For those participating in the experiment this year, the
following information is provided:
9-17 November 2004
Administrators and Technology Integrators from each school meet with
the Technology Manager to discuss the experiment and make
preliminary decisions regarding the experiment.
18 November - 10 December 2004
Administrators and Technology Integrators communicate with Faculty
and recruit at least 5 and no more than 7 volunteers from their
schools to participate in the experiment.
29 December 2004
Technology Manager publishes first demographic data to K12 Planet
Web Site. Creates faculty login accounts.
10 January 2005
Teacher participants in the experiment are provided login
information and login to K12 planet for first time.
19 January 2005
First Meeting of MS Faculty participants to discuss initial
impressions and answer questions. Student/Parent candidates
are identified based on 2nd Semester classes.
20 January 2005
First meeting of HS faculty participants to discuss initial
impressions and answer questions. Student/Parent candidates are identified based on 2nd
Semester classes.
24 January 2005 Second Semester Begins
30 January 2005
Student/Parent candidates are contacted and final list published to
experiment participants.
1-4 February 2005
Faculty participants publish first ECLass grade book data to K12
Planet for 2nd Semester/Third Quarter. Student/Parent candidates are
provided K12 Planet accounts and asked to login for the first time.
21 February 2005
Faculty participants publish Eclass grade book data to K12 Planet
Student/Parent participants are reminded that Eclass information has
been updated.
7 March 2005
Faculty participants publish Eclass grade book data to K12 Planet
Student/Parent participants are reminded that Eclass information has
been updated.
21 March 2005
Faculty participants publish Eclass grade book data to K12 Planet
Student/Parent participants are reminded that Eclass information has
been updated.
11 April 2005
Faculty participants publish 3rd quarter grades to K12 Planet
Student/Parent participants are reminded that 3rd quarter grades are
available.
25-29 April 2005
Faculty participants meet for the 3rd time to discuss experiment
results and develop conclusions. Technology Manager records results.
2-6 May 2005
Student and Parent participants meet are surveyed to obtain
results/impressions.
9-13 May 2005
Faculty/Student/Parent impressions are collated and form the basis
for a report drafted by the Technology Manager. The draft will
be circulated to faculty participants for comments and a final
report will be prepared for Administrators with a recommendation for
action.
16-20 May 2005
Dan Gallagher, Lori Alighieri, and Keith Grove present conclusions
and recommendations to Administrators.
23-27 May 2005
Administrators announce decision regarding K-12 Planet
implementation for School Year 2005-2006.
June 2005
Follow-up actions resulting from Administrator decision.
