Effective+Staff+Development+in+a+1+to+1+School

= __Effective Staff Development in a 1:1 School and Running a Successful 1:1 Program__ = "THE LIMITS OF YOUR COMMUNICATION ARE THE LIMITS OF YOUR WORLD" - LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN
 * Washington Middle School in Kenosha (1:1 since 2006)
 * Kip Keckler: Instructional Technology Teacher
 * Kenosha is impoverished and successful for what they do with what little they have
 * Apple Only school
 * 2006-2007: KPD immersion of hardware, ibooks to all kids, computers to be treated as invisible, a tool to get things done,
 * 2007-2008: focus on software
 * 2008-2009: professional development:elevating integration: full integration: NWEA/MAPS COMPASS LEARNING
 * 2009-2010: more professional development: MORE important than technology! iPod Touches/Voters/ More in-depth meetings
 * 2010-2011:Social Education Networking: My Big Campus (Lightspeed?): Social Education Networking: address concerns but make them use it! ; iPads; QuickieQ; Cell Phones
 * Essential needs from students-accountablility: STUDENTS: take ownership of their learning, including all technology tools (kid responsible always), assist new students and guest teachers; promote good use in the community
 * Student help system: Computers and Technology Team (C.A.T.T. SQUAD) Power Up! Create. Connect. Communicate. Students in this group are responsible for knowing how to run every piece of technology in a particuar room! LOVE THIS IDEA! Substitute teachers get assigned a CATT SQUAD member for assistance!
 * Teachers: Be flexible! Be open to change. Learn from trial and error. Help each other. Make it personal. Wish List. Want it - Own it. 1 Full staff tech mtg. per month. One tech mini-mtg per month; tech committee; Tech/Sub-Committees; Peer teaching.
 * Instructional Technology: Key! Not Informational Technology. :)
 * Smart Goals:Staff took self-assessment on technology
 * Administration: Understand enough to care; Trust in your staff; Know that issues are part of the envrionment; invest in the staff; feed the staff
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Karen Cator: US DEPT OF ED: DEIRCTOR OF ED TECH: NO MORE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EXCUSES
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">"Why does KSD give 9th grade students with D's and F's laptop computers. No homework is being done on them but plenty of time is spent on the myspace web site. Why is this allowed?" Kenosha News, March 26, 2008
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">DPI: Wisconsin State Statute 118.19(13) Beginning July 1, 2010, no person may teach an online course in a public school, including a charter school, unless he/she has completed at least 30 hours of professional development designed to prepare a teacher for online teaching.
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">We need to be the Sesame Street of Social Education Networking
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">OTHER IMPORTANT FACTORS: Cart management: laptops can go home after parent meeting and if teacher determines that the student will benefit from them going home; Otherwise: CATT SQUAD plugs in laptops for overnight recharge: CATT SQUAD delivers computers to kids who can't take them home
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">BATTERY LIFE: teach kids to reduce brightness on screen, exit unnecssary programs: have CATT SQUAD member ready to get replacement batteries
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Controlling Yourself: when tech goes wrong! Not a Yikes! moment. Rather: teach kids AND staff to breathe and get through the moment: SAY: "Control yourself" in a calm voice and wait for them to do so.
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Recycling: get money for old stuff!
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">GET COPIES OF FORMS FROM KIP!

FOR NPSD:
 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Form a CATT SQUAD.
 * 2) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Plan for HARDWARE. Maybe a test class for a year/semester.
 * 3) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Plan for SOFTWARE. Determine what needs are and budget for them.
 * 4) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Plan for PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. We do this. To get to 1:1, we need to do more and gently bring about the change.
 * 5) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Plan for PARENT MEETINGS - NO PARENT, NO LAPTOP!
 * 6) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">DON'T LET STAFF BE YOUR HICCUP!