Public information meeting scheduled for June 7

This message will be sent to parents in the District today:


The Northfield School District will hold a public information session regarding the progress of the District's transformational technology proposal on Thursday, June 7 at 6 pm in the Northfield High School auditorium. The District's transformational technology proposal  considers the use of tablet computers by teachers and students. The agenda will include presentations about the vision of the use of tablet computers by students and teachers, the potential implementation process, the cost of the project, and the method being considered to fund the implementation district-wide. The public will also be able to ask questions about the proposal. Please view the District's Transformational Technology blog for more information at:

 http://northfieldtechtransformation.blogspot.com/

Please contact Matt Hillmann with any questions by email at matt.hillmann@nfld.k12.mn.us or by phone at (507) 645-3458.


In addition, we plan to send it to the Northfield News, KYMN radio, and Northfield Patch.


The purpose of this informational meeting will be to give district residents another opportunity to hear about our ideas regarding the transformational technology project.  Unlike our previous community meetings, this will be a presentation and a question/answer period.


We hope to see you there!

Board Presentation

We will be proposing the "road map" concept of our transformational technology project at this evening's School Board meeting. We aren't asking the Board to take any action at this meeting, just giving them the nuts and bolts of the plan. Since we have already established the vision of how we can potentially use tablet devices in our classrooms, we won't be revisiting that tonight. I encourage you to view this video the presents the vision if you haven't already viewed it.

You can click here to view a copy of the presentation we are sharing with the Board. You can also watch the Board meeting video, embedded below. The Transformational Technology presentation starts at 52:10 on the timeline.






As always, feel free to contact me with any questions by email at matt.hillmann@nfld.k12.mn.us or by phone at (507) 645-3458.

Update

The past two weeks have been spent reviewing and reflecting upon the feedback we received from the numerous presentations and focus groups conducted throughout the District. We are working on finalizing our proposal to the School Board, which will be presented on May 29. The meeting begins at 7 pm and will be held in the Northfield High School Media Center.

The keys to the proposal will include:

• Timeline for proposed implementation
• The type of device being recommended
• The implementation task forces needed to ensure a successful start
• Focus on the types and frequency of professional development needed to ensure a successful start
• Policies/practices that will need to be updated/put in place to support the initiative
• The cost - not just for next year, but for the next several years in order to ensure sustainability

I will post the proposal here once it is finalized and presented to the School Board. We are not going to ask the Board to take any action on May 29 - this is an informational presentation. We would hope the Board would consider adopting the plan at their June 11 meeting.