Mobile Learning Collaborative

StoryChasers is facilitating a Mobile Learning Collaborative starting in 2010. This wiki space is an area for sharing resources, ideas and links relating to this project.

1:1 K-12 Schools Google Map
1:1 schools provide every student with a wireless digital learning device, or require each student to BYOD (bring your own device) to school. This map has been initially populated with 1:1 school districts in Oklahoma, but we hope to add schools in other locations with your assistance and input. For Oklahoma schools, green map pins are used for 2010-2011 ARRA grant schools. If you know of a 1:1 school not included on this list, please submit our Google Form and we'll add it.

Ubuntu Linux on Netbooks
Storychasers recommends participating schools purchase inexpensive netbook computers FOR STUDENTS running the FREE Ubuntu operating system, pre-loaded with over one hundred free and open source educational applications. The following websites provide more information and downloadable / installable software images for several variants of Linux. (Storychasers recommends full-size laptop computers for teachers.)
 * Open 1 to 1 Project (Maine-based nonprofit)
 * Linux on Netbooks by Jim Klein
 * Ubuntu Netbook Remix
 * Sugar on a Stick (operating system and software used by OLPC)

Digital Curriculum
Storychasers recommends participating schools purchase and utilize the following commercial digital curriculum, in addition to Google Apps for Education and other free tools/sources. We plan to negotiate packaged pricing for our participating schools utilizing these digital curriculum sources. A complete list of digital curriculum websites and software tools used by teachers and students in Floydada, Texas, is available as a shared Google Doc. (Updated 15 Dec 2009)
 * MyAccess!
 * Explore Learning Gizmos
 * NoodleTools
 * VoiceThread for Education
 * PollEveryWhere (School-wide license)
 * TeenBiz 3000
 * Discovery Education Streaming
 * Study Island
 * TurnItIn
 * netTrekker

Professional Development
The following is a recommended sequence of professional development workshops for educators, specific to the 2010-2011 Oklahoma SDE EETT Grant. This PD sequence is based on the Powerful Ingredients for Blended Learning project/ebook and T4T (Technology for Teachers) curriculum. It also utilizes content from the FREE K-12 Online Conference with a "blended" (online and face-to-face) approach. These professional development workshops will be offered as 3 hour workshops, both face-to-face and online by Storychasers. Pricing for these workshops will be shared directly with collaborative partners.
 * Celebrate Oklahoma Voices
 * Blogging and Microblogging
 * Social Bookmarking
 * Search, Research, and Aggregators (Digital Newspapers)
 * Learning Portals (interactive website creation: Google Sites, Wikis)
 * Digital Storytelling 1: VoiceThread
 * Digital Storytelling 2: Audacity
 * Digital Storytelling 3: Video
 * Podcatching / Podcasting / Phonecasting
 * Screencasting
 * GeoApps 1: Google Earth
 * GeoApps 2: Google Maps
 * Realtime Collaboration (Google Docs)
 * Visual Literacy, Online Photo Sharing and Presentation Zen
 * Video Sharing
 * Surveys and Polls
 * Synchronous Conferencing
 * Google SketchUp
 * Scratch
 * Intro to MyAccess!
 * Intro to Explore Learning Gizmos
 * Intro to NoodleTools
 * Intro to VoiceThread for Education
 * Intro to PollEveryWhere (School-wide license)
 * Intro to TeenBiz 3000
 * Intro to Discovery Education Streaming
 * Intro to Study Island
 * Intro to TurnItIn
 * Intro to netTrekker

In addition to planning to participate in these workshops, district superintendents and principals should plan to participate in quarterly leadership meetings to learn about new 1:1 developments, share experiences and practices, and ask questions.

In addition to planning for F2F and online PD, participating districts should plan to send teachers to participate in the following conferences.
 * Oklahoma MoodleMoot 8-9 June 2010 (MetroTech, Oklahoma City)
 * ISTE 2010 27-30 June 2010 (Denver, Colorado)
 * EncycloMedia September 2010 (Oklahoma City)
 * One to One Institute November 2010 (Chicago)

Learning Management Systems
It is essential that schools involved in 1 to 1 learning projects utilize an online learning management system. Our collaborative plans to partner with OneNet (the Oklahoma state regent's network) to provide participating schools with hosted installations of Moodle. In addition to using Moodle, our participating schools all utilize Google Apps for Education, and are therefore able to utilize the rich suite of collaboration tools provided by Google including Google Docs, Google Spreadsheets, Google Presentations, and more. OneNet provides hosted CPanel solutions, including Moodle, to all its member districts in Oklahoma as a free service.
 * If your school currently pays for ANY Internet connectivity from OneNet (even a single T-1 line) a hosted CPanel web services installation is available to you FREE. This can include a hosted Moodle installation.
 * Cordell Public Schools is negotiating with OneNet to obtain a hosted Moodle service for $300 per year. Cordell receives Internet connectivity from AT&T and email/content filtering from NewNet66.

Insurance

 * Wave Group Laptop Insurance (Used by parents at Del Crest Middle School in MidDel PS]

Content Filtering Service
The following companies are used by Oklahoma schools for content filtering services:
 * NewNet66 (based in Oklahoma)
 * TwoTrees (based in Kansas)

Evaluation
If you are looking for an outstanding 1:1 grant and project evaluator, we recommend the Institute for the Integration of Technology into Teaching and Learning, led by Dr. Gerald Knezek and Dr. Rhonda Christensen at the University of North Texas (UNT) in Denton. IITTL researchers have served as grant evaluators for the past decade in Irving ISD (Texas) and in other 1:1 projects around the United States.

Curriculum Sharing Platform
Our mobile learning partnership plans to create a shared platform for curriculum sharing, specifically focused on teacher and student-created screencasts.