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Building Technology Capacity at Monona Grove

A PLAN TO SUPPORT 21ST CENTURY LEARNING

Objectives for Technology at Monona Grove

• Prepare students for global opportunities
• Provide staff with an effective, efficient system
• Remain competitive with area school districts

Monona Grove Computer Network: 2012

• 1400 computers
• Average computer age: 4.5 years old
• Wireless buildings: 0
• Average Internet speed into MG buildings: 13 megabits/sec

• An explosion of demand by students and staff
• A proliferation of student portable devices
• Area districts surpass us in wireless and mobile technology
• 25% reduction in tech budget since 2000, in real dollars
• Tech support staffing 30% below national, state, and area norms
• Aging computers
• Computer access deemed insufficient by staff and students

Current Pressures on Monona Grove’s Technology Environment

• Insufficient student access
• Unreliable/slow internet access
• Insufficient bandwidth
• Slow computers
• Inadequate technician response time

Student and Staff Perceptions

Consequences

• Lost educational opportunities for students
• Lost work time for teachers and other staff
• Weakened comparison with area districts

• Access to worldwide information resources, on demand
• Ability to adapt to rapidly changing technologies
• Technology-savvy teachers and staff

21st Century Students Need:

• Communicate with parents and students
• Collaborate with other staff
• Build professional knowledge
• Model and design 21st century learning for students
• Have a system that lets them operate efficiently

21st Century Staff Need Resources To:

• Not enough computers to flexibly meet our students needs
• Not enough labs
• Not enough space in existing labs
• Internet bottleneck, systemwide

Limited Access

Computer Labs Can’t Support Current and Future Demand

• Access to the Internet whenever, wherever
• Individual students or entire classes can use computers in class,

whether labs are available or not

• Devices: Laptops, iPads, Chromebooks, Kindles, Nooks, iPod

Touches, tablets, netbooks, and many more

Providing Access on Demand With Mobile Wireless Devices

• Robust Internet access District Wide
• Sufficiently fast desktop computers (for staff)
• Wireless environment in every building
• Mobile devices (for students)

Requirements for Mobile Wireless and Robust Internet Access

• Key services and data are moving to the cloud
• MAP and other tests will soon be delivered via the Internet
• Key data reports are delivered via the Internet
• DPI’s Student Information System will be delivered via the Internet
• Student and staff will increasingly interact via the cloud
• MG students will move toward taking some or many classes online

Robust Internet Access Has Become Indispensable

Robust Internet Access Has Become Indispensable

• Staff development will be done increasingly via videoconference
• Use of Google Apps is becoming widespread among students and staff
• E-school offerings are evolving and becoming an educational norm
• Video is delivered via the Internet
• Textbooks will be delivered increasingly online
• The number of devices at MG requiring Internet access is continually

increasing

• Current state: average desktop computer is 4.5 years old
• Replacement cycle: acquire 2 year old computers, replace at 7

years old

• Result: 3/5 of our desktop computers are 5, 6, or 7 years old
• Substantially hinders Internet Access
• Proposed solution: buy new computers and replace them

every 5 years

Desktop Speed Affects Internet Speed

• Access points (similar to home access points, but

centrally managed)

• Cabling to every access point
• Wireless controller to manage access points
• Biggest costs: access points, cabling

Installing Wireless at MG: Hardware Components

• MGHS: 50 access points, limited cabling costs
• GDS: 40 access points, no cabling costs
• Elementary Schools: 30 access points each, new

cabling needed to every access point

Installing Wireless at MG: Building by Building

• Incremental approach
• Year 1: Chromebooks and iPads for checkout at all

buildings

• Year 2: Add these and other devices as demand

develops

• Year 3 and beyond: move to blended checkout and

“BYOD” environment

Accumulating Mobile Devices at MG:

• Increased student computer access via mobile

devices

• Reliable wireless throughout every building
• Internet access comparable to home access
• Increased internet bandwidth
• Workstations 1 – 5 years old
• Adequate tech staffing

Recap: System Requirements To Support Student and Staff Needs

• Add 1 FTE technician
• Install wireless at all schools
• Increase Internet bandwidth to Cottage Grove schools
• Implement MUFN fiber network in Monona
• Replace all computers older than 5 years with new computers
• Add portable wireless devices based on demand

Getting From Here to There: A Proposed Sequence of Steps

• Solicit input from all stakeholders on
• Connection of technology to curriculum
• Identification of key student skills
• Staff development
• Development of needed processes
• Procurement
• Resource distribution
• Student use of portable devices
• Create regular building tech committee meeting schedule in every

building

• Reconstitute District Technology Committee
• Permanent members: Directors of Technology, Business

Services, and Instruction

• Annual members: 1 rep from each building committee
• District committee creates district tech plan based on input from

stakeholders and building committees

Technology Planning Process

• Current operational budget: $275,000
• Internet access and WAN circuits
• Consumables (user devices, network devices, projectors)
• Software
• Replacement computers and servers
• Staff Development
• Current staff budget: $227,000
• Tech Director, Network Engineer, Technician (salary and fringe)
• Proposed operational budget: $430,000
• Increase of $155,000 annually, beginning 2012-2013
• Would cover cost of wireless, new computers, added portable

devices

• Proposed staff budget: $269,000
• Increase of $42,000 annually
• Would cover cost of 1 FTE “Tech 1” position (salary and fringe)

Budget

Questions?