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A case study of Smartboards at Christ King School

Link to an article about Interactive boards

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Journal of Cases in Educational Leardership

Other articles from SAGE: Leadership implications of using interactive whiteboards : linking technology and pedagogy in the management of change Management in Education, December 2004 ; vol. 18 , 5 : pp. 27 - 30. ...Miller, D. (2002) The interactive whiteboard as a force for pedagogic...the introduction of the interactive whiteboard (IAW) and its associated...Miller, D. (2002) `The interactive whiteboard as a force for pedagogic...
 * Derek Glover ,
 * David Miller ,
 * Doug Averis ,
 * and Victoria Door

Leading changed classroom culture — the impact of interactive whiteboards Management in Education, July 2007 ; vol. 21 , 3 : pp. 21 - 24. ...progres- sive introduction of interactive whiteboard technology into more teaching...areas', the exercise on the interactive whiteboard was `jazzily' presented...through with pupils at the interactive whiteboard. Recall of screens used...
 * Derek Glover and
 * David Miller

Outline
 * 1) Intro to topic
 * 2) Compelling experience of transformation
 * 3) Christ King intro
 * 4) Data collected
 * 5) Survey - teachers, technology use survey from school
 * 6) Documents – proposals from teachers
 * 7) [[file:smart board proposal.doc]] submitted 9/08
 * 8) Light bulb use – rate of use
 * 9) Artifacts – emails from parents for funding, technology policy for staff, kindergarten morning lesson routine
 * 10) [[file:Morning Routine.pdf]]
 * 11) [[file:network_responsibility.pdf]]
 * 12) [[file:computer_usage.pdf]]
 * 13) Interviews – teachers by Laura and Pamela
 * 14) Observations
 * 15) Cultivating Responsibility
 * 16) Cultivating Meaning
 * 17) Cultivating Community
 * 18) Analysis through lens of Starratt
 * 19) Suggestions
 * 20) Conclusion

Survey []

Work to do
 * Heidi – survey at CK
 * Connections to reading
 * Cultivating Responsibility – Heidi
 * Cultivating community – Pamela
 * Cultivating Meaning/Learning – Laura
 * Interviews of teachers
 * Survey results

Here are a list of interview questions that would help for our project Interview questions

When did you first become interested in using a SB in your classroom? Describe the process in getting a smartboard. Finances, writing a proposal, who was encouraging or influential in deciding to get a SB? In what ways has your classroom benefited? Describe your comfort level in using the SB. What would be helpful in developing SB skills? In what ways has student learning changed since using the SB? In what ways has using the SB helped you connect to your lessons to the student lives? What is your favorite way your students interact with the SB?

Open ended, make connections to Staratt

Answers to survey from CK teacher:
 * ) Sue Schueller

- - When did you first become interested in using a SB in your classroom? I first became interested when I saw the computer teacher at our school teach how to play a computer game on the board....all the children were paying attention. Even the children who needed constant reminders to pay attention...that caught my interest. - Describe the process in getting a SB in your classroom (the proposal, funding, etc). I had to write a proposal on why and how I thought I would use a smartboard in my classroom with the children. - Finances, writing a proposal, who was encouraging or influential in deciding to get a SB? I believe the principal and the computer teacher made the decisions. - In what ways has your classroom benefited? It has made learning interactive......the children can come up to the board and move things around....make choices....we have added music to our lessons....video clips...it is amazing...instead of showing a picture of an animal....we can go to zoo cams or watch video clips. - Describe your comfort level in using the SB.

I am very comfort teaching with the sb...... - What would be helpful in developing SB skills? I would like to learn two things on the sb......trouble shooting problems....so I do not have to wait for someone else to help me. And I would like to learn how to add more student made products such as videos and voice ....

- In what ways has student learning changed since using the SB?

The children are move involved....they beg to have a turn. Once I turn the smartboard on the sit up straight.... - In what ways has using the SB helped you connect to your lessons to the student lives? It has enable us to show pictures to the whole class...with the dc..... We have had uncles, aunts...emails us power point presentations about the space program and ocean creatures that the entire class could see. - What is your favorite way your students interact with the SB? I love doing the calendar I created on the sb.......I also like to show the children about animals on National Geo. for Kids.

Questions from QFT
 * Why Smartboards? (R)
 * How will they effect instructon? (M)
 * What transformation are we hoping for? (M)
 * How will using the Smartboard breakdown the walls of my classroom? (C)

How to write the project
 * Tell it as a story.
 * Tell it in a more familiar way.
 * The study of the transformation
 * Can write in first person to be coherent
 * As a school leader, have it be something you want to read
 * Be consistent

CK School Profile (from CK admin and heidi's pdp) The Archdiocese of Milwaukee is a system of schools composed of 123 K-8 elementary schools and 13 high schools serving approximately 37,000 students. Geographically the Archdiocese encompasses the counties of Racine, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Walworth, Waukesha, Ozaukee, Washington, Dodge, Fond du Lac and Sheboygan. The system includes schools in rural, urban and suburban settings. Schools are supported b the Office for Schools, which is responsible for establishing and monitoring the implementation of Archdiocesan policies, regulations and accreditation standards relative to educational practices in Catholic Schools. Central office staff consists of a superintendent, three associate superintendents and a human resource employee. Each school/school system is independently operated and site based, meeting their own financial obligations and student service needs. Christ King is a Catholic suburban school located in the city of Wauwatosa. Most students come from families where either one or both parents are professionals in the area of law, law enforcement, education or medicine. The majority of our students are Caucasian with approximately 2% of Black, Asian or Hispanic descent. Christ King School has an academic program that serves students in Grades K4 through Grade 8. There are two classes of each grade with an average class size of 24 students. In addition to all homeroom teachers and departmental teachers in the Middle School, there are full time specialty teachers for art, computer, music, physical education, Spanish, library and reading resource. I teach fifth grade reading and religion as well as both sections of fifth grade math and science. The mission of Christ King School is to actively be a witness of Christ, recognizing, accepting and respecting Jesus in everyone through spreading the message, showing community, participating in prayer and worship and providing service to others.