Sending 21 people to the Iowa 1:1 Conference!

This year, our district is sending 21 individuals to the Iowa 1:1 conference on April 4th at the Iowa Event Center.  The conference is dedicated to helping Iowa’s 1:1 districts learn from each other about innovative teaching, learning, and administrative practices.

Participants include not only teachers, but also administrators, parents, and school board members.  Participants were selected from the district’s 1:1 study team that is researching topics related to 1:1 this spring.  Visit  https://wdmtech.wordpress.com/11-study/   for more information on our district’s 1:1 study team.

At this time (March 17th), this years sessions are not available, however, if you’d like to see last years sessions including videos, please visit: http://www.jdlhorizons.com/secret/i11ithankyouemailv4.html

 

Participants include………..

1. Andi Lipman

2. Liz Brennan

3. Ross Bower

4. Bret Miller

5. Carrie Jacobs

6. Natalie French

7. Jessica Novelli

8. Brooke Dey

9. Scott Brown

10. Adam Ponsor

11. Bob Davis

12 Kerry Ketcham

13. David Feingold

14. Julia McGuire

15. Jana Edwards

16. Kevin Neal

17. Karl Goldsmith

18. Brian Abeling

19. Jackie Neuberger

20 Kathy Talbot

21. Kelsey Hudson

Almost 50% of school districts in Iowa are utilizing 1:1 mobile technology for student learning

Google map showing the current 1:1 school district’s across Iowa.

This morning I received an email from AEA11’s Director of Technology, Lance Wilhelm, with an updated list of Iowa school district’s that are utilizing 1:1 mobile technology for student learning.  According to Wilhelm, “we are closing in on half of the districts in Iowa having 1:1 at some level or another. This is a remarkable investment, and a very different phenomenon from most other states where 1:1 is strong, because that is usually more of a top-down approach where the state provides the money directly for that purpose.”

Here’s the draft listing the currently known 1:1 deployments across Iowa.(Word Doc)  Wilhelm commented that it is a draft and he’s encouraging districts to contact him at lwilhelm@aea11.k12.ia.us to get their information updated.

Who is new to the list?
Ames Schools: Planning 9-12 deployment for fall 2013

Winterset: planning last roll out to grades 11-12, to complete full 7-12 deployment in fall 2013

Pella Schools: deploying grades 9-12 in fall of 2013

Denison Schools: deploying grades 6-12 in fall 2013

Melcher-Dalls: deploying fall 2013

What is the status of 1:1 in West Des Moines Schools?  We have a district-wide study team that is currently conducting visits and starting discussions >> see more at https://wdmtech.wordpress.com/11-study/