This document outlines the steps taken by a rural school district to implement a 1:1 technology initiative across multiple schools. It discusses establishing leadership support, developing infrastructure, deploying devices through a structured process, providing professional development for teachers, implementing classroom management strategies, and ensuring sustainability through multi-year funding agreements and community partnerships. The goal is to increase student engagement through purposeful integration of technology while learning lessons to improve future efforts.

1. PLANNING FOR A NCLTI
IN A RURAL SETTING
The Road to Technology Education

2. CURRENT LTI’S
3 High Schools with Full
One to One Laptop
Environment
• GranvilleEarly College
(140 students)
• South Granville Campus
(900 students)
Discuss landscape of GCS
Number of Schools
• JF Webb Campus (1200
students)

3. OTHER INITIATIVES
• Interactive Classrooms • TarRiver Elementary
School- Model Technology
• Computing Devices primary school
• Laptops
• iPads
• iTouches

4. BOARD AND
SUPERINTENDENT SUPPORT
• Progressive Superintendent
• Paperless Board Meetings
• BOE Models Initiatives
• Purchase Plan
• Vision

5. LEADERSHIP
• Principal must be at forefront
• It’s more than the computer
• Lead by example
• Seeks innovation
• Seeks opportunities for growth
• Pockets of interest

6. DEPLOYMENT

7. DEPLOYMENT FORMS
• 1:1 Handbook
• Computer Care
• Internet Safety Policy
• Parent Consent Form
• Laptop Insurance
• Laptop Collection FormStation1 - Paperwork

8. DEPLOYMENT PROCEDURE
• Dates Set - Paperwork-Laptop
• Station1
Deployment Ticket
• Online Registration
2 - Insurance and
• Station
• Organized Around 4 Locker, Bag Check
Stations
• Station3- Parent/Student
• Community Involvement training and signatures
4- Receive laptop
• Station
and log in

9. INFRASTRUCTURE
• Build a robust system
• Have a professional site map
• Test, Test, Test
• Filter
• Proxies

10. PARTNERS
• Golden LEAF Foundation
• SAS
• Cisco
• NC SERVE
• Friday Institute
• Glaxo Smith Kline

11. PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
• Teachersreceived devices
before students
• Surveys
• LOFTI, Self-Made, STNA
• MOODLE Pages
• Professional Development

12. TEACHING AND LEARNING Talk about Tech Tuesday
program.
Teachers share best
practices
Element on Teacher
• Define purpose of Evaluation Instrument
• Should be used to increase
technology in the classroom. engagement and add depth
to the curriculum.
• Common belief shared
across the entire staff. • Ongoingprofessional
development.
• Should not be “bells and
whistles”. Stress importance of
visiting other schools
• Identify
and utilize teacher
leaders in professional
development.

13. CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT
• LEARN NC “Teaching in a
1:1 Classroom”
• LanSchool
• Layout
• Facilitative Arrangement
• Engagement

14. POLICIES
• Technology Management • Sole Source
• Laptop Handbook
• Care, Procedures, Day
Users,
• Internet Safety
• Board Policies

15. COMMUNICATION
• Community Support
• Social Media
• PTSO
• Civic Organizations
• Unified Message:
• “Engaging Students

16. SUSTAINABILITY
• Leadership, Leadership,
Leadership
• Four Year
Purchase-Lease
Agreement
• Partnerships

17. LESSONS LEARNED
• Plan for Monitoring and Supervision (LanSchool)
• Damage Happens
• Educate Students (digital citizenship)
• PD must be content-based; not technology driven
• Inventory Tracking System (Destiny)
• Classroom Management (too harsh/too lenient)
• Teachers as Facilitators (control)

18. NEXT STEPS
• Archive Resources in One Location
• PD Content Driven and Collaborative
• Building Capacity in Teacher Leaders
• Increasing 1:1 schools (feeder patterns)
• Investigating Not Collecting Laptops