Presentation for Winchester High School Parent Group on February 1, 2012.

1. The School That
Launched 1,000 iPads
Winchester PTA
February 1, 2012
For more info check out
PatrickMLarkin.com

2. What is your mission?

3. Burlington High School Mission Statement

4. Massachusetts Board of
Elementary and Secondary Education
Mission Statement
If we continue to block sites like Facebook, YouTube, and
Twitter what parts of this need to be modified?
The mission of the Massachusetts Board
of Elementary and Secondary Education
is to strengthen the Commonwealth's
public education system so that every
student is prepared to succeed in
postsecondary education, compete in the
global economy, and understand the
rights and responsibilities of American
citizens, and in so doing, to close all
proficiency gaps.

5. Some questions for you
• Why is it important for students to use
social media to “connect”?
• What impact will it have on their school?
• What impact will it have on their futures?
• What impact will it have on all of our
futures?

6. If we truly believed these mission
statements we would...
• show students how to edit their privacy settings and use
groups in Facebook instead of banning online social
networks because they’re ‘dangerous’ and/or ‘frivolous’
• teach students to understand and contribute to the online
information commons rather than ‘just saying no’
to Wikipedia
• put a robust digital learning device into every student’s
hands (or let them bring and use their own) instead of
pretending that we live in a pencil notebook paper and ring
binder world
Click here for the complete list from Scott McLeod’s Big Think
Blog

8. Why do we need to embrace Social Media?
"Students in the 21st century should have experience
with and develop skills around technological tools used
in the classroom and the world around them. Through
this they will learn about technology and learn through
technology. In addition, they must be able to select the
most appropriate tools to address particular needs."
From NCTE's Framework for 21st Century Curriculum and
Assessment 2007

9. Why do we need to embrace Social Media?
“Just as media and technology are integrated in
school and life in the twenty-first century, skills
related to media use (both critical analysis and
production of media) are integrated throughout the
standards.."
(From Common Core State Standards) 2011

10. Why do we need to embrace Social Media?
“To promote student learning through the use of mobile
learning devices and social media in instruction that
further prepares students to be active, constructive
participants in the highly connected world in which
they already live and will soon work.."
(From NASSP Position Statement on Using Mobile and Social
Technologies in school) 2011

11. Watch
History
As It
Happens

12. Watch
History
As It
Happens

13. Frequently Asked Questions?
• Funding?
• Why iPads?
• Management of iPads?
• The future?

14. Questions????

15. Contact Information:
Patrick Larkin - Principal, Burlington High School
e-mail - larkin@bpsk12.org
blog - Burlinton High School Principal’s Blog
twitter - @bhsprincipal
cell - 339 234-1673