1. Alexandria’s Classroom of the Future
LCSC Technology Conference
Jeanne Reed & Don Clausen
3/16/10
Presentors: Jeanne Reed, H.S. Science Teacher & Don Clausen, District Technology Integration Coordinator

2. Background Information
Program started three years ago with six high school teachers via a competitive grant program.
Teachers received an initial 32 hours of staff development training over the course of a year.
The program has expanded in four phases to 44 teachers in grades seven through 12.
Upon completion of first 16 hours of training, teachers received their equipment.

3. Focus on Training Rationale (Urgency) Pedagogy Electronic Applications
Hardware
Youtube video: Future of Technology 2009,

4. Rationale : Partnership for 21st Century Skills
Framework for 21st Century Learning:
Twenty-First Century Student Outcomes
The elements described in this section as “21st century student outcomes” (represented by the rainbow) are the skills, knowledge and expertise students should master to succeed in work and life in the 21st century.
1. Core Subjects and 21st Century Themes
2. Learning and Innovation Skills 
Creativity and Innovation
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Communication and Collaboration
3. Information, Media and Technology Skills
Information Literacy
Media Literacy
ICT Literacy
4. Life and Career Skills 

5. 21st Century Skills Creativity and Innovation
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Communications and Collaboration
Information Literacy **
Media Literacy **
ICT Literacy **
Life and Career Skills **

6. Rationale - NETS.S Technology Standards for Students
Creativity and Innovation
Communications and Collaboration
Research and Information Fluency
Critical Thinking, Problem Solving and Decision Making
Digital Citizenship
Technology Operations and Concepts
International Society for Technology in Education – National Educational Technology Standards for Students:
Focus is on constructive use of technology in learning.

7. Stages of Technology Integration
Entry Level
Adoption Level
Adaptation Level
Appropriation Level
Invention Level
b/80/19/e7/b3.pdf
Toward an Effective Use of Technology in Education: a Summary of the Research (p. 31)
Original research: Horde, et.al. 1987, Concern-Based Adoption Model

8. Stages of Change – Step 1 Entry Level:
Teachers typically learn the fundamental aspects of using new technology, including the basics of configuring hardware and software.

9. Stages of Change– Step 2 Adoption Level:
Teachers concern themselves with ways to use the technology to support traditional instruction.

10. Stages of Change – Step 3 Adaptation Level:
Teachers integrate technology into existing classroom activities. The emphasis is productivity. Students use word processors, databases, and some graphics programs to create familiar products of instruction.

11. Stages of Change – Step 4 Appropriation:
Teachers begin to develop new approaches to teaching and learning that make the most of the technology available to them. A teacher's mastery and skill level has developed to allow the creation of new learning activities not possible without the technology.

12. Stages of Change – Step 5 Innovation:
Teachers no longer try to adapt instruction to technology but adjust their fundamental perceptions of instruction. Teachers who reach this stage reflect on the actual craft of teaching, and their fundamental teaching approach may shift. (Dwyer, Ringstaff, and Sandholtz, 1991)

13. Pedagogy: How are students “wired?”

14. Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy
Creating
Evaluating
Analyzing
Applying
Understanding
Remembering

15. Marzano – Nine Instructional Strategies That Work
Identifying similarities and differences
Summarizing and note taking
Reinforcing effort and providing recognition
Homework and practice
Nonlinguistic representations
Cooperative learning
Setting goals and providing feedback
Generating and testing hypotheses
Cues, questions, and advanced organizers
Also worth noting is Marzano’s current research related to the use of interactive white boards in the classrooms:

16. Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences
Linguistic intelligence
Logical-mathematical intelligence
Musical intelligence
Bodily-kinesthetic intelligence
Spatial intelligence
Interpersonal intelligence
Intrapersonal intelligence
To determine teacher or student intelligences, go to and choose “free Multiple Intelligences test (based on Howard Gardner's model) - in MSExcel self-calculating format”

17. Understanding by Design (Backwards Design)
Identify Desired Results
“What do we want students to know?”
Determine Acceptable Evidence
“How will we know when they know?”
Plan Learning Experiences and Instruction
“How will they learn?”
It is worth noting that identifying what students need to know and determining how we will assess for that knowledge does not automatically lead to implementation activities that require the use of technology.
©1998 Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe

18.
Dr. Mimi Dyer

19. Technology in Schools: A Range of Use

20. Applications – Microsoft Office
Cornell Note Template
WebQuests (Word and PowerPoint)
Note Cards
Graphic Organizers (SmartArt)
KWHL Form
Inverted T Chart
Community Clips
Tables in Word
Everything in Excel

21. Free on the Internet NGS Simulation Intel (Student) WebQuests Wordle
Garrison Site
California Learning Resource Network

22. Applications – Launch Areas
Moodle
Ning In Education
Schoolwires

23. Follow-Up Support Coaching Availability
Classroom Visits with Follow Up Discussion
Research Support
Equipment and Application Troubleshooting

24. Winding Down
Gearing Up

25. In the Back of Our Minds……
The Competition
Mninfinity
IQ Academy
Charter Factor
ATC
Post Secondary

26. What CoF Teachers have shared:
On November 17, 2009, twenty-one Classroom of the Future teachers completed an open-ended response survey indicating what they like most and least about the Classroom of the Future program.

27. “It has been awesome to get students on computers and connect real life applications to class material.”

28. “Students have improved their ability to interact with both the spoken word and written word. I am moving out of the front of the classroom to helping students be the active participates in their learning.”

29. “[What I like best is] my ability to reflect and rethink my practice in the classroom. My lessons have been richer by integrating online digital content.”

30. “Being able to empower students with technology tools that give them options to explore the world, communicate with the world, and discover their own interests and passions.”

32. Questions or
Comments