We+Believe

KCK is the talk of the Apple's National Sales Conference.

KCK demonstrates "Belief" that all student can and will succeed with the proper support.

Teachers are reporting increased engagement and quality of student work [just 5 days into the 1 to 1]

Student at KU Med center working on their laptop at the hospital, people crowded around asking questions

Dr. Jill-All the kids from KCK took their laptops to Music Festival

North Kansas City-Rethinking their laptop deployment, may do all buildings

Boys and Girls club-lots of students using the laptops

Friday-kids all around the flagpole at Wyandotte

Student found laptop and turned it in

Kids in the hall that do not have their laptop has someone watching it for them

Recruiter from Pitt State was overwhelmed that the kids had the laptops

Kids going to Boys and Girls club working on Benchmarks

Teachers using School Loop for assignments

Kids are beginning to play around with Garageband and iMovie

Math teacher at Schlagle, kids took a picture of the problem and then solved it using iMovie and put it to music

School Loop discussion-teacher created discussion about a world clock (tracks births, deaths, etc)

Digital word wall

Not only were the kids with laptops on task, the kids without laptops are on task

Schlagle - discipline go down

Formatives can be done in the classrooms - not in labs

Students complete assignments faster and quicker

Work is not "junk"

Kids are realizing they do not have excuses anymore for things

Washington atmosphere has changed - loud to quiet, students staying after school to work

Kids working on projects before school

Parents were asking as much about the laptops than anything else with Vicki Smothers

Kids are going home and continuing practicing

Kids emailing/posting when they are sick

Helpful when teachers are absent, allows them to communicate with students

Amount of effort by students has risen

Dramatic Change

If I do this with a worksheet, they would work 3-4 minutes, now they are working 25-30 minutes.

Kids feel like we Believe in them!