Our 1:1 study team findings…

In May 2013, our district’s 1:1 study team reported back to our school board on our progress.   The study teams was NOT responsible for any decisions related to 1:1, including device selection, time frames, and other decisions. Instead, the group studied the topic and reported back to the board on several key questions.

Here are the segments of the presentation that were made to the school board.

Overview of our district study team….

Who participated? What did they do?  What are the key questions they set out to answer?

What does our community think of 1:1?

This segment gives a summary of the survey results that included..

What our parents think of 1:1

What our student think of 1:1

What our staff thinks of 1:1

Cost ranges and factors related to 1:1

The following video clip is the cost information shared with our school board during May 2013.

What does the research show about 1:1?

The following video clip is an overview of the research about 1:1.

What we learned from studying 1:1

A summary of the main findings and thoughts from our 1:1 study team.

What Brian learned from our 1:1 study

Our technology director, Brian Abeling, participated in all the conferences and school visits and provided his perspective during the final 1:1 study team meeting.

Congratulations to VHS DigiTools Class

Skylar M’s project titled “How Sina Weibo Saved Lives” took 1st place in the category of Wireless Connectivity

Congratulations to the Valley High School  DigiTools class taught by Sarah Bird, as they recently presented online to a world-wide audience through the Flat Classroom Project.

As students presented their projects on-line, judges used the following rubrics to rate their multimedia works.   There were 11 major categories and within each category, the judges awarded 1st Place, 2nd Place, 3rd Place, and Honorable Mention.

Multimedia Awards from Valley High School included…

1st Place: Skylar M from Valley High School, for the project “How Sina Weibo Saved Lives” in the Wireless Connectivity category.

2nd Place to Peter N from_Valley High  for the project “Invisible Communication”  in the Virtual Communication category.

2nd Place to Kelly R from_Valley High  for the project  “Google Blast from the past” in the Google category

2nd Place: Gabbie R_from Valley High for the project “For The Greater Good” in the World Wide Web category. 

2nd place: Katelund S_from Valley High for the project “The waitress, the autistic girl, and the ‘broken’ burger” in the Connecting the World Online category.

Honorable Mention: Sandeep D from Valley High  for the project “The Future of Web 2.0 is Web 3.0 in the Web 2.0 category.

Honorable Mention: Bryce S from_Valley High for the project  “Workflow Video” in the Workflow software category.