Title: Cathy Poplin
1IDEAL Make It a Part of Your Toolkit Charter
Holder Meeting March 27, 2009
Presented by Cathy Poplin Deputy Associate
Supt. for Educational Technology
2The Education Reality
- Budget Cuts
- Larger Class Sizes
- Increased Accountability
- Economic Uncertainty
Do More With Less Mentality
How can IDEAL help?
3 s Mission
- A single access point to educational resources
and information for all Arizona educators. . . - . . . to enhance Arizonas Learning
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5Speak Up 2006-07 Teacher Data
- Over half of teachers say technology
- Has had the largest impact on their teaching and
instructional support activities - Helps them engage students in learning
- Over half say their lesson plans are richer and
contain timelier info due to the Internet.
Reference http//www.tomorrow.org/docs/Speak20Up
20200620National20Snapshot_Teacher.pdf
6Curriculum Resources
7Discovery Streaming
8Recipes for Success
9 Formative Assessment
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11Speak Up 2006-07 Teacher Data
- From 2006 to 2007 teacher interest for online
learning jumped 29 - Almost 1/3 of teachers now saying that they would
be interested in taking an online class - 26 (34 AZ) saying that online learning is their
preferred method now - The reasons include
- scheduling concerns (66) (69 AZ)
- time savings (40) (43 AZ)
- ability to control their own learning pace (41)
Same AZ)
Reference http//www.tomorrow.org/docs/Speak20Up
20200620National20Snapshot_Teacher.pdf
12Online Professional Development
13Collaboration Tools
14Google Docs
15Google Spreadsheets
16Google Forms
17Google Presentations
18Google Sites
19Google Sites Embed Tools
Calendar
Presentations
Forms
20IDEAL Usage Data
Top Schools Using IDEAL
- January, 2009
- 1,500 New Accounts
- 27,000 Unique Visitors
- 48,000 IDEAL Users
- 300,000 hits
Chinle USD
Snowflake USD
PHUSD Cave Creek USD PVUSD Litchfield ESD
Yuma USD
TUSD
Benson USD
2110 County Cluster Model
Statewide Instructional Technology (SIT)
- Goals of the SIT Project
- To provide training and support services to
assist public, charter and private schools in
acquiring standards-based, instructional
technology integration practices for K 12
subject areas. - To integrate IDEAL (Integrated Data to Enhance
Arizonas Learning) in professional development
efforts.
www.ade.az.gov/technology/sit
22Contact Information
Cathy Poplin, Deputy Associate Supt. Ed
Tech Cathy.poplin_at_azed.gov 602-364-1349 Nan
Williams, Ed Tech Director Nan.williams_at_azed.gov 6
02.542.4214 Brett Hinton, Ed Tech Program
Specialist Brett.hinton_at_azed.gov 602-542-5233