EETT Video Case Studies http:www'ed'psu'eduEETTCaseStudies'html

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EETTVideo Case Studieshttp//www.ed.psu.edu/EET
T/CaseStudies.html
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Background of the Project

• Part of EETT project evaluations
• Goal was to share effective practices
• Projects selected through EETT evaluation
  process.
• Team from Penn State conducted site visits
• Disseminate through the Web

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Projects Studied

• Derry Area (MS)
• Laurel (MS/HS)
• Philadelphia City (K-8)
• Wilkes- Barre (K-8)
• York City (K-12)

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Derry Area Middle School

• Cognitive Tutor
• Laptops P. D. for teachers
• Home grown e-mail parents

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Laurel School District

• Professional development
• Partnerships
• Home grown data card

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Philadelphia City

• Instructional management system
• Professional development
• Build student technology capacity
• Parent access to resources and student data

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Wilkes Barre

• Home grown instructional management system
• Aligns curriculum to standards
• Delivers resources tied to standards
• Manages local assessments
• Generates reports

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York City

• Students and teachers learn learn technology
  skills in the context of grade level projects.

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Five Projects Studied

• Three projects involved student data
  management.
• Four projects advanced local innovations.
• Three approaches to PD

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Emerging Patterns from EETT Site VisitsLeadership

• An involved administrator
• Strategic approach (fit with goals not an add
  on)
• Systematic approach (accountability)
• Technology was integrated into the program
• Evidence of team building
• Vision/ownership was shared (evidence of
  teacher leadership input (technology
  committees)

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Emerging Patterns from EETT Site
VisitsTech-Ready Teachers

• Teacher Readiness - Project demands matched
  to teacher skills
• Professional development
• Adequate technology infrastructure
• Adequate tech support

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What to look for in case studiesEffective
Practice

• Instructional strategies
• Assessment strategies
• Data-based decisions

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What to look for in case studiesSeamless Access

• Access to people
• Access to resources
• Access to data

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Conditions
Results
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The Three Dimensional Tetrahedral Model Became a
Two Dimensional Interface
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Matrix view of the themes
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Lessons Learned
Shared vision - There is a common
understanding of the project across the
administrators and teachers
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Lessons Learned
Evidence of team building and ownership.
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Lessons Learned
The most projects included systemic
accountability components
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Lessons Learned
Projects meet teachers where they are
in terms of tech skills and provide adequate
support
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Lessons Learned
Projects allow for individual teacher
adaptation
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Lessons Learned
Adequate infrastructure and tech support.
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Lessons Learned
Technology, applied to achieve a specific
goal, under effective leadership, with
appropriate professional development and
support, leads to goal attainment new visions.

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