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Final Version, approved 3/19/09 [|PEF 21st Century Classroom.pdf] toc =Approach= Our objective is to get tools into the hands of teachers and students to support their educational goals and needs. To that end here are a few key points we feel strongly about.
 * 1) Lcds should be ceiling installed, not on carts, whenever feasible. Not only does this minimize tripping, it maximizes teacher use. A professional hard installation safeguards against theft, student mischief, cable tangles and unplugging etc. A cart, with a bunch of cables begging to be set loose, on ramshackle furniture, does not promote confidence or ease of use (estimate lcd $1550 installed, doc cam $700).
 * 2) Carts are a good compromise until bond construction is concluded.
 * 3) Remove overheads and tv cart from room. This will provide more space and less earthquake danger.
 * 4) Earthquake construction should be considered, but not deter progress. If we wait until Bond E measures are complete, several hundred children will not have had the benefit of these tools.

The plan implements a bare bones 21st century classroom and assumes the sites will provide a computer workstation. Equipment extensions could include teacher laptops, mobile laptop carts for students, alphasmarts, interactive whiteboards, "clickers", heart rate monitors, probeware for science, etc

=Hybrid Plan= Work with construction schedule to phase equipment to schools over four years, while balancing costs. Sites will provide training, incidentals (sd cards for doc cams ($15ea), cable management systems ($25 ea), electrical in ceilings of old construction (est $175ea), maintenance etc).

Phase 1: spring/summer 2009
Install equipment in rooms not effected by construction. Extra lcds from Beach and Wildwood go to Emeryville, backfill as needed in Emeryville so at least half of classrooms are provided for.
 * Site || Equip needed || Where || Equip moved || Cost (~$2200 lcd/doc installed) ||
 * Beach || 5 lcd/4doc/1smart || Rooms 18, 16, library, lab, 8 || 1 lcd to emery || ~12,000 ||
 * Wildwood || 3lcd/3doc || Primary class 1-3 || 0 || ~6,750 ||
 * Havens || 4 doc || Fifth grades || 8 lcds, 4 doc to Emery || ~3,000 ||
 * Totals || 8 lcd/11doc/1smart ||  || 9 lcds/4 doc cam || **~21,750** ||

Havens moves to Emeryville. Takes 8 lcds and 4 doccams. Beach contributes 1 lcd. //PEF 21st Century Plan// adds 4 document cameras to Emeryville site. Lcds/doc cameras are installed at Beach and Wildwood in rooms not effected by construction.

Phase 2: spring/summer 2010
Install ceiling lcd/docs in Havens as construction finishes 22 lcd/doc cameras: $44,000 (can costs be reduced with cheaper install or volume reduction? If install and mounts/wiring included in construction, cost would be around $31,000 for equipment) Wildwood is in Emeryville using equipment left there (includes 9 lcds/8 doccams) Will bring additional 5 lcd/2docs

Phase 3: spring/summer 2011
Install lcd/docs at Wildwood as construction finishes 10lcd/9doccams/1smart - ~$24,850 (again if install labor costs, mounts and wiring is included in Measure E construction, costs go down as low as ~$16,000)

Phase 4:spring/summer 2012
Install lcd/doc at Beach as construction finishes.10 lcd/doccams $22,000 (again if install labor costs, mounts and wiring is included in Measure E construction, costs go down as low as ~$18,500) All lcd/doc (14lcd/10doc) from Emeryville redistributed to PUSD sites as fill-in (roving carts for art, science, and emergency back-up etc.) Many of these units will be 5+ years old, they may not be fit for daily instructional use.

Conclusion
labor costs in new construction? volume pricing?