks in Haiku for a rich
21st century educational arsenal.
*Oh yeah, and it was cheap. That doesn’t hurt either.
WHY HAIKU LMS

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• Google Apps Integration - SSO, Hand In / Share Docs
• Homework Annotator
• File Library
• Role-Based Rosters
• Standards-Based Gradebook
• SIS (Student Information Systems) Integration – Blackbaud? (soon)
• Email and SMS Announcements
• Digital Assignments and File Dropbox
• Polls, Wikis and Discussion Boards
• Calendar
• Drag and Drop Simplicity
• Themes
• Statistics
WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH HAIKU?

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WHY NOT MOODLE,
SAKAI, D2L, EDMODO,
BLACKBOARD OR
OTHERS?

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• Communication
- Messaging System
- Mobile Alerts
• Group Calendars
• Collaboration
• Web 2.0 Tools
• Authentic Assessments
• Effective Feedback Loop
- Polls
- Audio Commenting
- Homework Annotator
- Gradebook (standards-based)
• Flipped Classrooms
• Critical Thinking/Project-Based Assignments
• OPEN for LEARNING
WHY NOT ANOTHER LMS?

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HOW DO YOU MAKE IT WORK?

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• The rollout process
• Ongoing and Convenient PD
• Serving two teaching demographics
- Resistors and Detractors
- Innovators and Early Adopters
MAKING IT WORK.
What is the ultimate objective?

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A NEW FORM OF LITERACY.

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“Digital learning is not all about digitizing your content,
or converting it. It is about making your assets available
in a whole new way – where kids learn the content, but also
become the creator, the producer – an active participant.”