REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL LAB ~ APPALACHIA

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REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL LAB APPALACHIA

• The Effects of Kentucky Virtual High Schools
  Hybrid Course in Algebra I on
• Teaching Practices, Classroom Quality,
• and Adolescent Learning
• ACT 6
• Systems of Equations
• On-Line PD
• July 1, 2009

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Agenda

• Welcome and Introductions
• Equipment check-in
• Discussion of Act 6
• Connections to KVHS
• Applet Exploration
• Assignment for Act 7 Wednesday, July 15

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Welcome

• Introduce yourself
• Remind us of your school
• Somewhere you see algebra

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Equipment Check

• What is the current status for your school
  regarding
• Computer access for the KVHS Algebra I course?
• Access to wikispaces?
• Access to Horizon Wimba?
• Fill out the School Technology Database and send
  to Roland by Friday, July 17, 2009

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Small Group Discussion of Act 6

• Highlights regarding
• Content
• Instructional Strategies
• Reflections from Act 6
• For Whole Group Share-out
• Negotiate someone to speak for
• the group for each strand/scene
• Capture 2-3 main points per strand/scene to share
  whole-group

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Notes from Breakout Rooms
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Responses to Act 6 Quiz Questions

• Choose a question that you responded
• Type the of the question that was most
  interesting to you into the chat box below
• Break into small groups, again
• Share your response
• Key characteristics, points to share

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Act 6 Scene 1

• How do I teach this?
• Rafting Problem
• Overlapping Circles
• Practicing Skills

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Act 6- Scene 2 Helping Students

• How do you rate these?
• How can we help students create
  connections/representations?

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Scene 3- Helping Students

• Look at Shannons work.
• What do you think Shannon understands?
• Where does she need help?

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Getting Students to Connect to Solving Equations

• Multiple Representations
• Number Sense
• Diagrams (labeled drawings)
• Charts/Tables (charting ordered pairs)
• Symbolic Expressions (use of Real Number
  properties)
• Manipulatives (Algebra Tiles)
• Graphs (use of graphing calculators)
• Trace
• Y1Y2
• Spreadsheets
• Words
• Intentional/Transparent/Model

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KVHS Algebra I to Spotlight

• Systems of Equations and Inequalities
• Unit 4, Lessons 15-19 in KVHS
• Act 6 in Spotlight on Algebra
• Lesson Analysis
• 15.2 Linear Systems and Their Graphs
• 16.1 Solving Systems using Substitution
• 17.1 Solving Systems using Elimination and
  Addition
• Tracking Tools
• http//hybridalgebra.wikispaces.com

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KVHS Lesson Analysis Expectations

• In your breakout rooms, discuss
• What you liked about the lesson,
• How you plan to modify the tracking tool,
• What you might do to access prior knowledge,
• How you might close the lesson

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Technology/Applet Exploration

• Uploading to the Wiki

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Next Steps for July 15th, Act 7

• Work through all of Act 7 take notes and be
  prepared to discuss
• Work through at least two lessons in KVHS from
  lessons 20-24 to discuss how you might use them
  with your students.
• Fill out the School Technology Database and send
  to Roland by Friday, July 17, 2009
• For the Conversation on Wednesday, July 15,
  900-1100 est.
• Have graphing calculators, notes from Act 7
  KVHS, and research binders nearby.
• Have Spotlight on Algebra and the KVHS Algebra I
  Course open

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• Thanks for sharing your thinking!
• See you Wednesday, July 15, 2009