@dalevankeuren talks about ETAP data from @WaukeshaNorth1

Three years ago when we started collecting data as it relates to technology integration it was revealing...technology was not a strength.  It is hard to remember, but it was only 3 years ago that the following conditions existed:

1. No devices for students
2. Teachers had desktops and not MacBooks and iPads
3. It was the first year for Google Apps for Education
4. Everyone still used the “H” Drive...remember that???
5. Minimal use of Blackboard
6. Something here on instructional practice

In the process of Waukesha One we have seen tremendous growth in all of these areas. Opening, using, and collaborating on a Google Doc is now common place at Waukesha North.  Now, technology integration, and the doors that tech can open have become a strength for teachers at Waukesha North.

While we collected data on many of the processes outlined above, we also collected data on the following areas. Below are the trends since Spring of 2013.  

Green means percentage went up, and yellow means percentage went down.

 

After looking at this data here are a few of my takeaways.

No doubt some of our data has either flatlined or taken a dip.  I attribute that to a couple of factors.  

1. I think many of the teachers at Waukesha North have a better understanding of SAMR and its levels.  When we began gathering this data, teachers had just began to understand SAMR and apply it to their classroom.  Today, teachers have a much more through and deeper understanding of SAMR and how to apply that framework to planning lessons.
2. We have had some turnover in staff in the past 3 years.  I wonder how much we have NOT done with SAMR has had an effect on this data?
3. I wonder if staff at North are their harshest critics? What was once a milestone event before, is now commonplace.  (Google Docs, Collaboration etc.)

We need to keep talking about the common language of SAMR, tech integration, and improving instruction.  The end goal is simple, we talk about lesson design and improving instruction and NOT technology integration.  Technology integration done well is seamless and a part of the normal planning, instruction, and assessment.  Just like anything else in education and life, balance is the key.

In the end, these numbers can tell a story of a high school going through change.  In 3 years Waukesha North has made great strides in improving teaching and learning.  
I am confident that improvement process will continue as we move forward.