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Our staff continues to prepare for the implementation of our 1:1 student iPad program for next school year. Over the last week, two teams of staff members visited Mid-Pacific Elementary on Oʻahu and our sister campus on Hawaiʻi island to see how their teachers are using iPads. It is exciting to see how these devices are being used in classrooms from kindergarten to fifth grade and in all areas of learning. Mahalo to Principal Hussey at Mid-Pacific and Principal Kanehailua at Kamehameha Schools Hawaii for their hospitality and opening up their classrooms.

Thank you very much to Brad Waid and Drew Minock. The “Two Guys and Some iPads” spent two full days on our Elementary school campus.  They worked with teachers to provide iPad training in preparation for our 1:1 iPad program.  Brad and Drew were also nice enough to spend some time building iPad anticipation with some of our students.

Infusing technology into the music classroom has brought a spark of excitement to Mr. Tuitele’s class! Here, 5th graders use their creativity as they team up and create their own short musical composition within GarageBand. This is a sneak peek as to what’s in store for next school year when each student will have their own iPad.

Aloha e Maui Campus Elementary School Faculty,

My name is Lance Tachino and I am the Project Manager for the Maui Elementary School 1 to 1 Student iPad Project.  I have had the opportunity to work on the majority of the student 1 to 1 projects at the Kapalama and Hawaii campuses.  This is my first communication to teachers, administrators and staff regarding this project.  The information below is designed to give you a brief overview of the project.  For two months, the 1 to 1 project team has been meeting to develop a comprehensive plan to determine how best to roll-out the student iPads and teacher MacBook’s.  The core project planning team consists of 6 individuals:

 Project Manager: Lance Tachino

Maui Campus Elementary School Principal and Project Owner: Kaleo Pahukula

Core planning team members: Kula Gaughen-Haili, Jon Kimoto, Valerie Bland, Kauko      Kane, Nyles Sakuma

This a three year project, with the first year (SY 2014-2015) being primarily a planning year the second year (SY 2015-2016) will be the student iPad implementation and the final year (SY 2016-2017) as the assessment and operational turnover year.

I will be coming to meet teachers in their classrooms with Jon Kimoto on Wednesday, February 25, between 10:00-11:00 am.  Hope to meet all of you.

If you have comments, suggestions or questions, please email to me ‘[email protected]’.  I will more than happy to respond to your inquiry.  You can also talk to any of the project team members as well.

Mahalo,

Lance Tachino

Project Manager

Maui Campus Elementary School 1 to 1 Student iPad Project

This is how one of my 3rd grade small groups integrated technology with the iPad.

We did a lesson which included a small passage about beavers. The students enjoyed the text & were asking questions about different beaver facts. I decided to use the next lesson as both my Instructional Shift Lesson & an extended lesson on Beavers. We read a few different texts about beavers. We found information to deepen our learning about beavers & answer our “wonderings” using evidence from the text. After researching different topics the students wrote & sketched their new learning. We then used the Explain Everything App on the iPad to organize our work, create oral presentations & then uploaded our project into a video presentation.

-Alana Hurdle

**Video was edited to accommodate upload requirements.  Please see Alana to view entire project.  Mahalo!

Up-date of the status of 1 to 1 Project Committee:

• The ‘WHY’ of the 1 to 1 Technology at KS Elementary Maui Campus

Making a positive educational and inter-generational difference by creating a quality learning environment that advances our Haumana to higher levels of achievement. Some outcomes of our educational environment are as follows:

• Students learn 21^st century skills
• Giving students the ability to impact their own future
• Making students college and career ready

• Next steps include the development of sub-committee and the roles
• Policies – Kula, Jon & Lance – role: technology handbook development including policy and procedures
• PD – Kaleo, Val & Nyles – role: to plan opportunities for technology Professional Development and growth
• Assessment – Nyles – role: to plan and coordinate assessments focused throughout the project rollout
• Logistics – Val & Kauko – role: to work with sub-committees to assist in securing facility, equipment, purchases, etc. and complete necessary paperwork
• Print & Repair – Val & Kauko – role: to facilitate and implement a “Print and Repair” area that will meet the needs of technology repair and printing issues
• Communication – Jon & Lance – role: to facilitate open communication with stakeholders through print, email, blog and other methods

**We are looking for members to assist with the important work for a successful project implementation**

• PD Survey to come out…check your email from Val Bland  – date, link to google form
• Upcoming PD and who is attending thus far
  • iPad Summit – dates: February 9-11 San Diego, who:  Kaleo, Clarke, Wendy, Julee and Nyles
  • 2 guys and an iPad – dates: 3/30-3/31 KSMES campus, who:  all teachers and staff during prep time
  • KS Ed Tech conference – dates: June 8 – 10 (8^th is “Unconference) Oahu, who: send interest to Jon or indicate on upcoming PD survey
  • ISTE – dates June 28-July 1 Philadelphia, who: send interest to Jon or indicate on upcoming PD survey
• School Visit – projected dates coming soon…
  • Mid Pacific Institute
  • Kea’au campus

Feedback: Please email Jon…

How have you used your iPad thus far?

What concerns and/or feedback do you have at this point?

Coming soon…communications through our KSMES Blog