The document discusses the Houston Independent School District's plan to implement a new personalized learning initiative called PowerUp. PowerUp aims to provide all students with 1:1 devices and access to a central cloud-based portal called HUB. HUB will allow personalized learning experiences and access to resources anytime from any location. The rollout of PowerUp devices and HUB will be phased in over several years across all schools in the district.

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PowerUp:HUB
June 11, 2014
HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT

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Next Gen Learning Vision:
Device, HUB, Personalized Learning
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Why are we doing this?
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 What is Next Gen learning?
– Personalized
– Dynamic and adaptive
– Competency-based progression
– Anytime, anywhere
– 21st century skills
 The concepts are not new to educators,
but limits of traditional instruction have
made Next Gen learning mostly
unattainable AT SCALE.
 Blended learning is the BRIDGE to
providing Next Gen learning at scale.

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Personalized Learning Vision
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HISD’s vision is to transform the
teaching and learning environment
through connected, authentic, and
personalized learning experiences.
This will empower students to plan
their futures through the attainment of
college and career readiness
knowledge, skills, and attitudes.

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PowerUp:Device one-to-one implementation
has been smoothly phased
Pilot
Phase 1
• 11 schools
• Teacher devices August 2013
• Student devices January 2014
Pilot
Phase 2
• 21 additional schools
• Teacher devices August 2014
• Student devices January 2015
Roll-out
• Remaining schools
• Teacher devices August 2015
• Student devices January 2016
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PowerUp:HUB
is a central, cloud-based portal
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Functionality details in one-page handout

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International
 Stockholm, Sweden
– 300,000 students
– 1,400 schools
 Normandy, France
– 99,000 users
 Oslo, Norway
– 95,000 users
U.S.
 Minneapolis, MN
– 34,500 users
– 37.1% AA
– 19.1% Hispanic
 Forsyth, GA
– 40,000 users
HISD implementation will be
groundbreaking but not unprecedented
Previous itslearning implementations involve both diversity and scale.

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PowerUp:HUB roll-out will take a similar
phased approach
 Phasing follows PowerUp:Device timeline:
– Pilot in 48 schools 2014-2015 including PK-8
• Phase 1 schools [11 schools]
• Phase 2 schools [21 schools]
• Pilot middle and elementary schools [16 schools]
• Non-pilot schools with limited functionality [234 schools]
– Full roll-out in 2015-2016 with full functionality in all schools
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PowerUp:HUB Going Forward
Support:
 Campus HUB Coordinator
 HISD Help Desk
 Instructional Technologists and TDS
 Cross-functional team of various departments
 itslearning
Training
 June 12 - Campus HUB coordinators for 48 pilot schools
 SLI (June 17,18,19) - Leaders and administrators from all schools
 July 15 - Phase 2 one-to-one high schools (21 schools)
 August - All teachers during Personalized Learning Institute
 Fall - early dismissal, Saturday trainings, and open labs
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PowerUp:HUB 2014-2015
Expectations (48 pilot schools)
 HUB will be the only district supported learning platform used on
pilot campuses (phasing out of Edmodo, Moodle, Schoology,
etc…)
 Campus staff will use course structure and instructional
elements via HUB
 Campus staff will use planner to create lessons
 Campus staff will use HUB to create student tasks and activities
such as homework, assignments, quizzes, and tests
 Campus staff will provide student access to resources such as
videos, web links, and files
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PowerUp:HUB 2014-2015
Expectations (all schools)
 Principal/administrative team will lead the “adoption” of the HUB
on their campus
 Principal/administrative team will leverage early adopters on their
campus
 Campus staff will view and access curriculum
 Campus staff will view TEKS and other standards
 Schools will create “communities”
 Schools will use for staff communication — discussion boards,
conference tools, messaging, and surveys
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PowerUp:HUB District Goals
 Single Sign On integration May 2014
 Student Information System integration July 2014
 Curriculum document and link migration May-July 2014
 Professional development
– Central Office and School Administrators June 2014
– Trainers June-July 2014
– Teachers August 2014
 Product development revisions begin October 2014
 Classroom quizzes, tests, lesson plans in HUB 2014-2015
 Full roll-out for teachers, students, and parents 2015-2016
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Kevin Mason Joe Garcia
Junior High Student 1st Grade Student
Ellie Mason
Parent of Kevin and
Ellie
English teacher
Mary Mason
About:
• 9th grade student
• Loves to
communicate with
others using
technology.
• Wants to be a
graphic designer.
• Needs help with
writing skills.
• Struggles keeping
organized.
About:
• Parent of a 9th grader
and a 1st grader
• Wants to know how
she can help ensure
her children complete
homework and
assignments.
• Willing to use
technology to better
communicate with her
children’s teachers.
About:
• 9th Grade Teacher
• Strong with technology
and sees the value in
integrating technology
into everyday
classroom instruction
• Believes others can
benefit from his
teaching experience
and enjoys sharing
with others
About:
• 1st grade student
• Struggling reader
• Loves to play video
games.
• Prefers talking to
writing.
• Favors the color pink.
PowerUp:HUB Benefits
Students (PK-12), Parents, and Teachers

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PowerUp will continue to evolve
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PowerUp
PK:
Universal
ES: Tablet-
based
literacy
MS: Project-
based
learning
HS: Linked
Learning
Higher-ed
opportunities