Center for Improved Engineering And Science Education (CIESE)

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AllianceInternet-in-Education Teacher
Professional Development
Improving teaching and learning in K-12 education
through meaningful technology integration
www.k12science.org/alliance
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AllianceInternet-in-Education Teacher
Professional Development
Dr. Edward A. Friedman Director, Center for
Improved Engineering and Science Education
(CIESE) Friedman_at_stevens-tech.edu
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Alliance Overview

• Unique, complex, multi-state partnership
• 5 states
• 53 school systems in 3 states
• 5 IHEs
• 6 preservice institutions
• Collaborations with 5 regional organizations,
  foundations to augment program

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Vision

• Engaging, authentic, and curriculum-relevant
  uses of the Internet by teachers and students
  that improve student achievement in core
  subjects, and that promote higher-order thinking,
  critical analysis, collaboration, and
  problem-solving

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Strategies

• Demonstrate and refine a model for widescale
  teacher training the two-tiered turnkey
  training approach
• Increase collaboration, linkages, support between
  community colleges and local schools
• Build local capacity within school buildings
• Disseminate acclaimed, standards-based
  curriculum and training materials

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Key Aspects

• Two-tiered turnkey training model
• Training/curriculum content
• Implementation and local adaptations

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Program Changes

• Substantial efforts for training materials
  upgrades for elementary and middle school
• More emphasis on local support, increasing
  classroom implementation
• Significant development efforts for DataFeed
  system
• Less emphasis on high school materials,
  online version

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AllianceInternet-in-Education Teacher
Professional Development
Josh Baron Associate Director for Instructional
Technology, Center for Improved Engineering and
Science Education (CIESE) jbaron_at_stevens-tech.edu
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Savvy Cyber Teacher

• 30 hour, graduate-level, hands-on program
• Focus on skill-building in the context of
  content-based classroom applications
• Includes Stevens classroom projects
• Version 2.0 released (spring 01)
• Elementary and middle school versions
• Core Concept Unique and Compelling Internet
  Applications

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Core Concepts Unique and Compelling Internet
Applications
Unique - Cannot be done without the technology
Compelling - Targets authentic real world problem
solving critical thinking

• Real time data Real world information
• Communications tool Collaboration with students
  and experts
• Publishing student work Student motivator
  tool for authentic assessment
• Primary sources Multidisciplinary

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Unique Compelling Projects

• Lets jump on the web and see an example.
• www.k12science.org

CIESEwww.k12science.org
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Recognition

• Recognition of curriculum materials by

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Unique and Compelling Savvy Cyber Teacher

• Provide students with real world problem solving
  and critical thinking experiences
• Address national and local standards
• Help prepare students for profiency exams (e.g.
  Ohio Proficiency, FCAT, etc.)
• Savvy Cyber Teacher focuses on unique and
  compelling applications as well as integration
  and implementation

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AllianceInternet-in-Education Teacher
Professional Development
Janet Beauchamp Director, Think Tank, Maricopa
Community College janet.beauchamp_at_domail.maricopa.
edu
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The Model Priority Areas

• Demonstrate strategy for widescale PD program
• Create local capacity
• Build/strengthen linkages between CCs and local
  schools

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The Model

• Two-tiered turnkey training approach
• Core team lead trainers train mentor teachers
  who train classroom teachers
• Implementation specialist support for classroom
  activities Project Management Plans
• Principals and curriculum developers institutes

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The Model 2 Core Trainers ? 20 Mentors (10
pairs) ? 20 Classroom teachers each (200)
Core Trainers
Mentor Pairs x10
20 teachers
20 Classroom teacher x 10 200 Classroom 20
Mentors 220 Trained
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Implementation

• Variations in each of 3 sites
• Basic model adapted to local conditions
• Integrated, institutionalized within
  participating districts PD programs

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Phoenix Arizona

• 14 urban districts in Phoenix 1 in Tucson
• 23 suburban districts in Phoenix and Tucson
• 15 rural districts statewide, 3 on reservations
• 3 core trainers
• Initiated implementation specialist model

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AllianceInternet-in-Education Teacher
Professional Development
Pete Diehl Core Team Trainer (retired), Miami
Dade Community College pete_at_teammachine.net
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Miami

• Large, (368,000 students) unified school district
  Archdiocese
• Implementation and staffing
• Initiated Principals Institutes and Curriculum
  Developers Institute
• Integrated within IBM Learning Village portal

