1. iPads, Portfolios,
Social Networking, PBL & More!
Napa Valley Unified Teachers
• Joey Schmitz
• Kim Floyd
• Tammy Lee
• Jen Meno
Pamela Redmond, Touro U, Advisor
& NapaLearns Board Member

2. joinme.com/465-670-365
You can follow along with us in this presentation on your ipad or laptop.
Navigate to the web address, then put in the code we give you in the
presentation.

3. Napa Learns & NVUSD Partnership
Napa Valley Unified School District

4. Joey Schmitz, Vintage High School
Joseph.schmitz@tu.edu
LEVERAGING SOCIAL
NETWORKING IN THE HIGH
SCHOOL CLASSROOM

5. Twitter Hash
#CUE2011
• Save this search to be a part of the
backchannel discussion during the
presentation.

6. Some Facts about Social
Networking
Let’s take a quick poll.
1st Poll
2nd Poll
3rd Poll

7. Social Media at Vintage High
School
• Tumblr- Student reflective journals
• Twitter- Backchannel discussions extension of
the classroom.
• Facebook- Classroom LMS

8. Hypothesis and Preliminary
Findings
• Over 90% of students have access to internet
– Home computer
– School computer
– Smartphones
– iPod Touch
– Video game consoles

9. Hypothesis and Preliminary
Findings
• Engagement is through the roof.
– Students during class discussion with backchannel
outlet participate more than traditional class
discussion.
– Teachers unrealistic fear of cell phones.
– Responsibility and digital citizenship.

10. Tammy Lee, American Canyon Middle School
tammy.lee@tu.edu
GAMING AS A TOOL TO SUPPORT
CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT IN MATH
THROUGH PBL

11. The Problem
• Students lack understanding of the process of
problem solving
• Research says:
– >Conceptual ideas and < traditional procedures =
>achievement
– Schema based instruction addresses problem solving
strategies as students develop understanding of concepts
– Gaming – increases attitude and motivation via 4 factors
- sense of challenge/accomplishment - increase curiosity
- personal control - use of fantasy

12. ACMS Process
• Pacent Learning Solutions
– Students still did not demonstrate mastery of all standards
even after 3 attempts
• Study tools
– Increased confusion of which standards and how many more attempts
available for mastery

13. The Action Research
• Portable • Games
• Social Network Sharing • Audio
• Translations • Fullscreen
• Embed options

14. Preliminary Results
• Time period
• Conceptual Content
• Treatment group
– 13% increase of passing from 1st attempt to 2nd
attempt
• Control group (not using Quizlet)
– 10% increase of passing from 1st to 2nd attempt

15. Next Steps
• Connect to student generated driving question
regarding:
– Ways to learn math concepts
– Ways to practice problem solving strategies
• Student-developed methods/tools
• Inspire, innovate, create

16. Kim Floyd, Yountville Elementary
kimberly.floyd@tu.edu
SUMMER BRIDGE IPAD PROJECT
FOR PRESCHOOLERS

17. Background
• The problem
• The idea
• The students
• The teachers
• NapaLearns
as visionary
funders

18. The goals
• Provide children who had no prior
preschools experience
foundational skills for kindergarten
• Build vocabulary
• Leverage technology to provide
seamless support to student
development
• Who
• 1 teacher
• 18 Pre-K bilingual children
• 4 aides (3 bilingual HS students &
1 migrant education person)
• Parents
• Local Kdgn teachers as observers
• Visitors, visitors, visitors
• When
• 16 days in summer 2011
• From 8 am-noon
• 4th of July was in the middle of
the program

19. The Apps
Drawing Pad
Alphabet Tracer

20. What did we measure
• PPVT
• Footsteps to Brilliance
– # Books
– # Words user was exposed to
– Reading comprehension
– Total hours of use

21. Books Read
Books Read: Class
700
600 604
500
400
300 Books Read
200
100
155 Books Read: Student
0
Pre Post 35.0
30.0 31.8
25.0
20.0
15.0 Books Read
10.0
5.0
8.2
0.0
Pre Post

22. Reading Comprehension
Reading Comprehension: Class
80.0%
75.0% 76.4%
70.0%
65.0%
60.0%
55.0%
58.5% Correct 1st Try
50.0%
45.0%
40.0%
Pre Post

23. Word Total
Word Total: Class
200,000
180,000 187,502
160,000
140,000
120,000
100,000
80,000 Word Total
60,000
40,000 40,801
20,000
0
Pre Post
Word Total: Student
12,000
10,000
9,869
8,000
6,000
Word Total
4,000
2,000 2,147
0
Pre Post

24. Total Hours
Total Hours: Class
160
140 143
120
100
80
Total Hours
60
40
20
0
16 Total Hours: Student
8
Pre Post
7 7.5
6
5
4
Total Hours
3
2
1
0
1
Pre Post

25. Peabody Test
Spearman Correlation Coefficient
r = 0.71
p= 0.0007
n=18
Gain Range
50
40
30
20
10
0
1 2
-10
-20

26. Challenges
• Perception
• Misperceptions
• Pre-conceived notions
• Technology challenges
• Support challenges
• Highly visible endeavor

27. Next Steps
• Pre-K program will be repeated next summer
and probably expanded
• Across 3 school districts (6-7 classrooms) are
implementing iPad in the classroom
• Change in trends for Pre-K and K education

28. Q&A