The document discusses moving from a traditional teacher-centered classroom to a new student-centered paradigm using technology. It recommends a 1:1 laptop program for the school district to enhance learning strategies, student engagement, and performance. The laptop program would be implemented over several years, with all students having laptops by 2019. It aims to support the school's mission, develop 21st century skills, and improve education through more effective use of technology.

1. April 2009

3. NEW PARADIGM
OLD PARADIGM
Teacher-centered instruction Student-centered learning
Single-sense stimulation Multi-sensory stimulation
Single-path progression Multi-path progression
Single-media Multi-media
Solitary work Collaborative work
Information delivery Information exchange
Passive, receptive learning Active, inquiry-based learning
Factual, knowledge-based Critical thinking, informed
decision making
Re-active response Pro-active, planned
Remote, static context Authentic, real-world context

5. Communication
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 Improved interaction between students and teachers
 Increased home-school communication and parental involvement
Engagement
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 Engaged in more collaborative work than non-laptop students
 Increased student ownership of learning
Learning Strategies
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 Increased usage of project based learning
 Increased cadre of technologically sophisticated students
Performance
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 By years 3 or more of implementation increased student performance
and outcomes on traditional measures; scores are higher in reading
and writing assessments

6. Recommendation:
GRCS 1:1 Laptop Program
It is not about the technology; it is about the teaching and
learning that can occur with the accessibility of the tool.

7. Support our mission statement
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 Develop 21st century skills
 Meet educational standards
 Provide equitable access
 Enhance student-teacher interaction
 Teach discernment and the ethical use
 Enhance learning and student achievement
 Provide differentiation of instruction

8. High School
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 13 classes can NOT fit into any lab at the HS
 64 classes have only one lab available for use
 Oldest desktops in the district serving 998 students
GR Christian MS
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 6th grade laptops are 5 years old
 88 computers available to the 270 7th and 8th grade students
 Not enough computers available during core class time
Rockford Christian MS
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 Share the lab with K – 5 students
 No 6th grade student laptops

9. Targeted Professional Development
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for teachers
 Evaluation of current tech support
staff size
 Continued equipping of each
classroom to be a 21st Century
classroom
 Development and equipping a Help
Desk area

10. 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
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12th grade
2010
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2011
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2012
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2013
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8th grade 9th grade 10th grade-yr 1 11th grade-yr 2 12th grade-yr 3
2014
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7th grade 8th grade 9th grade-yr 1 10th grade-yr 2 11th grade-yr 3 12th grade-yr 4
2015
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6th grade-yr 1 7th grade–yr 2 8th grade–yr 3 9th grade-yr 1 10th grade-yr 2 11th grade-yr 3 12th grade-yr 4
2016
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6th grade 7th grade 8th grade 9th grade-yr 1 10th grade-yr 2 11th grade-yr 3 12th grade-yr 4
5th grade
2017
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4th grade 5th grade 6th grade 7th grade 8th grade 9th grade-yr 1 10th grade-yr 2 11th grade-yr 3 12th grade-yr 4
2018
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3rd grade 4th grade 5th grade 6th grade 7th grade 8th grade 9th grade-yr 1 10th grade-yr 2 11th grade-yr 3 12th grade-yr 4
2019
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2nd grade 3rd grade 4th grade 5th grade-yr 1 6th grade-yr 2 7th grade-yr 3 8th grade-yr 4 9th grade-yr 1 10th grade-yr 2 11th grade-yr 3
2020
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1st grade 2nd grade 3rd grade 4th grade 5th grade-yr 1 6th grade-yr 2 7th grade-yr 3 8th grade-yr 4 9th grade-yr 1 10th grade-yr 2
2021
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1st grade 2nd grade 3rd grade 4th grade 5th grade-yr 1 6th grade-yr 2 7th grade-yr 3 8th grade-yr 4 9th grade-yr 1
Kdgn
2022
Class of
1st grade 2nd grade 3rd grade 4th grade 5th grade-yr 1 6th grade-yr 2 7th grade-yr 3 8th grade-yr 4
Kdgn
2023

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