Essential Role for Technology

Slide 1:Essential Role for Technology in the Standards Alliance Unit Planning Process

Standards Alliance Workshop April 15, 2002 Moanalua High School http://www.mohs.k12.hi.us

Slide 2:Clustering & Clarifying

School Data and School Plan Provide the Context for Use of Technology School Needs Survey, School Profile Research Resources Provide current best and promising practices ETEC Connections, Hawaii�s Best Practices Tales from the Electronic Frontier, A Classic & Thought Provoking

Slide 3:Clustering & Clarifying

Standards-Based Framework Grids Cross-reference standards, sample units, resources HCPS Web Alignment with Marco Polo Resources Hawaii Learning Interchange, A Gateway to resources related to HCPS District of Philadelphia Curriculum Framework, An Interactive Grid Standards Alliance Sample Units, Model Units

Slide 4:Culminating Task

Publications / Productions Design and create Web page, publication, video, multimedia Create New Knowledge Student Culminating Products Geometry in the Real World, Students as Architects Survival of the Fittest, MoHS Summer School Product Teacher Culminating Products MoHS 2001-2002 Conference MoHS 2001-2002 Professional Development Documentation�

Slide 5:Culminating Task

Tools for Production Information gathering - polls, surveys Content processing � mapping, organizers Mixed Media presentation - web, video Provide opportunities for work with multiple media � Angel Island, TRIO ThinkQuest Through Our Eyes, Hearts and Minds--WWII: Past, Present and Future, L, Sueoka, D. Galera, C.Kikuta ThinkQuest Jr.

Slide 6:Culminating Task

Tools for Collaboration Forums, collaborative Inquiry Provide opportunities for �user� interactivity and authentic audiences Decisions, Decisions, Decisions, Cultural Debates Tom Snyder Productions

Slide 7:Building the Background

Create an Online Learning Environment Resources...Forum/Listserv�Forums beyond the classroom� Posting Course Content and more� Support and nurture reflective thinking and peer collaboration Student Forums ESL Language Arts, Mac Beth Syndrome ITF Research, Developing Common Understandings Teacher Forum, Reflections on standards-based learning

Slide 8:Building the Background

Online Resources Provide resource collection, initially by teachers and eventually by all learners Build common understanding Student Resources Lucky You Live Hawaii, C. Morita, MoHS 2001Summer Session Teacher Resources A workshop for effective use of and development of an online web page Teacher PD Modules, MoHS Professional Development

Slide 9:Simulations Engage students Assess Understanding Provide opportunities to initiate discussions on issues, ideas� Decisions, Decisions, Decisions, Cultural Debates, Tom Snyder Productions Explore Genre of Tech Possibilities� Judi Harris' Virtual Architecture

Building the Background

Slide 10:Beyond the Textbooks Tele-Field / Online Fieldtrips Provide primary resources and opportunities to work with scientists or experts in the field University of Miami Tropical Storm Update, Tracks storm information A Virtual Tour of the National Museum of the American Indian Exhibitions A collaborative project by students from Four Directions Schools in Santa Clara, New Mexico, South Dakota

Deepening the Understanding

Slide 11:Deepening the Understanding

Beyond the Textbooks Electronic Hosts � Online Experts Provide opportunities to inquire, organize information from an author and other experts Provide feedback and representative perspectives from others Ask An Expert Sources, Open Learning Agency's Collection � Educational Links, Center for Improved Engineering and Science Education

Slide 12:Deepening the Understanding

Beyond the Textbooks Simulations � Construction Kits Provide tools to manipulate variables to better understand concepts-critically Provide immediate feedback of responses Is interactive Evolutionary Replicators, Natural Selection Simulator, ThinkQuest Competition Web Cytology, A simulation on unicellular biology, ThinkQuest Gallery of Interactive Geometry, University of Minnesota Science and Technology Center

Slide 13:Beyond the Textbooks Human Resources Extend data gathering into a global context, Involve collaborative problem solving, Develop skills to use primary data Collaborative Projects Build human infrastructures that are powerful catalysts for ongoing communication & reflective learning � �Collaborative Projects from CIESE� Tales of the Electronic Frontier, WESTED �Virtual Power, Pacific Southwest Regional Technology in Education Kidlink, Kidlink Org �

Deepening the Understanding

Slide 14:Deepening the Understanding

Development of Processes / Skills Build tech skills integrated with content development Polls and surveys Develop skills in designing questions, gathering data, analyzing and interpreting data and drawing conclusions Forums Develop reflective learning �PD Back ward Mapping � PD Workshops, Support Workshops �Poll Makers Dream Tools, Free message boards/forums �Forums Discus Forum, Free Version �Nicenet, An integrated online learning space

Slide 15:Applying the Learning

The Demonstration Samples of Tech Products / Portfolio Professional Development Conference, MoHS 2001-2002 Individual Culminating Products (May 2002) Sample Portfolio, L. Sueoka (May 2002) ECELL 2001 � Portfolios ECELL 2001 � Student Culminating Tasks

Slide 16: Differentiated Learning / Learning Styles Formative / Summative Assessments �What is the role of the classroom in this emerging era of information technology?� HERN 1994-97

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