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Technology Projects

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•The Digital Bridge program provides high school courses utilizing a technology enriched videoconferencing delivery method.

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•Students enrolled in Digital Bridge classrooms will gain hands-on experience with the advanced technologies including a blended instructional environment.

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•Each Digital Bridge classroom contains 3 projectors, monitors, audio systems, SMART boards, document camera, and netbooks.

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MVC - BVNW/BVW/BVH

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•During the fall semester, across four high schools, 82 students are enrolled in a Digital Bridge course.

•Courses offered are: German 1, Latin II, and Multivariable Calculus

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German I - BVNW/BVH

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Bridge Control allows a remote user to control the classroom technologies in any of the Digital Bridge classrooms.

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•During the 2011-12 school year, Education Services developed an innovative technology project that would create technology rich classrooms where teachers would demonstrate seamless technology integration into classroom instruction.

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•The first phase of the project consists of 30 elementary classrooms in five different buildings. Each building has six classrooms (K-5) involved in the project.

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Cedar Hills ElementaryHarmony Elementary

Mission Trail ElementaryStilwell Elementary

Sunrise Point Elementary

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•Across the five participating buildings, there are approximately 695 elementary students enrolled in an innovation spaces classroom.

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NetbooksiPads with AppsSMART Board

Wireless Document CameraDigital Camera

Web-based resources

Classroom Technologies

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Student Feedback

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Student Feedback

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•Some of the Math Apps are too easy for our students.

•Netbooks are the preferred tool to use with some of the district’s curriculum.

•Designing PD and support materials took twice as long as expected.

Lessons Learned

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•There may be some items that will not be continued to other classrooms.

•Things don’t always go as planned.•There will never be enough time to do

everything that we want to do but we are having a BLAST!

Lessons Learned

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Kristy SailorsDirector of Educational Technology

ksailors@bluevalleyk12.org913-239-4253