Students with interest and seeking further
training in the area of technology team up to advance their skills. Areas
of involvement cross a continuum of technology opportunities these can include "techie" type activities, software mastery, network operations, troubleshooting
of systems and software, overall school system maintenance (sysop), network
security, project leaders and staff person technology assistants and finally,
formal teaching of technology to staff and students.
Each student becomes a
mentor/trainer/teacher to staff and students and provides learning opportunities
for the rest of our school community. These students are viewed as the "technology
guru's" of our community and advance the use and standards of technology use
here at Malcolm Shabazz.
Along with group projects and goals, each student
is working on independent advancement of technological skills in various areas.
Frequently where a student enters the program is a completely different place
then they leave it. One form of technology melds into another leading students
on a technological adventure.
Through this program technological skills will
advance and offer students opportunities to hone their leadership skills.
There will be many opportunities to become leaders, lead projects, offer assistance,
become experts and take the skills learned in class beyond the classroom.
STLP was originally formed in January of 1997.
It was a joint effort between our districts Management Information Services
and interested high schools in the Madison school district. Statewide there
were 16 schools participating in the project. Each school created a form of
the program that suited their needs, resources available and educational objectives.
As a result each school ended up creating a unique program all under the umbrella
of Student Technology Leadership. In each of the schools the students participating
in the program became technology leaders within their schools. Original funding
for this project is long gone and each school is currently trying to maintain
their programs with internal resources. This limits the programs possibilities
somewhat and as a result the organizational structure of the statewide project
has been compromised; it is very difficult to organize outcomes and activities
with other schools across the state.
The WI model is a take off of one already functioning
in Kentucky. In the summer of '97 each of five WI STLP school district sent
two students and a staff member to a Kentucky Technology summer camp to learn
more about how they have succeeded and the challenges they face. The five
teams brought that information back to WI and integrated into our WI STLP
program structure. From it a manual was created with information, procedures,
contact names and project summaries.
Here at Shabazz our program has thrived because
we have made it a part of our curriculum AND been able to incorporate it as
a Service Learning. We have had to be very creative in finding resources,
however, our program has been successful as is evident in our being showcased
in the WI State Journal Paper reaching across the state, local television
news spots and now tentatively scheduled to air on PBS in May of '99.
Student Technology Leadership
Project Highlights
06/07
Installed 25 donated upgrades of PC Hardware |
| Building Sysop Functions |
| Spec'd out equipment for teacher tech requests |
| Introduced staff to PHP web site entry format |
| Created a portable writing lab - Laptops and IR printing |
| Provided tech support to staff on Business Apps |
| Finalized color printing professional Children;s Books Class |
| Books on Tape to CD - mp3 for study purposes |
| FileMaker Pro Training for Staff / Student Evals |
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07/08
Built new 2 new Multimedia machines for Art Room |
| Set up multiple Scanners throughout building |
| Created a multimedia station for Guitar and Keyboard action for student musicians |
| Created a System for making Audio Books |
| Figured out system and equipment to implement Podcasts |
| Added Geometers Sketchpad to Math Curriculum throughout building |
Upgraded entire Writing Lab to Dells using XP |
| Installed projection systems in 2 classrooms |
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04/05
| LMC projection / conference space functional |
| Win-TV installed & working in Science room |
| SCSI installation in desktops for peripherals |
| Garage Band music stations w/ keyboards / synth |
| CSS instruction and website development |
| A+ student class |
| PHP investigation and website development |
| School webpage updates and redesign |
| FileMaker Pro Data base development |
| Final Cut Pro - Shocumentary - War in Uganda |
| Electronic portfolio development |
| Upgraded one movie capable PC in Lab |
| Replaced all writing lab pc's w/ iMac donations |
| Created disk image to renew WL machines |
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05/06
| Installed projector / screen for LMC projection specs |
| Refurbished laptop for screen projection LMC |
| Website upgrade using PHP, CSS & HTML |
| Spec'd out equipment for tech housecleaning class |
| Introduced staff to PHP web site entry format |
| Staff development using MOODLE |
| Investigated video conferencing |
| Building Sysop Functions |
| Re-imaged all Writing Lab Machines |
| Installed 5 machines for Spanish Lab purposes |
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02/03
| Relocated Computer lab to common area for construction needed in lab room. |
| Helped redesign technical needs of lab reconstruction |
| Reorganized Ecap inventory and work space |
| Cleaned house reconditioning ECAP Computers |
| Distributed 75 ECAP computers to community |
| Reconstructed computer lab environment |
| Migrated outsourced curriculum components to inhouse. Writing and Illustrating Childrens Short stories, all graphics done inhouse, all printing and book binding done in house, saved school hundreds in printing costs. |
| Continued Mastering Digital Video Editing on Final Cut Pro to intermediate level. |
| Upgraded coursework in iMovie 3 for large class needs |
| Began DV editing on PC Platform, integrating Adobe Premier and Sonic Foundry Sound and Video Software |
| Began DV creation for Districtwide TV programming in partnership with MMSD Media Productions |
| Technology Open House for Community and Curious MMSD Staff |
| Created full length DV representation of Honduras Trip Class. Edited inhouse, compressed, exported to VHS for students, family, donars, etc. |
| Laptop donation expanded mobile computing for students |
| GIS Class introduced to Shabazz, Service Learning Class w/ focus on Animal abuse within Dane county. In partnership with Dane County Humane Society, Madison Police Department and Dane County Land Information Office. |
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03/04
