Evaluation

Increased Digital Literacy Skills - Skills involving using, creating and curating content learners produce. Skills for using digital technology safely and responsibly. This will be measured by the school, pre, during and post the pilot projects. Successful Independent Learners - learners can express how ubiquitous and instantaneous access to tools and data has transformed their learning. Measured by pre and post feedback from pupils, using a range of evidence, qualitative and quantitative.

Collaborative Learners - Pupils and staff can demonstrate how real-time collaboration using the online tools, screen share and instant feedback increases engagement in learning. Teachers are comfortable and proactively using the technology. Assessed by planned and recorded learning conversations with teachers.

Positive Impact on attendance and anytime / anywhere learning - measured by reduced absence rates and recording of access times and usage of tools. Positive Impact on attainment - long term impact assessed by reporting and tracking of pupil progress. However, it is acknowledged that measuring the long term impacts are a constraint of the pilot due to the length. Positive overall impact on whole school progress - using the Scottish Government / Education Scotland long term impact tool ‘Insights’ which benchmarks wider aspects of learner achievement and not solely attainment.

Partnership with Parents and Carers

Feedback provided through open afternoons for Parents and Carers to see the use of technology in the classroom and feedback through parents evenings, parent council and forum.

External Review

As the process of planning and implementing any change can be complicated we have enlisted the help of colleagues from two other local authorities and Education Scotland.

• Charlie Love, member of the ICT Excellence Group which was formed to advise Michael Russell MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning on the future of ICT in learning. ICT Education Support Officer in Aberdeen City Council.

• David Gilmour, Education Network Development Officer for. Responsible for running the Google Apps deployment and Chromebook implementation at East Lothian Council.

• Con Morris, Education Scotland, Professional Learning Development Lead and adviser to the HC Care and Learning Service.

The above advisers have agreed to externally review the project at set-up and through the life cycle and provide guidance where appropriate.

University of Highlands and Island have also offered to carry out an external and independent evaluation of the Chromebook model

Device Evaluation

Ease of use, manageability, boot up, battery life, charge time / requirements, carry and functionality of online resources. Process from purchasing, asset tagging, deployment, enrolling and disposal. This will facilitate a 'service description'.

Success Criteria

The success criteria have been identified as below.

• Transferable – The system must be easily transferable to other sites. For this reason we will document the setup and record all steps for initial setup within the school.

• Positive impacts on learning and teaching through better use of technology. Staff will provide feedback on intuitiveness and training requirements to inform training plans. Pupil's and Parent's and Carer's feedback.

• A reduction in server space on school servers by utilisation of cloud storage. Server reports are already available, the storage space will be reviewed pre and post project. We aim for a 50% reduction of pupil storage.

• We plan to make it 'Earth Day Every Day'! 25% reduction in Printing costs.

• There is no adverse effect from increased bandwidth as confirmed by ICT Services and Wireless Access Points and Local Area Network capacity meets demand.