One Districts Journey

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Extreme
Electronic Classroom Makeover

• One Districts Journey

Poway Unified School District Stacey Campo
Joyce Daubert Blackboard User Conference 2006
San Diego, California
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Presentation Agenda

• Why a make-over was needed
• What was the process
• How have we realized the benefits

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Who Are We..
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What was driving the change..
INCREASING.Internet connectivity was empowering
learning INCREASING.Teacher desire to have a Web
Voice INCREASINGHome-to-School communication
connectivity
THE CLASSROOM WAS EXPANDING
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The Classroom HAD Expanded 1997
HAD

• Web editing tools entered the market
• District Website www.powayusd.com
• Virtual Classrooms www.powayusd.com/online
• Internet connection to all schools
• Email for all Staff

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The Electronic Classroom Immerges

• Webpage Training Frontpage
• Nobody Following No Time / No Energy

The Need for a Better Tool
Enters Blackboard.com
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What do We Have..
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Make-over Begins
Physical Electronic Classroom For All
1998 1999
LearningPoint.org
Blackboard.com

• Webpage Training TO Content Training
• Everybody Following Automating the Process

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Apply the worth-it Test
Cotton, K. (1992). Computer-assisted instruction.
Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.
Retrieved October 26, 2001, from
http//www.nwrel.org/scpd/sirs/5/cu10.html.

• improved attitudes towards themselves as learners
• the use of computers in education, and towards
  computers in general, course subject matter,
  quality of instruction, and school in general.

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The Poway Accountability Plan

• Goal Increase achievement for all students
• through a comprehensive literacy effort
• Initiatives
• Close the achievement gap
• College readiness for all
• NCLB compliance
• Targets The District has adopted seven key
  performance indicators to
  monitor progress

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Apply the Plan
District API2002-2005
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• Before Tutorial Wed. and Thurs. 200-245
• After Tutorials 24/7 access to
• classroom materials and expectations
• course requirements and assignments
• email access

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• Before additional face-to-face time
• 615-730 Mon-Thurs
• 230-530 Mon-Fri
• After email and discussion boards
• Real dialog with peers and teacher
• Real time dialog with large group
• Front load in class discussions

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• Before home phone number for information
• After home phone number for support and
  strategies

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• Before Open classroom on Saturdays
• After Open classroom on Saturday open world
  24/7

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• Before Material prep and distribution
• After no copying time or expense
• 24/7 access
• no lost documents
• single iteration of documents

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Successes Learnings
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Let the STATS Speak for Themselves
Move THAT BUS
Number of Active Courses 982 Number of Active
Organizations 8
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Let the STATS Speak for Themselves

• Elementary
• Strong use for curriculum projects
• Collaboration Communication

• Secondary
• Strong use for curriculum projects
• Collaboration Communication
• On-line Classes

www.learningpoint.org
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Thank You!

• www.powayusd.com
• Stacey Campo scampo_at_powayusd.com
• Joyce Daubert jdaubert_at_powayusd.com

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