BLI

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BLI
Jim Ned CISD
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JNCISD BLI Bright Light Initiative

• Jim Ned CISD
• Tuscola, TX
• 11 iPod Touch Initiative

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JNCISD BLI Bright Light Initiative
Linda Cross District Technology
Coordinator lcross_at_jimned.esc14.net David
Hogan High School - Math/Physicsdhogan_at_jimned.esc
14.net
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JNCISD BLI What Is It?

• 11 at HS
• 24/7 mobile technology
• No powering down at school
• Preparing students for 21st Century

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JNCISD BLI Origin

• Definitely top down Supt. Dr. Brant Myers and
  the board decided to use stimulus money to
  implement a 11 at the high school (with 24/7
  filtered access and rights to download their own
  apps and music)
• iPod touch chosen over laptops due to cost,
  portability
• Joint meetings with Apple, Abilene Christian
  University, and Region 14 staff showed need to
  add teacher laptops
• Mobicip filter chosen to monitor student use 24/7
• StudyWiz chosen to integrate online classwork

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JNCISD BLI Timeline Implementation

• October 2009Teachers issued an iPod touch and
  a MacBook
• November/December 2009Teachers trained on
  iPods,Macs, and StudyWiz (4 days)
• February 2010All 330 HS students issued iPod
  touch devices

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JNCISD BLI Budget Issues Constraint

• Stimulus money purchased iPods and teacher
  MacBooks for the 11 initiative
• Remaining budget allowed for adding 70 classroom
  MacBooks for student projects
• No funds for purchasing apps
• No funds to hire extra personnel 2009-2010
  (desperately needed for deployment)
• Added one full-time tech specialist 2010-2011

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JNCISD BLI Deployment Challenges

• Anticipating adequate wireless coverage
• Teachers need 6 mo. to 1 yr. to learn and prepare
  before student devices are issued (esp. if
  changing OS)
• Charging 350 iPods before issuing them each year
• Initially no volume purchasing of apps (Apple
  added this)
• Students
• Cant sync with multiple computers without losing
  apps
• Didnt all have accessible email and iTunes
  accounts
• Didnt turn in all equipment on due date (more
  paperwork)

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JNCISD BLI Deployment Challenges

• Profiles lost if students reset their devices
  (Profiles set types and age level of apps
  allowed, disable Safari, etc.)
• How to handle the loss of installation codes when
  seniors leave (since apps such as Mobicip are
  installed by students)
• Teachers would like for students to be able to do
  more word processing and printing from the iPod
  touch
• Need an experienced full-time assistant already
  on staff for the daily iPod troubleshooting and
  to handle devices sent in for warranty repair as
  well as arranging for local repairs, monitoring
  wireless radios, checking Mobicip reports,
  repairing profiles, issuing replacements, etc.

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JNCISD BLI Daily Management

• Students required to bring iPod touch daily
  (charged ready to go)some just want to use
  their phone instead
• No unfiltered browsers (Safari disabled in
  profiles but returns if they Reset their
  devicesagainst policy)
• Personal devices not allowed (very hard to
  enforce and weve talked of possibly changing
  this)
• Most initial problems caused by students syncing
  with multiple computers and losing their required
  apps
• Mobicip reports aid in locating problem users for
  principal and assistant principal to deal with
• Experimenting with Find My iPhone app (released
  Nov. 2010) to locate lost iPods (if they are
  connected to a wireless network)

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JNCISD BLI Security CIPA
Screenshot of reports available from Mobicip
website
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JNCISD BLI First Year Losses
Item Lost or Stolen Broken or Damaged Description

iPod Touch 16 11 5 shattered screens 6 water damaged
Screen Protectors 84 62 28 19 15 84 62 28 19 15
Ear Buds 84 62 28 19 15 84 62 28 19 15
Chargers 84 62 28 19 15 84 62 28 19 15
Cases 84 62 28 19 15 84 62 28 19 15
Sync cables 84 62 28 19 15 84 62 28 19 15
330 iPods issued
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JNCISD BLI Loss, Damage, Insurance

• We had been told to expect about a 5 loss rate.
• The damages were more than anticipated but some
  of the accessory damage was due to the quality of
  the issued items. Weve learned from that.
• Local repair options are cheaper than mailing in
• Students were informed of the availability of a
  50 deductible 30 per yr. insurance plan through
  a link on our high school homepage

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JNCISD BLI Learning Environment
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JNCISD BLI Science Classroom

• Assignment Use 3D Brain app to label a diagram
  of the brain regions. Choose a substructure of
  the brain to find its location, function,
  disorders, and effects of its damage. Create and
  share 4-6 slide PowerPoint
• Rhonda Wise - HS Science

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JNCISD BLI Science Classroom

