2. Jim Ned CISD Tuscola, TX 1:1 iPod Touch Initiative JNCISD BLI: Bright Light Initiative

3. Linda Cross District Technology Coordinator lcross@jimned.esc14.net David Hogan High School - Math/Physics dhogan@jimned.esc14.net

4. JNCISD BLI: What Is It? 1:1 at HS 24/7 “mobile” technology No “powering down” at school Preparing students for 21 st Century

5. JNCISD BLI: Origin Definitely top down: Supt. Dr. Brant Myers and the board decided to use stimulus money to implement a 1:1 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

6. JNCISD BLI: Timeline & Implementation October 2009 Teachers issued an iPod touch and a MacBook November/December 2009 Teachers trained on iPods, Macs, and StudyWiz (4 days) February 2010 All 330 HS students issued iPod touch devices

7. JNCISD BLI: Budget Issues & Constraint Stimulus money purchased iPods and teacher MacBooks for the 1:1 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

8. 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 o Can’t sync with multiple computers without losing apps o Didn’t all have accessible email and iTunes accounts o Didn’t turn in all equipment on due date (more paperwork)

9. 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.

10. 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 devices—against policy) Personal devices not allowed (very hard to enforce and we’ve 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)

11. JNCISD BLI: Security & CIPA Screenshot of reports available from Mobicip website

12. JNCISD BLI: First Year Losses 330 iPods issued Item Lost or Stolen Broken or DamagedDescription iPod Touch1611 5 shattered screens 6 water damaged Screen Protectors 84 62 28 19 15 Ear Buds Chargers Cases Sync cables

13. 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. We’ve 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

14. JNCISD BLI: Learning Environment

15. 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

16. JNCISD BLI: Science Classroom Listen to science-based podcasts such as “brainstuff” from howstuffworks.com 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 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. A report is then sent to me through the messaging system of Studywiz. Chris Holson - HS Science Chris Holson - HS Science

17. 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

18. JNCISD BLI: Math Classroom

19. JNCISD BLI: Spanish Classroom o Make their own vocabulary flash cards with Study Flash app to study each chapter (front to back or flip ) o Take notes in the Notepad app. (Notes don’t get crumpled in the bottom of a backpack and after summer break their notes are still there for second-year Spanish.) o Use studyspanish.com exercises for grammar and vocabulary o Use Calendar app to record every Spanish assignment (organization and responsibility) Renee Guerra - HS Spanish

20. JNCISD BLI: Business, College Prep, UIL Classroom o 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 o SAT vocabulary app. o 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.

21. JNCISD BLI: Social Studies Classroom o Apps--Google maps & earth, compass, currency calculator, historical quotes o United Streaming videos thru Studywiz o Students access podcasts outside of class and do assessments in Studywiz http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bhs-ap-euro/id291933803 http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bhs-ap-euro/id291933803 o Sociology tests as well as personality and trait exams online http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp o 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 day—also useful when many students are going to be absent Coach Hutt - Social Studies ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- o TAKS website for practice tests 24/7—results emailed to teacher http://www.phschool.com/curriculum_support/taks/index.html (Coach Hutt & Coach Avery) http://www.phschool.com/curriculum_support/taks/index.html

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

23. JNCISD BLI: English Classroom o 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. o Use The Complete Works of Shakespeare app—to read the play without a textbook o Access folder on eLocker for the Pre-AP vocabulary words o Use dictionary.com and an online thesaurus RaeNelle Allen - HS English

24. JNCISD BLI: Weekly iPod Internet Access DateInternet Access AttemptsBlocked Oct. 5-11, 201019,600115* Dec. 14, 20109,85032 Jan. 11, 20118,15949 Taken from weekly Mobicip reports * Itemized on next slide

25. JNCISD BLI: Weekly iPod Internet Access Oct. 5th – Oct. 11 th, 2010 This week was one of the highest use weeks since we issued the iPods: 19,600 accesses other

26. JNCISD BLI: Resource Links www.jimned.esc14.net (District Home Page) www.jimned.esc14.net http://schools.jimned.esc14.net/default.aspx?name=jnhs.hub (BLI Resource Hub) http://schools.jimned.esc14.net/default.aspx?name=jnhs.hub http://www.jimned.esc14.net/default.aspx?name=bli (Bright Light Initiative) http://www.jimned.esc14.net/default.aspx?name=bli http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bhs-ap-euro/id291933803 (podcasts for social studies) http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bhs-ap-euro/id291933803 http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp (sociology and personality tests online) http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp TAKS website for practice tests 24/7—results emailed to teacher http://www.phschool.com/curriculum_support/taks/index.html http://www.phschool.com/curriculum_support/taks/index.html http://fur.ly/4i7c (to access all links on this page, use fur.ly toolbar) http://fur.ly/4i7c

27. JNCISD BLI: Apps Free Apps $1.99 Apps 3D BrainGoogle Earth CalendarHowStuffWorks.com CompassLoan CalculatorHistorical Quotes ($1.99) Complete Works of Shakespeare Mental Case Currency Calculator LiteMobicip (filtered browser)Wolfram Alpha ($1.99) Dictionary.comNotes eClickerSAT Vocabulary eLocker (StudyWiz)Speller (spell check) Find My iPhoneStocks gFlash+ Flashcards

28. BLI: Jim Ned CISD Jim Ned CISD Rated An Exemplary District 2010 “Colt McCoy’s High School”