2. The Road to BYO
Mark Ault
Laura Koehne
Arline Pique
Antonio Shelton
http://indianhillschools.org/hs

3. Indian Hill EVSD
Cincinnati, OH
• Approx. 2000 students
• HS-671, MS-494, ES-408,
PS-368
• Population 7318; 18.5
square miles
• Median income 2009:
$154,177
• 1.9% below poverty; 5.5%
on Free/Red Lunch

4. Timeline
Tech Committee Findings:
Move teachers to
- Enhances program in all areas
- Tablets;
Augments/Enhances Teaching Form Committee
Blackboard;
- Builds community pride Conduct Site visits, Casual
- May 09
StartMaximizes engagement
building
- capacity students where they are
Meets
present findings Jan 11 Impl 12-13
- Promotes active learning
- Student-centered education
- Just-in-time learning Plan –
Tech Evaluate Full
2004 investigate
- Successfully implemented 09-10 BYO 11-12 Impl
Viability
- Develops/enhances organization
21st century skills development
necessitates one-to-one67% of Parents believe there was value in a
Survey 2009:
student having their own computer at school; 83% of students
agreed

5. Why this doesn’t make sense
Provided 1-1 BYO
• Predictable • What machines?
• Set tools • What tools?
• Serviceable • Maintenance?
• Comfort level • Teacher comfort?
• (Costly) • (Cheap?)
CONTROL vs. CHAOS

6. Famous tech predictions
The telephone has too
many shortcomings to be “The radio craze will
seriously considered as a
die out in time.“
means of communication” …Thomas Edison, 1922
“BYO
… Western Union internal memo, over my
1876
"640K dead body”
ought to be
… for Pique, 2006
enoughArline anybody."
“I think there is Attributed to Bill Gates, 1981
-- a “There is no reason
world market for anyone would want a
maybe 5 computers” computer in their
….TJ Watson, IBM, 1943 home”
…Ken Olsen, DEC, 1977

7. Defying Logic
• Population already had access
• Plethora of free tools
• Not about the tool – about the content
• Teacher doesn’t need to be the expert
• Students working on/with what THEY are
comfortable with
• Changes the dynamic
• It is the REAL world

8. 2011-2012
• Teachers were ready & asking
• Guest network in place
(installed controller and upgraded to Nstd)
• Focus on PD
• Formed teacher committee
• Revised AUP PD
• Conducted Parent
• Site visits/shadowing
Showcase
• 21c skills
• Set Expectations
• Summer Offering
• All worked well
• Lausanne Laptop Institute
• Provided more PLC time

9. Will
??? YES
parents
support it? Will we
(Seniors?) have
enough
YES How do we loaners?
distribute
loaners
efficiently?
Equity???
Library
Foundation
– 50/13

10. Here we go!
• Teacher work day focused on
immediate tools (Evernote, Google, etc.)
• Had 5 carts available to borrow– used <2!
50 addl for those in need – distributed 10!
• Week 1- had students register
devices on google form (to ease in tracking)
• Week 1 - borrow when needed in a class
• Moved to borrow before school/return by end of day
• Continued Teacher Committee

11. Online-Turn in papers/grading
Communication, Online Tools,
Activities, Collaboration,
Main Portal Turn in work,
Feedback
Notetaking, organization,
Collaboration Prevent cheating

12. What teachers tell me… “They are
moving at
their own
“I am headed
pace..and
to the copier”
…mid September faster!”
“I used to stand “So much
at the copier for easier. You
over an hour at
the end of the
need them
day” on, they are
on!”
Cut paper use by half! “Online tests give
me immediate
info to go directly
to problems”

13. What students tell me…
I can’t
imagine
I am SO much more doing school
organized. LOVE without it
Evernote. now.
I am carrying much LOVE the immediate
less in my backpack. feedback.
First week of school –
I’ve done something Won’t we have to
other than take notes manage distractions @
in EVERY class. college and jobs?

14. Managing
Dealing with
disparate
Managing equipment
external Student
systems downloads
distractions causing issues
Changing how
we do things Learning new tools
Moving everyone Student
forward responsibility
AUP Work with
compliance parents
Media Center ->
Learning Commons

15. Need half the machines we
previously used
Cut paper usage by half
Students working
independently
Online working well
Overwhelming support for this

16. Lessons learned
What we liked
• Informal start year 1 • Student round-tables
• Parent meeting in May • Parent round-tables
• Handout for parents • Access to so many tools
• Students registering their • Students really do
own machine “own” their own
• Partnership with computers
Foundation • Laptop institute in
• Library as loan-central Summer

17. Lessons learned
What we’d do differently • Talk about what
• More planning for school happens if a teacher
supply list damages a student
• More understanding machine
about the teacher work • Not do this when we
upfront with students are also switching to a
• More communication new operating system
with ITC everywhere
• More student
involvement after
startup

18. http://indianhillschools.org/hs
Dr. Antonio Shelton
Principal, sheltona@ih.k12.oh.us Dr. Mark Ault
Asst. Superintendent, aultm@ih.k12.oh.us
Laura Koehne
Teacher, koehnel@ih.k12.oh.us
Arline Pique
Dir. Of Technology, piquea@ih.k12.oh.us