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Mission: "All students will have the academic, social, and personal skills to be career, college, and community ready."
Vision: "Together, we inspire a passion for learning, discovery, and excellence."
Why are we doing this?
Bismarck Public Schools has an obligation to prepare all students for an ever-changing world, that sees technological advancements happening at a rapid rate. 21st century students need to harness technology to be effective creators, problem solvers, collaborators, and communicators. They must use technology to collaborate with others in communities beyond their own. We believe that every student has a right to an education that prepares them for further education and future employment, and develops the success skills that they need as citizens of the 21st Century:
- Critical Thinking - analysis, interpretation, problem solving, and reasoning are essential in today's world of work. 1:1 access places all of these at a student's fingertips anytime, anywhere.
- Communication - students can articulate their thoughts, ideas and questions in real time with the teacher or other students.
- Collaboration - the ability to work with others in diverse teams is necessary in today's global society. With Google Apps for Education (GAFE) and other similar apps, students can connect with peers, teachers, and others as they work together on projects for classes. Opportunities for immediate feedback and authenticity are provided.
- Creativity - students are able to demonstrate mastery of learning objectives through videos, slideshows, graphic representations, etc. Students design their own new and worthwhile ideas, while possibly refining or improving others.
What does 1:1 really mean?
A 1:1 program represents the most comprehensive technology integration program available for instructional purposes. It requires that every student and teacher involved has direct access to a personal computing device at all times.
Is there any research to support the implementation of 1:1 technology?
There is a growing body of evidence which documents positive gains collected from 1:1, technology-rich learning environments. Conclusions drawn from available research include favorable outcomes for students, staff, and the community. Examples include, but are not limited to:
● Increased academic test scores
● Increased student engagement
● Improvement in student and staff attendance.
● Reductions in student behavior problems.
● Increased parental interest in school activities.
● Improved student and staff morale.
● Improved teaching pedagogy toward problem based learning
Additional research can be found at Project RED, http://www.projectred.org/
What is our goal for the students? For students to be career, college, and community ready, they need to be...
- Flexible
- Adaptable
- Self-Directed
- Globally Aware
- Productive
- Critical Thinkers
- Creative
- Collaborative
- FLUID WITH 21st CENTURY TOOLS……
Pedagogy Why:
- Information is NOT scarce so don’t waste time treating it as such. More important is the ability to critically gather, evaluate, synthesize, and organize information for a purpose or to solve a problem.
- The difference between learning and learning HOW to learn is passion and interest. When students have “agency” they are invested.
- Challenges in life are complicated and messy. Solving them requires making connections across content areas, working collaboratively, and creating and testing solutions.
- True creative thinking is steeped with critical thinking. Often times creative thinking and problem solving require building on an initial thought. Time for thinking, getting feedback, and rethinking help build creative thinkers
- It is NOT about the technology. The future is about thinking, creating, collaborating, and truly engaging as an enthusiastic learner… the technology is a given. Don’t ignore it, don’t ban it, but don’t rely on it to be the solution.
- 1:1 student issued technology can be leveraged to accelerate teaching and learning and bring thinking to a deeper level.
Resources from Legacy
What is the plan?
At the beginning of the 2018-2019 school year, all BPS high school students will be issued a Chromebook. Each year BPS high school students complete a Digital Etiquette Class that helps students become expert users and consumers of technology. Each year the class has a different focus.
Visit www.bismarckschools.org
- Click on Learnbps in the upper left hand corner
- Login to Moodle using your BPS username and password.
- Click on “My Courses” and select the Digital Etiquette Class.
- Complete the Digital Etiquette Class. 100% completion is required.
Parents and students need to review and digitally sign the Chromebook permission form. http://tinyurl.com/Chromebook2017
NOTES:
** Ninth graders who attended a BPS middle school have already completed the Digital Etiquette Class.
**If your 9th grade student took Summer School, the chromebook permission form is already complete.
**Chromebook cases are 14 inches - sleeves or cases are highly recommended
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