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AllianceInternet-in-Education Teacher
Professional Development
Geoff Andrews Co-PI, Fiscal Agent, Polaris
Career Center gandrews_at_polaris.edu
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Cleveland

• CMSD, East Cleveland, Archdiocese of Cleveland
• Implementation and staffing
• Joyce Integration Workshops

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Other Key Issues

• School system challenges
• -hardware, connectivity
• -competition from other programs (Intel, others)
• -stable cadre of aware administrative leaders
• -available time for teacher training
• Serving disadvantaged populations (closing the
  Digital Divide)
• Preservice
• Continuation, expansion and replication

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AllianceInternet-in-Education Teacher
Professional Development
Mario Yepes-BarayaDirector of Science R
D,Harcourt Educational Measurement mario_yepes-ba
raya_at_harcourt.com
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Evaluation Model - 2
Logic Model
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Evaluation Results - 5

• June 2001(mid-point evaluation -- classroom
  observations in schools with Internet connection
  -- advanced teachers)
• Competent teachers and engaged students
• Daily use of technology as an effective means to
  attain standards-based learning goals
• Frequent use of cooperative and collaborative
  learning techniques
• Greater student involvement in learning, more
  time on task, more student-student communication,
  and more time making decisions about learning
  goals, media and resources. (learning
  communities)

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Evaluation Results - 6

• (Data collected May 2001 teacher survey)
• Miami (preliminary results)
• Sample Population 600 mentors and mentees
• Received 182 (30 )
• Phoenix and Cleveland data collection in Oct.
  2001

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Subjects Taught --
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Role within Alliance --
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Training Experience Evaluation --
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Applicability of Training to Main Subject Taught
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Internet Connection in the Classroom and at Home
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Technology Skills ( -- intermediate, advanced,
or master)
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Integrates Technology into Core Subject -- (times
per month)
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Student - Does Research via Internet -- (times
per month)
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Student - Participates in TeleCollaborative
Projects -- (times per month)
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Student - Works with Real-Time Data on Internet
-- (times per month)
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Student - Contacts Experts on Internet -- (times
per month)
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Do you spend less time lecturing?
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Are you more comfortable w/ small group
activities?
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Do you use more cooperative learning techniques?
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Better instruction for different learning styles?
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Are you a better teacher of problem solving
skills?
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Are you a better able to present complex
materials?
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Are you better able to manage 1-3 computer
classrooms?
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AllianceInternet-in-Education Teacher
Professional Development
Beth McGrath Deputy Director, Center for Improved
Engineering and Science Education
(CIESE) bmcgrath_at_stevens-tech.edu
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Important Lessons

• Reactions, perspectives of educators, students
• Bridging technology curriculum domains
• Promoting classroom implementation (collaborative
  projects, implementation web pages)
• Preservice outreach
• Community college role in preservice
• New linkages in each local community and program
  continuation
• Replication in other sites

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AllianceInternet-in-Education Teacher
Professional Development
Improving teaching and learning in K-12 education
through meaningful technology integration
www.k12science.org/alliance
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Infusing Technology into the Curriculum
Real-Time Data
High
Unique Compelling
Collaboratives Projects
Publishing Online
Primary Source
Voting Records
Innovative
Amount of Change
Foreign Newspapers
WebQuests
Traditional
Research
Lesson Plans
Online Quizzes
Low
Low
High
Amount of Risk Taking
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Group 3 Report

• Need to focus on telling a strong story to the
  right people

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Group 3

• Strong Story
• Focus on learning, not just technology
• Create video case study that compares old
  classroom with a SCT classroom
• Create the I wish I was a student again
  phenomena
• Closely align Alliance with well known research
  and reports (CEO Forum, ISTE NETS, g. luc
• os others????)
• Stress strong track record of the past four years
• Use students in presentations

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Group 3

• Right People
• Need face-to-face interactions where we can show
  unique and compelling to leadership
• Cant hit everyone so who do we target??
• State legislators
• Museums (Tech museum, exploratorium) unique PD
  opts
• Those who will be involved in block grant RFP????
• How do we get time from these key decision
  makers?? leverage partnerships

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Group 3

• Need to measure impact Ethnographic study
• Look for recurring themes
• Use teams that would visit each site
• Try and identify the innovation that makes us
  stand out
• Schools Online identifying protocol for case
  study analysis