| Redesigned School Web Page added content (Cultural page, Class Projects, etc.) |
| Organized School Web Page content areas for easy navigation |
| Refurbished 20 Dell Latitude Laptops for Mobile Computing Lab |
| Replaced 20 outdated and slow Writing Lab machines with 20 iMac's - Ghosted and Networked and set up for Class and staff use. |
| Raised $12,000.00 to match annonymous donation to upgrade Main Computer Lab Machines. Empahsis on Multimedia and College Level Class needs. |
| Distributed 90 ECAP computers to the community |
| Obtained LCD Projector; set up for use in Science Room |
| Constructed 2 Mimeo multimedia stations for Instructional use in Computer Lab and LMC |
| Digital Video advanced to Final Cut Pro and Premiere |
| GIS Class created Service Learning Project to assist NorthSide Community in obtaining local grocery store. A high density population with a large proportion of differently abled and senior citizens. Citizens lost it's grocery store to large corporate decisions and now struggle with transportation, poverty and access to groceries. This class Articulated with MATC earning students college credit. Their maps will assist in presenting need for local politics. |
| Animations created for Foundation and STLP web areas of our school. |
| Spec'd out LMC multimedia station requirements and abilities for 2005. |
| Created Award Winning Social Studies and Justice curriculum. Developed web site representing curriculum and connecting Service Learning and Trip Class program. |
| Grantwriting successful Best Buy TEACH award for our "Stories" curriculum. |
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| Refurbished donated equipment and integrated into learning environment as portable computing options. |
| Migrated from analog to digital video editing and production |
| Produced/ streamed numerous video projects on Internet. |
| Continued cultural exchange w/ Namibia, South Africa |
| Partnered with WI DNR for Computer Recycling In Schools Program (CRIS) |
| Sent 4 Computers and 3 laser printers to Mississippi on Service Trip Class |
| Flash Animations mastered and incorporated into digital video productions |
| Staff Technology Inservice, January Inservice Day |
| ECAP's 165th computer refurbished and given to community for free |
| Assisted Migrant Education Program with 12 Computer donations |
| Shabazz CD creation Finalized and burned to CD successfully now available for distribution - including case and CD design. |
| Presented at National Service Learning Conference - Colorado |
| UW- DoIT- Tech Show Case Presenters and attendees |
| Presented student work at UW-Madison ITA (Information Technology Acadamy), Division of Information Technology. |
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01/02
| Digital Video Editing on iMovie and beginning Final Cut Pro 2.0 - 911.mov |
| Dreamweaver Flash Animation Expertise integrated with Trip Class Projects |
| Sound Editing from shareware to PEAK DV and SoundForge |
| Programming in HTML, JAVA, CGI |
| Began investigation into 3Dimensional software |
| Path of Voices Sculpture Project Planning and Placement |
| Rebuilt 16 laptops for mobile word processing options for students |
| Provided 3 staff with laptops for curricular integration |
| Rebuilt the 225th ECAP Computer to give to folks in the community |
| Sent 5 ECAP Computers to Mississippi Delta |
| Sent 2 Computers to Nicaragua with Aid worker |
| Upgraded Writing Lab with new donations on Network |
| Began investigation process with Radio Journalism idea in English Dept. |
| Investigated conversion of out of house coursework being printed in house on new color printer for service learning classes such as Creating Short Stories for Children. |
| Researched assistive technology possibilities for students |
| Set up infrared word processing transfer stations on both platforms for quickpads |
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1998/99
Constructed and Networked
machines for a local Community Center Girls Club. |
| Converted local talk writing lab to Ethernet. |
| Staff Technology Inservice
and continued Mentoring Staff
project. |
| Virtual Tour of Shabazz added to Web Page |
| Burned CD's of Service Learning, created CD
Graphics, etc. |
| Updated school web page and created Shockwave & Flash movies. |
| Interviews with ABC, NBC and WI State Journal |
| Presented at UW, Beloit, Milwaukee and 10th National
Service Learning Conference in San Jose, CA |
| Featured in PBS Teaching Through Technology Series |
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1999/00
| Refurbish and upgrade
computers for school environment |
| Database for credit transfers
from Lafollette High School |
| New look for 00/01 Service Learning
Web Page |
| Art lab built and
networked |
| Namibia Cultural Exchange
Project (web page design and digital video streaming) |
| Staff development inservice
provided by students |
| Built 4 computer systems
for Central America; Barrio Project |
| ECAP refurbished its 100th
computer to give to community members |
| Refurbished 6 laptops
given to students |
| Lilith Computer Forum
at UW, 11 Shabazz Girls assisted |
| Web page additions to
Shabazz Home Page |
| Shabazz CD started
with Macromedia Flash and Director |
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1996/97
Creating a schoolwide
database to reduce paperwork and repeatedly typing in information
which duplicates itself from year to year for syllabus and timetable
information. Classes here change every 9 weeks; currently we have
179 different courses offered over the past two and a half years
by our staff.
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| Inventory of existing technology,
evaluating it for technologyical ability and creating a vision
for future technologyical designs for our school based on educational
curriculum and job/career trends. |
| Creating a new school wide
web page and updating information from the original attempt.Your
looking at it! |
| Assembled equipment and created a new writing lab
facility within our school. |
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1997/98
| A JavaScript project
a Children's Museum display in Madison, WI. |
| STLP Mentoring
Staff in Technology Program. STL's meet with staff for a
minimum of 20 min's per week for the entires school year.
(See Results) |
| Solicited donations of equipment
and funds to improve current status of outdated or non-existent
technologies w/in our building. |
| Integrating newly acquired
technology into technologyical applications and classroom curriculum. |
| Presented
Technology Inservice training for staff during districtwide
staff inservice day. |
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Updated: October, 2005 by Hannah Fass
Author& Publisher: tmurray@madison.k12.wi.us
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