Proposal to the Board of Regents suggesting a student laptop program.

1. Student Laptop
Program
Recommendation

2. We must prepare our students for the world they
will inhabit, where computer literacy is not optional.
It falls to us to teach our students, regardless of
family economics, to use technology effectively and
ethically. This technological literacy is learned best
when students are engaged in authentic learning and
assessment on a computer that they can access
anytime and anywhere.

3. 1. Where we are
2. Where we need to be
3. How we will get there
4. How much it will cost

4. Where we are

5. Where we are now
Faculty have had laptops for ~4.5 years
Stable technology infrastructure has been in
place for the same time period
Dedicated audio-visual has been in the
classrooms for the past 1.5 years

6. Faculty are now fairly comfortable using
technology for their own teaching.
But they need more dedicated professional
development to achieve full value
There has been much improvement in
communication
by email and via websites, by faculty, and the
school as a whole.

7. Fixed-location computer labs
classes go to them
but takes instructional time to walk to the labs
Laptop rolling carts
laptops go to classes
but cumbersome and time-consuming to set-up
and return to the labs
Students cannot use the same computers each
time
Students can only access computers during school-
hours.

8. Where we need to be

10. According to former Secretary of
Education Richard Riley, the top 10 jobs
in demand in 2010 won’t have existed in
2004.
High Growth Industries, July 5, 2005.

11. More than 3,000 new books are published ...
. . . daily.
Edward Tenner, US 1 Newspaper, May 12, 2004

12. There are 540,000 words in the English
language ...
5 times as many as in Shakespeare’s time

13. First lesson:
We are educating students for jobs that do
not exist, using tools that have not been
invented, to solve problems we’ve yet to
identify.

14. To prepare our students for this, students
must become life-long learners, capable of
adapting to change.
They need not learn only facts and figures, but
they must learn how to learn.

15. This is the realm of Constructivist Learning,
a belief that students build their own
knowledge while engaged in active learning
experiences.

16. Second lesson:
Life in this century requires additional
knowledge and skills.

17. 80% of voters say the things students need to
learn today are different than 20 years ago.
Six in ten voters say US schools are not
keeping pace with changing educational needs.
Almost nine in 10 voters (88%) believe 21st
century skills can and should be part of the
curriculum.
Public Opinion Strategies and Peter D Hart Research Associates, 2007.

18. We cannot teach discrete facts and hope
those will be relevant and necessary when the
first students affected by this
recommendation enter the job market in
2017.

19. Core disciplines 21st Century skills
Language arts Digital-Age literacies
World languages
Expert and Inventive
Arts thinking
Mathematics
Complex
Economics
communication
Science
Geography Leadership
History Personal Integration
Government and civics and Productivity
Center for Catholic School Effectiveness,
No Child Left Behind Act, 2001
Loyola University Chicago

20. There exists a digital divide that
will influence who attains the 21st
Century skills, and who does not.

21. To bridge the global digital divide, the One
Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Foundation is selling
$100 laptops to students in developing
nations.

23. The same digital divide is present at SI . . .

24. 2% of our students do not have their own computer
22%
78%
Home Technology Survey, SI, 2007.

25. Only 19% of our students have a computer that is
new enough to do what would be asked on them, and
that they can bring to school.
19%
81%
Home Technology Survey, SI, 2007.

26. Not all of our students have access to
practice the technology skills that they will
need in college and beyond.
Other schools, however, have been providing
universal access to such technology ...

27. The first high school began its laptop program
in 1990.
Methodists Ladies College, Melbourne, AU

28. Locally, Urban High school has had a student
laptop program since 2002,
freshmen & sophomores at Moreau Catholic
have laptops,
Bishop O’Dowd will begin a program this Fall,
St. Joseph’s in Alameda expects laptops within
3 years, and Serra High School within 4 years

29. How we will get there

30. Recommendation
All students at Saint Ignatius will have their
own laptops.
These will be provided to in-coming
freshmen
Purchased by the school, each family pays
back one-fourth of the price each year

31. In conjunction, the school would hire an
Educational Technologist to serve under the
Director of Professional Development and
work with the faculty on integration of
student laptops into the curriculum.

32. The educational technologist will:
• collaborate with teachers on implementing technology
into curriculum;
• structure technology education of students, faculty and
staff;
• make recommendations regarding hardware and
software purchases;
• provide trouble-shooting on a limited basis;
• identify trends in software, curriculum, teaching
strategies, and new resources; and
• create learning experiences for teachers, staff, and
students. Barbara Chamberlin, University of Virgina

33. In a year of preparation, our professional
development energies will be focused into:
school visitations by faculty,
seminars & workshops for faculty, and
visiting consultants.

34. Example:
EduCon 2.0
Philadelphia, PA
January 25-27

35. Orientation programs will be developed for
in-coming
freshmen and
their parents.

36. Criteria for success will be set,
based on the
National Educational
Technology Standards, and
evaluated through surveys,
observations, and assessment
of student work.

37. How much it will cost

38. Start-up Costs
Start-up Estimate $1.03-1.13m
Technology:
Data Center Upgrade $0 (already done)
Additional network cabling upgrades $100k
New network hardware (above current plan) $500k
New servers (above current plan) $100k
Network architecture and implementation
$250k/$150k
services*
Additional support staff $77k
Ed Tech & Faculty professional development $100k

39. On-going Costs
On-going Operational Costs $321k
Technology
Increased infrastructure maintenance $125k
Support staff salary x2 (w/ benes @22%) $140k
Educational Technologist salary (w/benes) $100k
Avoided Costs
Support of 113 desktop computers’ ($44k)
Annual cost per student ($321k/1425) $225

40. Financial Aid Requirement
Laptop cost for 20% on financial aid:
(350 x .2) x $2600 $182k
$182,000 / 1425 $128

41. We must prepare our students for the world they
will inhabit, where computer literacy is not optional.
It falls to us to teach our students, regardless of
family economics, to use technology effectively and
ethically. This technological literacy is learned best
when students are engaged in authentic learning and
assessment on a computer that they can access
anytime and anywhere.

42. Research

43. Improved student language arts, math, and
science scores
12th grade students in one Maine school
that had laptops all 4 high school-years
outscored 85% of their peers in all five
areas of the Main Educational
Assessment
Lemke and Martin, 2003

44. In Pleasanton, students at Harvest Park Middle
School all had laptops and scored 6-13%
higher than others in their age group in the
same school district on language arts and
mathematics.
Overall GPAs were higher, as was the quality
of their writing.
Gulek and Demirtas, 2005

45. 37,000 students in 45 schools across 2
districts in Virgina:
13-point increase in SAT
Lowest dropout rate and highest
attendance rate in history
Better return on technology investment
(one hour a week labs did not result in
student gains)
One-to-One Computing in Virginia, 2004