KELLOGG MIDDLE SCHOOL

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KELLOGG MIDDLE SCHOOL

• Year 2 of 11 Laptops in Middle Schools Engaged
  Students Thinking Critically and Preparing for
  Their Future

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Presenters

• Lori Longo, Principal
• Mitch Entler,
• Social Studies Department Chair

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Three Shoreline School Board Priorities for
Technology

• Enhance
• Instruction and Student Learning
• Assessment
• Classroom Efficiencies

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New Possibilities

• Laptops
• Tools at place of instruction
• Student data accessible anywhere
• Greater flexibility for staff and students
• Increased collaboration and discourse
• Portability more equal access
• Responsiveness to diverse learning styles
• Consistency in hardware/software

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New Possibilities - 2

• Presentation Tools (projectors, document cameras,
  interactive whiteboards)
• Rich and varied multimedia content at any time
• Visual/auditory representation of concepts
• Increased opportunities for modeling and sharing
• Archived curriculum content
• Communications
• Teacher Students
• Teacher Parent
• Teacher Teacher
• District School

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Online Content

• ETS Criterion
• ExploreLearning
• United Streaming
• Atomic Learning
• Digital Learning Commons
• net Trekker
• SWIFT

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Digital ImplementationSchool Wide

• iCal Year 1
• Digital Calendar for assignments school events
• Web access for PC users
• http//schools.shorelineschools.org/kellogg/
• SWIFT Year 2 Staff Websites
• Announcements
• Documents
• Links
• Grades
• Instructional Technology Teachers Pace

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Teacher Professional Development Model

• 3 Day Summer Institute
• AM Training
• PM Application to first 30 days of school
• Teacher Tech Information Specialist 1.0 FTE Year
  1
• Team of Shared TIS Year 2
• Team Meetings 2X/month
• Tech Cadre

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Student Management

• Student Handbook
• Technology Expectations
• Orientation
• 1st week of school
• Ongoing
• SWAT Tech Assistance
• Parental Control Software

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Technology Goal

• Periodically Re-teach Expectations
• Mini lessons on
• iCal
• Naming conventions
• Backing up documents
• School folder
• Printing
• Plagiarism
• Internet Safety
• Internet research
• Care costs of repair

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Student Handbook
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Informal Observations

• New friendships among students
• Increased engagement
• Fewer classroom disruptions
• Students reasonably responsible

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Key Outcomes

• Technology is
• Integrated into daily practice
• Part of the school culture
• Essential form of communication
• Continue to move forward
• Year 1
• Intel and Scholastic School of Distinction
• Technology Excellence

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Positive Indicators
Teachersinstructional practice
transformed Non-Engaged Students interest and
motivation increased Wider variety of
educational resources more ways to be successful
Teachers design instruction diverse learning
styles Visitors comment on the quality of
instruction National recognition Intel Schools
of Distinction (Kellogg) Surveys of students and
parents indicate positive appraisal of the laptop
program Former skeptics -gt advocates
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Future Focus

• Enhance
• Instruction
• Assessment
• Classroom Efficiencies
• New Technologies
• Interactive white boards
• Interactive response pads
• Online content
• What you see
• Effective instruction
• Engaged student learning

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Copies of Presentation

• Lori Longo - Principal
• Kellogg Middle School
• http//learn.shorelineschools.org/kellogg/llongo/i
  ndex.php
• Documents Tab
• NCCE YR 2 of 11 Laptops
• Goal-Tech-2006-2007