B+-+Study+(off+Lake)+-+The+State+&+Future+of+Learning+Management

Convened by Jim Anderson & Greg Bendis-Grab / Packer Matt Unger / Apple Systems Engineer Everette Sanders / The Spence School Marko Pacic / Convent of the Sacred Heart Joseph (Ted) Dioguardi / Hackley School Alex Lamb / Berkeley Carroll School (1:1 iPads 3-12) Christina Shailas / Convent of the Sacred Heart Massimo Scapini / CEO, School 4 One (iOS app)
 * Present:**

Where does an LMS fit into the current and future digital environment?

Link to NYSAIS Online and Blended Learning Conference LMS “shoot out” [|https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-Tbxa7QJazpLEOGNc0VzKVFvCJAHKBueco9ZUjFXi80/edit#gid=0]


 * Learning Management Systems** **Goals / Issues that arose during conversation**
 * Low barrier to entry for teachers (students will get it…)
 * Integration with SIS
 * Grade entry from the LMS gradebook
 * Access to other information in the same place
 * SSO
 * How to assess any LMS for its impact on learning?
 * "Having different tools means PD is harder. Using the same basic tool means people can share [and teach each other]"
 * Is it whether the teachers like and accept it or is it that students are learning better?
 * Support flipped classrooms, blended learning, distance learning?
 * How does it support assessment?
 * How does it support teacher (and student) commentary on student work?
 * Can content be tagged? (What’s the taxonomy?)
 * How to handle faculty PD?
 * MS students have more of an issue with organization and finding documents/assignments
 * Should we be more explicit about teaching digital management skills?

Packer is in the process of moving from FirstClass (which has been in use for the past 14 years) to some new platform to support teaching and learning.
 * We have many teachers using Google Classroom future digital environment?


 * Spence - Just switched from FirstClass to Office365**
 * Working pretty well for them in general
 * Office365 does not have an ‘unsend’ feature. (Use “delayed send” instead)
 * OneDrive is “huge” and has been successful


 * Convent of the Sacred Heart is using gMail and Google Drive**
 * Not yet using Google Classroom
 * Tech Integrator / Math teacher frustrated by the lack of a seamless feedback mechanism with iOS apps and Google Drive


 * Hackley School is using Whipple Hill's OnCampus**
 * Moved this year to unified Whipple Hill system
 * Faculty has been the big winners with the integration
 * Attendance is rolled in and easy for faculty
 * Integrated grade book
 * Teachers using Google Drive
 * Drive is for file managment
 * OnCampus is for posting assignments and resources
 * PROCESS:
 * See [|voices.hackleyschool.org/lms]
 * Settled web CMS question before moving to LMS
 * Polled faculty for what they were looking for and used those as loose criteria for research and decision making
 * Went through 6 month process with a faculty committee to evaluate different LMS solutions
 * Had open demo sessions
 * Hosted lunches with faculty
 * They made it an open process to make sure everyone could have a voice (and no one could complain)
 * They included a PD site in the system and use it to post videos as exemplars
 * Curated site by their Director of Instructional Technology
 * August workshops where they paid teachers to teach other teachers
 * Canvas was a second runner up
 * Student account information is exported from BusinessEdge and imported into OnCampus
 * Some teachers are using [|Shobie] and Notability (iOS)
 * Still issuing paper planners to MS students


 * Berkeley Carroll School **
 * iTunesU for delivering content (They are 1:1 iPads in grades 3-12)
 * Apara to manage files
 * Student work is submitted via Google drive
 * All students have AppleIDs
 * App store is turned off
 * How does it affect student’s skill to keep their work organized
 * They use iStudies Pro on the iPad