PLATO EdTech 2011 Conference. Montana Digital Academy Connect Credit Recovery Program Overview. Special Focus upon API integration between GeniusSIS and PLATO Learning Environment.

1. MTDA Connect Credit Recovery Program (Featuring API Integration) PLATO EdTech 2011 Ryan Schrenk, Ed. D. Montana Digital Academy

2. Let’s start with my new friends at PLATO and Ed Tech Yesterday was my birthday…so… What We’ll Talk about today

3. Birthday cheesecake with new friends last night…

4. How about tech support and our primary support person? What We’ll Really Talk about today

5. Thanks Jeremy!

6. About MTDA About MTDA Connect Plus short video from local facilitator Technology Tips Setting up PLE PLE Tweaks and Changes API integration and Single Sign On Q & A and/or Show and Tell…you choose Just kidding…Here’s the real Summary

7. MTDA Connect – Brief History http://www.pdphoto.org/PictureDetail.php?mat=&pg=7767

8. PJW College of Education at UM

10. 630 miles x 255 miles

11. 147,000 square miles

12. 1 million people

13. Hundreds of Schools

14. MTDA=border to boarder

15. MTDA Started in 2009

16. Classes – Fall 2009

17. Ryan hired – Dec. 2010

19. Unique Relationships and Partners(everyone believes in and supports us and we like that) :-)

20. Serve K12 Students in Montana through Public Schools Governing Board Director (CEO) Curriculum Director (Vice CEO) Montana licensed teachers Core subjects, dual credit enrichment MTDA Founded in 2009 Legislature

21. Montana’s Statewide Digital Academy Serve over 170 Districts Original Credit Fall 2010 Customers wanted flexible alternative Piloted Connect Credit Recovery/Hired Ryan December Full roll-out Feb 2011 Using Global Language Library this Fall (700-800 enr.) Piloting Middle School Language Sampler this Fall (120) 4 Staff Members About MTDA

22. PLATO PLE + MTDA Staff + Local Facilitator + Coach Enrollments Fall 2010 - 62 Spring 2011 - 496 Summer 2011 – 678 Fall 2011 (as of 9/30/11) – 840 (final numbers in January) We are learning with PLATO how to best utilize licenses for our model of delivery Connect Model

23. Q and A from an MTDA Site Facilitator 8 mins. (recorded by Jason/edited by Ryan using Video Pad) Tell us about MTDA Connect at your high school. What inspired your school to be the first to get involved? What is the most prevalent benefit? What should we change? How is the academic area coach model working? How has online credit recovery changed your school’s approach to CR? Do you see the program growing in the future? Do you have plans for tracking students who take part? Facilitator Input

24. Video Deleted to allow upload to slideshare…

25. Misuse of MTDA Original/True CR Model was needed Coach + Local Facilitation + MTDA Staff team is critical Communication Locking Mastery Tests after 2 tries Unit and Semester Post-tests locked by coaches Estimating License Needs is Challenging Integration with SIS is needed and critical Connect Model Lessons Learned

26. Branded as Connect Credit Recovery Program Created Naming Schema and Scalable/Consistent Setup of Classes Spring 2011 Algebra 1A Big Sky Hired Coaches Opened Registration February 1, 2011 Used manual enrollment process Emailed attachments/processed by hand Individual and group orientations New Initiative – Configure and Customize PLE

27. Hierarchy Change in PLE SSO - GeniusSIS, Moodle and PLATO Learning Environment School, parent and student portals Wikispaces tutorials http://montanadigitalacademy.wikispaces.com/ Dropbox for board meetings and file sharing Googledocs for internal documents Gotomeeting for virtual meetings Archives of gotowebinars on website http://montanadigitalacademy.org/schools Ringcentral for fax-to-Email service Customized number Technology Used and Resources for Coaches and Facilitators

28. Coaches Took Challenge of Refining Model Tracked Students – Show Justine or Kala’s Google Doc Monthly Meetings – Brought Ideas for tutorials New Initiative – Continued

29. Discussed Plan/Started in August (As soon as API open) Integrated GeniusSIS and PLATO Student accounts, enrollments and classes Assignments and Facilitators and Grades Manual Still Show Dropbox File Demo Enroll a student in Genius/show in PLE! Questions? New Initiative - API Integration

30. Assignments auto-assigned inside PLE? Grade data passed to SIS from PLE? Success Data Refine Reporting Refine and Develop Support and Orientations Next Steps

31. Can do live demo or screen shots and respond to audience questions with information Can show SSO to PLE Choose your own adventure… Questions or Requests for Demo

32. Ryan Schrenk ryan.schrenk@montanadigitalacademy.org http://www.montanadigitalacademy.org Twitter: ryanschrenk Skype: ryan.schrenk Presentations: http://www.slideshare.net/rschrenk Contact Info