The document discusses moving from a traditional teacher-centered classroom to a new student-centered paradigm using technology. It recommends a 1:1 laptop program for the school district to enhance learning strategies, student engagement, and performance. The laptop program would be implemented over several years, with all students having laptops by 2019. It aims to support the school's mission, develop 21st century skills, and improve education through more effective use of technology.
3. NEW PARADIGM
OLD PARADIGM
Teacher-centered instruction Student-centered learning
Single-sense stimulation Multi-sensory stimulation
Single-path progression Multi-path progression
Single-media Multi-media
Solitary work Collaborative work
Information delivery Information exchange
Passive, receptive learning Active, inquiry-based learning
Factual, knowledge-based Critical thinking, informed
decision making
Re-active response Pro-active, planned
Remote, static context Authentic, real-world context
4.
5. Communication
Improved interaction between students and teachers
Increased home-school communication and parental involvement
Engagement
Engaged in more collaborative work than non-laptop students
Increased student ownership of learning
Learning Strategies
Increased usage of project based learning
Increased cadre of technologically sophisticated students
Performance
By years 3 or more of implementation increased student performance
and outcomes on traditional measures; scores are higher in reading
and writing assessments
6. Recommendation:
GRCS 1:1 Laptop Program
It is not about the technology; it is about the teaching and
learning that can occur with the accessibility of the tool.
7. Support our mission statement
Develop 21st century skills
Meet educational standards
Provide equitable access
Enhance student-teacher interaction
Teach discernment and the ethical use
Enhance learning and student achievement
Provide differentiation of instruction
8. High School
13 classes can NOT fit into any lab at the HS
64 classes have only one lab available for use
Oldest desktops in the district serving 998 students
GR Christian MS
6th grade laptops are 5 years old
88 computers available to the 270 7th and 8th grade students
Not enough computers available during core class time
Rockford Christian MS
Share the lab with K – 5 students
No 6th grade student laptops
9. Targeted Professional Development
for teachers
Evaluation of current tech support
staff size
Continued equipping of each
classroom to be a 21st Century
classroom
Development and equipping a Help
Desk area
12. Education Today and Tomorrow. Dir. B Nesbitt.
Perf. 16 Digital Natives. YouTube.
Reynolds, Peter. The 21st Century Kid.
Thinkfinity, Basking Ridge, NJ. 2 Apr. 2009
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