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3 Years into a Plan for District Wide
Digital Curriculum:
Lessons Learned
KELLER INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
JOE GRIFFIN
C H I E F T E C H N O LO GY O F F I C E R
D E A N A LO P E Z , A S S O C I AT E S U P E R I N T E N D E N T O F C U R R I C U LU M &
I N S T RU C T I O N
 Located in the Dallas/Fort Worth area
 Approximately 51 square miles
 35,000 students
 39 campuses
5 years ago……
CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTION
TECHNOLOGY
Independent curriculum development
Searching for best tool
No researched based instructional
model
Independent Technology Plan
Scattered Professional Development
Little collaboration with Technology
No system for vetting software
Issues supporting existing technology
Focus on hardware
Digital content procured and
maintained by Technology Department
The
Goal
Source: BCG: Unleashing the Potential of Technology in Education
http://www.bcg.com/documents/file82603.pdf
Scenarios for Instruction:
Data, Online Learning and Instructional Organization
Personalization Driven By Algorithm
Based on Student Data/Profile and Big Data
Data Driven with
Teacher as Planner
and Manager
Teacher as Informed
Tutor and Coach
Traditional
Teacher and
Classroom
Model
Primarily Online
Instruction in
Heterogeneous
Classroom Model
Teacher–led
Assignment and
Management
Status Quo
plus Data
Teacher Personalizes Instruction
Based on Student Data/Profile
Scenarios for Instruction:
Data, Online Learning and Instructional Organization
Personalization Driven By Algorithm
Based on Student Data/Profile and Big Data
Data Driven with
Teacher as Planner
and Manager
Teacher as Informed
Tutor and Coach
Traditional
Teacher and
Classroom
Model
Primarily Online
Instruction in
Heterogeneous
Classroom Model
Status Quo
plus Data
Teacher–led
Assignment and
Management
Teacher Personalizes Instruction
Based on Student Data/Profile
Standards and Interoperability
Participation with IMS Global
LTI: Learning Tools Interoperability
◦ This is an IMS Global standard for communications between platforms.
CC: Common Cartridge
◦ This is an IMS Global standard for importing/exporting lessons.
SIS: Student Information System
◦ Systems that control student class structures
SAML: Security Assertion Markup Language
◦ Open standard for exchanging authentication data between platforms
API: Application Programming Interface
◦ Proprietary protocol for internal use and communications between platforms
OAuth: Open Identification
◦ Open standard for authenticating users between platforms
CAS: Central Authentication Service
◦ Open standard for authenticating users between platforms
How LTI Impacts Personalized Learning
• Easy access to external
recourses (SSO)
• Variety of different types
of resources
◦ Music
• Seamless Integration with ◦ Video
compliant vendors
• Tracked usage through
Caliper Protocol
• Graded results
• LTI Objects instead of
Tools
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EBooks
Animations
Live Webcasts
Live TV
Translators
Other Students
Etc…
Active LTI Connections
• Safari Montage
• Canvas
• NetTrekker
• HMH
• Skillnet - Badging
• SunGard SIS (eSchool)
Single Sign-On Portal based on roles
Changing the Culture
CURRICULUM
TECHNOLOGY
Adoption of a Standard based
model for Instructional delivery
IT continues to monitor network
infrastructure hardware and
confirm current system meets all
system requirements.
Provide IT with a list of required
resources that the district needs
to use for digital instruction based BYOD Deployment: Support
on open interoperability
upgrading wireless network
standards
Provide network Management
and access to require resource in
single portal
Changing the Culture
CURRICULUM
TECHNOLOGY
Building standard best practices for
building resources for teachers,
students and parents
Providing management system for
users inside and outside the district
with log in and bandwidth
management
Provide a requested format of data
requirements and output of that
data needed
Provide feedback to staff regarding
how the digital resources will be
the core of our curriculum
direction
Build a data mining warehouse to
support data requirement needs
Provide a network system with 100%
backup and redundancy to insure
the teacher has access
Working as a team
CURRICULUM
TECHNOLOGY
Build an environment for
Curriculum Development staff to
create and test digital resources
and lesson formats
Provide a sandbox software system
for testing out function and features
Train the IT team on the direction
of the Digital Learning Platform in
the district
Have a direct connection between
Curriculum staff to IT
Require that all IT personnel learn
the Keller Digital Learning Platform
from an end-user perspective
Train IT staff to understand that the
network is driven by educational
instructional needs and that they
must understand the process of
delivery
Working as a team
CURRICULUM
TECHNOLOGY
Work with content provider to
make them understand the value of Meet with Curriculum staff to decide
standards in the district
final roll-out plan of network hardware
and software
Coordinate digital resources project
timeline with the IT roll-out
network plan
Provide information on resources
that do not meet the district
standard but must be implemented
in the district
Build a network that will support
integration of new standard items but
provide limited access as needed
After the last three years…..
Articulated shared vision between Learning and Technology
departments in reaching District goals
Common vocabulary and understanding of roles
• Learning team exposed to IMS Standards
• Technology team exposed to VESTED and ELM instructional model
Shared FTEs
• Learning Systems Analyst housed in Technology Department
• Application Support Specialist housed in Learning Department
Internal Marketing of Digital Learning
Presenting “road map” to Cabinet, Directors/Coordinators,
Administrators and Staff
Current and Future Projects
Rostering with Safari Montage
LIS deployment with Sungard eSchool and
Canvas
Common Cartridge deployment with HMH
content in Safari Montage
Caliper integration