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Leveraging iPad Management Systems for the Responsive Elementary Classroom of the Future

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Pennsylvania Convention Center, 122B

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Presenters

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Amanda Fay
Director of Instructional Technology
Minnetonka Public Schools
@AmandaLFay
Amanda Fay is the Director of Instructional Technology for Minnetonka Public Schools. She is a forever English teacher, edTech nerd, Google Certified Trainer, Apple Teacher and Coach, innovator, reader, writer, and lifelong learner. She holds a 5-12 license in Communication Arts/Literature and a K-12 Principal license.
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Sara Hunt
Instructional Technology Coach
Minnetonka Public Schools
@mrs_sara_hunt
Sara Hunt has been an Instructional Technology Coach in Minnetonka Public Schools 1:1 iPad program for the past 10 years. She is a creative and enthusiastic coach/educator who inspires teachers and students alike to show what they know, by encouraging choice to demonstrate and amplify their voice in their learning. She empowers teachers to explore apps, web tools and instructional strategies that promote meaningful learning for every student every time. Sara has taught Middle School Science/STEM for 15 years and holds a B.S. and M.Ed from the University of Minnesota - TC.
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Dr. Rachel Studnicka
Instructional Technology Coach
Minnetonka Public Schools
Rachel Studnicka is an instructional technology coach at Minnetonka Public Schools with over 20 years of experience in education. She holds a K-8 teaching license, a Master’s degree in Teaching and Learning, and a Doctorate in Teacher Leadership in Digital Transformation. ​​She was named a 2014 TIES Exceptional Teachers for positively impacting student learning by modeling best classroom practices and engaging students in learning through technology. Her work aims to inspire, engage, and empower all teachers to provide all students with the opportunities, skills, and knowledge to be technically adept learners, productive citizens, and persons of character.

Session description

Learn how our district streamlined K-3 iPads to promote and model developmentally appropriate digital wellness by customizing them for early learners, reducing distractions and curating choices. We will highlight components of design thinking, including work with data privacy and the evolving classroom of the future.

Purpose & objective

The purpose of this presentation is to highlight how one district promoted and modeled developmentally appropriate digital wellness by customizing iPads for early learners using Jamf Pro, an Apple MDM that leverages Apple's native mobile device management (MDM) framework to reduce distractions and curate digital choices for elementary students. The presentation highlights components of design thinking, including work with cross-district teams, student data privacy, and the evolving classroom of the future.

Participants will learn how we:
1. collaborated in establishing a vision, strategic plan, and ongoing evaluation cycle for the future of instructional technology in Minnetonka Public Schools.

2. maximized instructional time by transforming the use of iPads for teaching and learning at the elementary level, thereby reducing distractions and curating choices.

3. used design thinking to identify a problem and maximize the use of 1:1 iPads for learning at the elementary level.

4. worked with data privacy and the evolving classroom of the future.

5. worked within JAMF, the device management system, and in partnership with the tech department.

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Outline

Intro (10 min.)
5 min: Presenter Introductions
1 min: Back Channel Introduction (allows for a fluid presentation based on
audience feedback and questions)
2 min: Vision and Beliefs for Instructional Technology in Minnetonka
2 min: Initial problems that lead to decisions (design thinking and action
research process)
- Added about 5,000 1:1 devices to our environment in response
to COVID
- Describe our observations of teacher/student use of iPad at the
elementary level
Continuous: Check in with Back-Channel (Presenters not currently presenting
will be engaging with Back-Channel to help guide presentation based
on audience feedback)
Design Thinking (30 min.)
5 min: Empathize: Getting feedback from teachers (observations and
interviews)
5 min: Define: Code data from teacher observations and interviews
5 min: Ideate: Tech coaches review data and resources
5 min: Prototype: Collaboration with our Tech Department
5 min: Test:
- Teacher professional development
- Launch managed layout to student devices
- Gather feedback from teachers for improvement
5 min: Results
- Student Data Privacy of Broader Software
- Student shadowing data
Continuous: Check in with Back-Channel (Presenters not currently presenting
will be engaging with Back-Channel to help guide presentation based on
audience feedback)
Classroom of the Future- Our next steps (15 min.)
Continuous: Check in with Back-Channel (Presenters not currently presenting
will be engaging with Back-Channel to help guide presentation based on
audience feedback)
Outcomes and Questions (5 min.)
Continuous: Check in with Back-Channel (Presenters not currently presenting
will be engaging with Back-Channel to help guide presentation based on
audience feedback)

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Supporting research

https://education.mn.gov/mdeprod/idcplg?IdcService=GET_FILE&dDocName=PROD046804&RevisionSelectionMethod=latestReleased&Rendition=primary

https://resources.jamf.com/documents/white-papers/Mobile-Device-Management-101-Education.pdf

https://wcsi.org/downloads/Fred%20Rogers%20Six%20Basic%20Necessities%20of%20Learning.pdf

https://www.naeyc.org/resources/pubs/yc/sep2017/technology-and-interactive-media

https://tech.ed.gov/earlylearning/principles/

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Session specifications

Topic:
Safety, security & student data privacy
Grade level:
PK-5
Skill level:
Beginner
Audience:
Coaches, Teachers, Technology coordinators/facilitators
Attendee devices:
Devices useful
Attendee device specification:
Smartphone: Android, iOS, Windows
Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC
Tablet: Android, iOS, Windows
Participant accounts, software and other materials:
If you can bring a laptop or mobile device for participating in a backchannel chat, that will be helpful.
ISTE Standards:
For Coaches:
Change Agent
  • Connect leaders, educators, instructional support, technical support, domain experts and solution providers to maximize the potential of technology for learning.
For Education Leaders:
Visionary Planner
  • Engage education stakeholders in developing and adopting a shared vision for using technology to improve student success, informed by the learning sciences.
  • Build on the shared vision by collaboratively creating a strategic plan that articulates how technology will be used to enhance learning.
Related exhibitors:
Jamf,
Canva for Education,
Edpuzzle

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