Muir Lake School, a part of Parkland School Division, is becoming a 1-to-1 BYOD learning community. The mission behind this initiative is "our students will innovate, collaborate, and be highly motivated about their learning". The goal is that every student will have access to a personal laptop in every class to use whenever it is the best tool for the learning activity. The initiative was piloted in grade 4 and grade 9 and will be expanding to all grades 4 through 9. This presentation outlines the "why" behind the initiative and first steps of Muir Lake School's journey. Google Doc Quick Link → bit.ly/MLS1to1

1. Building 1-to-1 Learning
Communities
Muir Lake School: Our Journey
#mlsgooglesummit
Quick Link → bit.ly/MLS1to1

2. • Travis McNaughton
• Assistant Principal
• Email: tmcnaughton@psd70.ab.ca
• Twitter: @travdmc
Kelly Arnold
• Teacher, Grade 9
• Email: karnold@psd70.ab.ca
• Twitter: @kwilliamson03
Charlene Daub
• Teacher, Grade 4
• Email: cdaub@psd70.ab.ca
• Twitter: @4444charlie

3. Who’s in the room?
Quick Link
•bit.ly/MLSintro

4. Survey says...
Quick Links
bit.ly/MLSintroresults
bit.ly/MLSintrosummary

5. • Quick Link bit.ly/worldbyod

6. 1958 Classroom

7. The Classroom Today

8. They don’t
look that
different

10. Learning first
• Whatexactly do we want our
students to be able to do?

11. PSD initiatives
• Google Apps for Education
• Digital Portfolios
More Information Quick Link bit.ly/PSDtech

12. learning communities
Extend student learning beyond the 4 walls of the classroom
Original Image cc licensed ( BY SA ) flickr photo by lumaxart: http://flickr.com/photos/lumaxart/2137735924/

13. A learning community
is a group of people
who actively learn
together and from
each other

24. Quick Link bit.ly/GSStemplate

30. Technology is a doorway
into the classroom that
transcends time and
space making the
learning transparent

31. "In this complex world, it takes more
than a good school to educate children.
And it takes more than a good home. It
takes these two major educational
institutions working together." Dorothy
Rich, Author of Megaskills.

32. Tweet break
• Tweet a link, take-
away, new thought,
question, new idea,
etc...
• #byodgooglesummit

33. Collaborate

37. Create
Production vs. Consumption

39. There is no limit to innovation when we share.

41. Tweet break
• Tweet a link, take-
away, new thought,
question, new idea,
etc...
• #byodgooglesummit

42. Changing literacy

44. Quick Link bit.ly/LITchange

45. One personal electronic device for
every student in every class

46. Mission of 1-to-1 Learning Communities
Our Students will innovate, collaborate, and
be highly motivated about their learning

47. In 1-to-1 Learning Communities our
students will...
• use technology to learn
• improve problem solving skills
• improve information fluency
• think critically
• collaborate
• learn any place, at any time
• innovate
• be motivated and engaged about learning
• learn how to participate safely as a digital citizen

48. 1-to1 Learning Community Barriers
Table Talk:
What obstacles does your
school face to being a 1-to-1
learning community?
Quick Link bit.ly/1to1obstacles

49. Why BYOD?
• Cost effective
• Personalizes learning
• Makes learning a part of students’ lives
• Saves learning time
• Provides student choice
• It’s becoming the norm in the workplace

50. Plan
Input &
Developme
Feedback
nt
Research 1-to-1 Implementation Plan Preparation
Implementa
Evaluation
tion

51. Research
• What does the current research say?
• How are other schools doing it?
• How will we sell the vision? How will we
communicate to the community?
• What are the obstacles?
• Budget?
• Timeline?
Implementation Plan bit.ly/MLSplan

52. • Parent Survey
Quick Link:
bit.ly/PARENTsurve
y Planning &
Implementation
Student Survey Quick Team
Link:
bit.ly/STUDENTsurvey

53. Plan Development
• Teacher preparation and professional development?
• Learning spaces?
• Online resources?
• Device recommendation? Common platform?
• IT support? WiFi Access Points?
• Support Documentation?
• Anticipated concerns?

54. BYOD Common platform
• Build teacher and student capacity
• Want technology to be invisible
• Laptop - can bring other devices and many students do
• Google Chrome
• Recommended Device: Chromebook

56. preparation
• Hosted Parent Information Sessions
(Quick Link - bit.ly/PARENTinfo)
• Student Information & Conversations
• Teacher PD
• Information & Documentation on School Blog &
Social Media
• Ordering process

57. Implementation
• Tech support? (Student Tech Team, Google Apps
Ninja Dojo, Google, Division Help Desk)
• Ongoing Community Communication? (school blog,
classroom blogs, student portfolios, video, Parent
Workshops)
• Device Distribution?

58. Evaluation
• Anecdotal Evidence
• Student, Parent,Teacher Feedback
• Case Studies
• Academic Achievement Impact
• Student Engagement and Motivation Impact
• Collaboration Impact

59. Our First Year of BYOD
Advantages Disadvantages
Transformative Learning
Need wifi drop in each class to
Collaboration allow access
Portfolio/Tracking Progress Need experts in the building
Organization
Personal devices can be expensive
Paperless
Hard to problem solve tech issues
Student engagement and on different machines
motivation

60. Jump!

61. Questions & Comments?
Quick Link bit.ly/BYODquestions

62. Tweet break
• Tweet a link, take-
away, new thought,
question, new idea,
etc...
• #byodgooglesummit