Digital Learning Environment

1. Digital Learning Environment The Box Is Not the Solution… Planning & Professional Development ARE! Lloyd Spruill, Knowledge Network Solutions

2. 21st Century Work Skills! What do our students need to compete in a Global Knowledge Based Economy? • Critical Thinking & Problem Solving Skills to Organize, Analyze, Synthesize and Evaluate • Research and Communication Skills • Project based curriculum with Global Awareness for Relevant Learning • Ability and Opportunity to Collaborate • Ubiquitous Computing – 24/7

3. Your challenges are varied and daunting – We KNOW! NCLB At Risk Students ParentCommunication Absenteeism E2T2 Community Involvement GraduationRates Curriculum Proficiency BUDGET Students/Teacher EconomicallyDisadvantaged Enrollment Adequate Yearly Progress - AYP

4. Changing Teaching & Learning! David Thornburg, Technology Education: Expectations Not Options, May 2004

5. Transitions Occurring in Education! Source: International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) NETS Project, National Educational Technology Standards for Students, June 1998, p. 2.

6. Technology Bottleneck Teachers Use of Technology Student Achievement Technology Professional Development eliminates this bottleneck

7. HP – K12 Professional Development: Orient/Integrate/Deliver/Collaborate (c) Copy Right Knowledge Network Solutions, Inc.

8. KNS Professional Development for HP

9. KNS Professional Development for HP

10. T.I.T.L.E - Technology Integration for Teaching and Learning in Education • Setting the Stage: Project-Based Learning and Technology Integration for K-12 Curricula Windows XP:/Vista Operating System and File Management for the Classroom • Collaboration and the Writing Process for Project-based Learning Using Microsoft Word • Improving Critical Thinking Using Databases: Collecting, Organizing, Analyzing and Reporting Information with Microsoft Excel as a Database Tool • Applying Inquiry Learning to Organize, Calculate, and Display Data for Project-based Learning Using Microsoft Excel as a Spreadsheet Tool • Synthesis and Communication - Key Aspects of Project-based Learning: Synthesizing and Communicating Information Using Microsoft PowerPoint

11. Delivery Methods • Instructor-led from HP/KNS • “Live” – 6 hrs. of hands-on instruction • Virtual – “live-on-line” – 2 hr. seminars • Use in-service days or pay subs for teachers • Summer boot camp with a carrot • Train-the-Educator • Build capacity in the district with Lead Teachers or PD staff • Work with teachers during planning periods, before and after school • On-going Mentor support • Self-paced Online – Atomic Learning

12. A Technology Integration Project Building a Kaleidoscope: A Constructivist Approach to Learning for Project-based Learning

13. Effective Planning • Solid unit/lesson plan directed at Standards-Based learning • Activities which focus on the student as the Active Engaged Learner • Technology as a tool for learning and an integral part of lesson that should not be isolated from the academic curriculum. • Subject Area(s) • Outcome • Academic Standards • Technology Standards • Teacher-Led Activities • Student-Centered Activities • Resources Needed • Student Assessment Strategy

14. Sample of Standards-based, Student Centered Activities • Building a Kaleidoscope • Building Vocabulary • Research Sites • Geometric Shape Tally • Student essay

15. How Is a Kaleidoscope Like a Good Learning Plan for Kids? • Write Your Ideas Using Journal, Word, or OneNote • Ever changing • Need light for true illumination • Parts must work in conjunction with each other • All parts must be relevant • Need to reflect on all the parts to make a connection

17. We as educators must prepare students for their future, not for our past; therefore, we much change the way we teach. • Student-centered • Project-based , addressing the standards • Technology-Rich • Collaborative

18. Lloyd Spruill Vice President K-20 Education Knowledge Network Solutions, Inc. lspruill@knowledgenetworksolutions.com 919-931-5505 – Mobile 919-676-7260 - Office Thank You!