Improving teaching and learning in K-12 education through meaningful technology integration Alliance+ Internet-in-Education Teacher Professional Development

Dr. Edward A. Friedman Director, Center for Improved Engineering and Science Education (CIESE) Alliance+ Internet-in-Education Teacher Professional Development

Alliance+ 3 Alliance+ Overview  Unique, complex, multi-state partnership  5 states  53 school systems in 3 states  5 IHE’s  6 preservice institutions  Collaborations with 5 regional organizations, foundations to augment program

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5 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”

Alliance+ 6 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

Alliance+ 7 Key Aspects  Two-tiered turnkey training model  Training/curriculum content  Implementation and local adaptations

Alliance+ 8 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

Josh Baron Associate Director for Instructional Technology, Center for Improved Engineering and Science Education (CIESE) Alliance+ Internet-in-Education Teacher Professional Development

Alliance 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

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

Unique & Compelling Projects Let’s jump on the web and see an example…. CIESE

Alliance Recognition Recognition Recognition of curriculum materials by:

Alliance 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

Janet Beauchamp Director, Think Tank, Maricopa Community College Alliance+ Internet-in-Education Teacher Professional Development

Alliance The Model: Priority Areas  Demonstrate strategy for widescale PD program  Create local capacity  Build/strengthen linkages between CC’s and local schools

Alliance 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

Alliance Mentor Pairs x10 Core Trainers = 20 teachers The Model: 2 Core Trainers  20 Mentors (10 pairs)  20 Classroom teachers each (200) 20 Classroom teacher x 10 = 200 Classroom + 20 Mentors = 220 Trained

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

Alliance 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

Pete Diehl Core Team Trainer (retired), Miami Dade Community College Alliance+ Internet-in-Education Teacher Professional Development

Alliance 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

Geoff Andrews Co-PI, Fiscal Agent, Polaris Career Center Alliance+ Internet-in-Education Teacher Professional Development

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

Alliance 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

Mario Yepes-Baraya Director of Science R & D, Harcourt Educational Measurement Alliance+ Internet-in-Education Teacher Professional Development

Alliance Evaluation Model - #2 Logic Model

Alliance 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”)

Alliance 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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Alliance Do you spend less time lecturing?

Alliance Are you more comfortable w/ small group activities?

Alliance Do you use more cooperative learning techniques?

Alliance Better instruction for different learning styles?

Alliance Are you a better teacher of problem solving skills?

Alliance Are you a better able to present complex materials?

Alliance Are you better able to manage 1-3 computer classrooms?

Beth McGrath Deputy Director, Center for Improved Engineering and Science Education (CIESE) Alliance+ Internet-in-Education Teacher Professional Development

Alliance 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

Improving teaching and learning in K-12 education through meaningful technology integration Alliance+ Internet-in-Education Teacher Professional Development

Alliance Real-Time Data Primary Source Publishing Online Collaboratives Projects WebQuests Foreign Newspapers Voting Records Research Online Quizzes Lesson Plans Infusing Technology into the Curriculum Amount of Change Low High Amount of Risk Taking Low High Traditional Unique & Compelling Innovative

Alliance Group #3 Report Need to focus on telling a strong story to the right people…

Alliance 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

Alliance Group #3  Right People: Need face-to-face interactions where we can show unique and compelling to leadership Can’t 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

Alliance 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