• Listen to science-based podcasts such as
  brainstuff from howstuffworks.com
• Give a summation of what they listened to, using
  the notes application on their i-Touch
• A report is then sent to me through the messaging
  system of Studywiz.
• Chris Holson - HS Science

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JNCISD BLI UIL Academics
I could not live without them iPods now.
Students master the material faster and retain
the information from the repetition. I also use
them for TAKS Debbie Cook, HS Math UIL Coach

• Current Events
• 2nd at state
• missed 1st place by 1 question
• Calculator Application
• 3rd at state missed 1st place by 2 questions

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JNCISD BLI Math Classroom
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JNCISD BLI Spanish Classroom

• Make their own vocabulary flash cards with Study
  Flash app to study each chapter (front to back
  or flip )
• Take notes in the Notepad app.  (Notes dont get
  crumpled in the bottom of a backpack and after
  summer break their notes are still there for
  second-year Spanish.)
• Use studyspanish.com exercises for grammar and
  vocabulary
• Use Calendar app to record every Spanish
  assignment (organization and responsibility)
• Renee Guerra - HS Spanish

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JNCISD BLI Business, College Prep, UIL Classroom

• Stocks app to check five stock prices on a daily
  basis for two months and Loan Calculator app to
  calculate payments and interest for 15- and
  30-year mortgages
• SAT vocabulary app.
• UIL students use gFlash app to study vocabulary,
  people (astronauts), places, etc. for their
  particular event. This has contributed greatly to
  UIL success since they are much easier to carry
  around.
• Kay Whitton, Bus., Accounting, College Prep.

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JNCISD BLI Social Studies Classroom

• Apps--Google maps earth, compass, currency
  calculator, historical quotes
• United Streaming videos thru Studywiz
• Students access podcasts outside of class and do
  assessments in Studywiz http//itunes.apple.com/u
  s/podcast/bhs-ap-euro/id291933803
• Sociology tests as well as personality and trait
  exams online http//www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/
  JTypes2.asp 
• I have recorded over a PowerPoint using the
  MacBook and then uploaded into Studywiz for use
  when I had to be out of school that dayalso
  useful when many students are going to be
  absentCoach Hutt - Social Studies
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• TAKS website for practice tests 24/7results
  emailed to teacherhttp//www.phschool.com/curricu
  lum_support/taks/index.html (Coach Hutt Coach
  Avery)

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JNCISD BLI Special EducationClassroom

• My students
• use the spell check app for daily editing
• actually type their two-paragraph essays on iPods
  and print each week (they seem to have difficulty
  with the big computers)
• take online quizzes for math and do a screen shot
  of the grade to show me later
• Kerri Key, Special Ed.

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JNCISD BLI English Classroom

• Students memorize quotes from Julius Caesar and
  study for tests using uploaded quotes and notes
  in Studywiz. After syncing, these are available
  offline in eLocker without wifi.
• Use The Complete Works of Shakespeare appto read
  the play without a textbook
•  Access folder on eLocker for the Pre-AP
  vocabulary words
• Use dictionary.com and an online thesaurus
• RaeNelle Allen - HS English

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JNCISD BLI Weekly iPod Internet Access
Taken from weekly Mobicip reports
Date Internet Access Attempts Blocked
Oct. 5-11, 2010 19,600 115
Dec. 14, 2010 9,850 32
Jan. 11, 2011 8,159 49
Itemized on next slide
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Oct. 5th Oct. 11th, 2010
JNCISD BLI Weekly iPod Internet Access
other

• This week was one of the highest use weeks since
  we issued the iPods 19,600 accesses

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JNCISD BLI Resource Links

• www.jimned.esc14.net (District Home Page)
• http//schools.jimned.esc14.net/default.aspx?name
  jnhs.hub (BLI Resource Hub)
• http//www.jimned.esc14.net/default.aspx?namebli
  (Bright Light Initiative)
• http//itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bhs-ap-euro/id2
  91933803(podcasts for social studies)
• http//www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp(s
  ociology and personality tests online)
• TAKS website for practice tests 24/7results
  emailed to teacherhttp//www.phschool.com/curricu
  lum_support/taks/index.html
• http//fur.ly/4i7c (to access all links on this
  page, use fur.ly toolbar)

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JNCISD BLI Apps
Free Apps Free Apps 1.99 Apps
3D Brain Google Earth
Calendar HowStuffWorks.com
Compass Loan Calculator Historical Quotes (1.99)
Complete Works of Shakespeare Mental Case
Currency Calculator Lite Mobicip (filtered browser) Wolfram Alpha (1.99)
Dictionary.com Notes
eClicker SAT Vocabulary
eLocker (StudyWiz) Speller (spell check)
Find My iPhone Stocks
gFlash Flashcards
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BLI Jim Ned CISD

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• Rated An Exemplary District
• 2010
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