Solving the Tablet Puzzle

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Solving the Tablet Puzzle

• Helping Educators on the Go

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Evaluation Pilot

• 19 Assistant Principals
• Elementary, Middle, and High School
• Six Week Timeline
• Comparison of Dell Laptop and HP Tablet

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Tablet Implementation

• Professional Development
• Summer 2005
• How-Tos, Note-taking, Troubleshooting
• Spring 2006
• PDAS Tools, Walk-Through Forms, Rubrics
• Customized Course Offering
• MovieMaker for Assistant Principals

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Educators in Action

• How Do I Use Thee? Let Me Count the Ways..

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What Is Going Well?

• Mobility
• Saving forms in to Windows Journal
• Discipline on-the-go
• Student/Teacher Data instantly available
• Installation of Workstations
• Customized setup
• Data Transfer

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What Are Our Challenges?

• Tablet software load
• Meeting pre-determined deadlines
• Helping staff to see tablet as a mobile device,
  not just a desktop computer
• Finding the next tablet

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Its Your Turn!

• Meet Our Honored Guests
• Daniel Moczygemba, Assistant Principal, Churchill
  High School
• Dr. Melissa Alcala, Assistant Principal, Tejeda
  Middle School
• Dee Ann Estlack, Assistant Principal, Roan Forest
  Elementary School

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Recommendations

• Research several tablets for best features,
  service and price
• Thoroughly test software load
• Decide best way to keep tablet secure
• Kensington (or other brand) locks
• Computrace
• Training
• Develop customized training

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Last, But not Least

• Follow up with tablet users by way of visits
  and/or online surveys to ensure ongoing support
  and technical assistance is available

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Contact Us

• Tim Miller, Director, Educational Technology
• Becky Adams, Special Projects Coordinator,
  Educational Technology
• Sue Carlson, Instructional Technology Specialist,
  Educational Technology
• www.neisd.net
• 210-804-7020