HMH Textbook Roll-out for Math & Science

Digital textbooks are a huge change from traditional textbooks and for good reason.  They are device dependent.  They have huge benefits only when everyone learns all about the bells and whistles that support learning through tech integration.  With that being said, change takes time ( and LOTS of IT); therefore, we must pace ourselves in a focused way to successfully implement this change.

Here are our steps to infuse our new digital textbooks into math and science classes this year.

• 1st 6 Weeks, all teachers will be able to 
• Have all students using tablets with PDF versions of the book.
• Integrate the exam-viewer component into our assessment process.

• Training
• We know this will take lots of support from our MITS, so here are all of the trainings that they will offer for the next few weeks.
• CLICK HERE for training opportunities over the next 2 months.
• CLICK HERE to access a Google Doc of resources, flipped videos and webinars that can help you get accustomed to the new textbook. Click on the bottom tab that says, "HMH Textbook Links"

• Interactive Tools
• We have teachers that are experimenting with the interactive tools and having success.
• In an effort to be a collaborative district, we will need your help in 2 ways.
• Textbook Functionality Survey (CLICK HERE) - If you have found success with a digital tool, we need your input to help others learn about it in the 2nd 6 weeks.  Complete the survey and let us know everything you know about the tools.
• Flipped Videos - Just like Cristi Whiddon's flipped videos in the CIA Resources page, we have found resources to pay teachers to create flipped videos on HMH Digital Tools that they are using.  If interested, please complete the survey above and indicate that you would like to train others on the resource. 

Elephants are Hard to Eat

Implementing digital tools are impossible to implement in one year, let alone 6 weeks.  Please know that we will have to eat this elephant one bite at a time.  To do that we must prioritize the tools that we can implement now, select the tools for the next few months and put off tools that need more time and training.  If we can do that, we will be less stressful, more accepting of the product and better prepared to implement it with fidelity.