Platform Learning Project Elevate Overview

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Platform LearningProject Elevate Overview

• Fall 2005 Pilot

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What is Project Elevate?

• A development program designed to
• Assess the value of incorporating technology into
  after-school programs
• Assay the difficulties of incorporating
  technology into after-school programs
• Apply these key learnings to students in public
  schools

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What does Project Elevate consist of?

• 30 students/school
• 3/4th grade program 7th grade program
• 30 total hrs instruction/6 weeks
• 2 hours, three times weekly
• 10 laptops/classroom
• 15 students
• 1 teacher
• 1 software facilitator
• Students work through apps in 20 min intervals,
  including small group instruction w/o computers
• Best-of-breed educational software
• This base offering can be customized to meet the
  need of a school.

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Project Logistics

• Free to Schools
• Hardware, including student/teacher machines,
  wireless access, computer charger, server
• Software, including OS, applications, security
• Curriculum, including assessment, books,
  manipulatives
• Instructors, including technical support and
  teachers
• Logistics, including machine delivery, wireless
  broadcast configuration, storage security
• Metrics, including student performance and
  progress
• Snack for students
• Schools provide
• Students
• Teachers
• Classrooms
• Secure Storage

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Software Selection Method

• Prerequisites
• Must be engaging
• Must be easy-to-use
• Must be effective
• Practical Considerations
• More or less standard software architecture
• Partner must be easy to work with and cooperative
• Over 100 products were evaluated by a team of
  educators, curriculum experts and software
  engineers in usability labs with students

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Core Reading Soliloquy

• Research-based
• Uses Speech Recognition
• Students read to computer and computer evaluates
• Strong builder of fluency
• Many pronunciation vocabulary activities
• Usable by special needs students
• http//www.reading-assistant.com/

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Core Reading Read About

• New Product From Scholastics Read 180 Team
• Adaptive, Differentiated Instruction
• Focused on Acute Word Poverty
• Student Self-paced

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Supplemental Reading Headsprout

• Research-based
• Strong phonemic awareness and phonics activities
• Excellent for early reading development

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Core Math Orchard

• Research-based
• Comprehensive diagnostic
• Multiple learning paths
• Over 150 different math programs

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Core Math ALEKs

• Developed at UC Berkeley
• Adaptive and personalized instruction
• Ideal for pre-Algebra/Middle School Math

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Supplemental Math FastTMath

• Designed to build math automaticity
• Scholastic product

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Assessment Dibels (Dynamic Indicators of Basic
Early Literacy Skills )

• Nationally recognized reading diagnostic
• Pre/Post program assessment
• Administered by handheld, and by pencil/paper

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Project Deliverables

• Fully functional after-school program
• Fully functional and supported technology
• Student progress and performance data