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When the Inside Becomes the Outside: The Old Book as the New Backpack

Presented to the New York City School Leader Conference by Hall Davidson Senior Director, Global Learning Initiatives Discovery Education May 16, 2013

h"p://linkyy.com/HallDavidsonHandouts

h"p://linkyy.com/MDLA

hall_davidson@discovery.com Twi5er: HallDavidson

Linkyy.com/FutureNow

case sensi@ve

Common Core

Machines & Materials

Learners

Non-‐cogni@ve skill builders

Bloom, B. (1984). "The 2 Sigma Problem: The Search for Methods of Group Instruc@on as Effec@ve as One-‐to-‐One Tutoring" (h"p://web.mit.edu/bosworth/MacData/afs.course/5/5.95/readings/bloom-‐ two-‐sigma.pdf) , Educa@onal Researcher, 13:6(4-‐16). Retrieved from "h"p://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php? @tle=Bloom%27s_2_Sigma_Problem&oldid=509122964" Categories: Educa@onal psychology Educa@on theory en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom's_2_Sigma_Problem 1/3 h"p://www.vitals.com/v/upload/photo/Dr_Benjamin_Bloom.jpg

The grail: Bloom’s “2 Sigma Problem”

An average student tutored one-‐to-‐one using mastery learning techniques performed two standard devia@ons be"er… "the average tutored student was above 98% of the students in the control class”

Toontastic

Cheer Learning

h"p://www.schooltube.com/video/d95ff612cc36cadfed7b/The%20Mul@plica@on%20Kid teacher Mark Ellis, gr. 3

www.mediafes@val.org

linkyy.com/StealThisFes@val

case sensi@ve

An average student tutored one-‐to-‐one using mastery learning techniques performed two standard devia@ons be"er… "the average tutored student was above 98% of the students in the control class”

Bloom’s “Objects of change process”

I.  Home/Peer Group II.  Learner III.  Teacher IV.  Instruc@onal Material

I.  Home/Peer Group II.  Learner III.  Instruc@onal Material IV.  Teacher

h"p://roadrunneracademy.weebly.com/

Kinder teachers’ blog!

Pre-‐school in Calistoga

h5p://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/ipads-‐credited-‐with-‐calistoga-‐reading-‐gains/ar>cle_55718e30-‐b0f6-‐11e0-‐8278-‐001cc4c002e0.html

“During the four weeks of instruc@on, the reading comprehension of the Calistoga preschoolers increased from 58.5 percent to 76.4 percent.”

Eugene Narciso, COO of Footsteps 2 Brilliance,

Dr. Pamela Redmond Chair of Graduate Studies College of Educa>on and Health Service Touro University, CA

h5p://www.brighteyes.com/Smith.html

Case Study

Science Proficiency 2008

2009 (w/o

retests)

2009 (with

retests) 1 Year

Change NELC

Grade 5 40 50 60 +20 +25

Grade 8 47 55 64 +17 +23

Composite 43 52 62 +19 +24

CharloBe-‐Mecklenburg Strategy 140,000 Students 10,000 Teachers 180 Schools 52% Economically Disadvantaged 7 Learning Communi@es 1 Test 100 Days of Professional Development

CharloBe-‐Mecklenburg Schools 2008 – 2011 Science Turnaround

Case Study

2009 (w/o

retests)

2009 (with

retests) 1 Year

Change NELC

Grade 5 40 50 60 +20 +25

Grade 8 47 55 64 +17 +23

Composite 43 52 62 +19 +24

2010 the learning community increased another 14 points in their science scores this year. Building on the 26 point gain from last year, they have achieved a 40 point total gain over 2 years. This is “unbelievable growth” and truly a reflec@on of quality, effec@veness and professional development”.

“By the end of the year when they took the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, those schools averaged a 10 point gain in science. That’s unheard of.”

Dr. Mel Pace Director of Media and Technology

Osceola County Public Schools Enrollment 50,100

Case Study

2009 (w/o

retests)

2009 (with

retests) 1 Year

Change NELC

Grade 5 40 50 60 +20 +25

Grade 8 47 55 64 +17 +23

Composite 43 52 62 +19 +24

Don’t forget the importance of professional development

A Study of Best Prac@ces in PLATO® Learning Online Solu@ons An analysis and interpreta>on of a Marzano Research Labratory study March, 2012

The study examined percep@ons of instruc@onal prac@ces and achievement data from 1,828 students and 141 teachers at 23 sites in 12 states (California, Florida, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Massachuse"s, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania),

The study found that teacher engagement…was the strongest predictor of higher levels of student achievement.

From Sugar Mitra TED talk

From Oxford, England h"p://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk60sYrU2RU

Young learner Young-‐ish learner

Teacher Survey Data

Purchasing Apps

App Upgrades

Data Repor@ng

Safety and Security

Wireless Access

Installing Apps

Data Transfers

No Issues

Dongles and Apps

Recommenda@ons for Improving Training for First Time Teachers

– Ongoing training in how to use the iPad – How to search for/load apps – Time to adapt apps for curriculum and student needs

– Online resources for community development and learning how to use social media to link with other teachers and learn about uses

– Opportunity to network between sites/teachers

Teacher Survey

h"p://www.lexile.com/about-‐lexile/grade-‐equivalent/grade-‐equivalent-‐chart/

Lexile point gain equivalent with self-‐reading text.

Google.ca/advanced_search

Elementary self-‐personaliza@on

Don’t make this mistake:

h"p://linkyy.com/TechbookTrial

case sensi@ve

The book should be the new backpack

Aurasma

Jenna Linskens Assistant Professor School of EducaTon Marian University

Independent educator specializing in helping people use technologies in wise and powerful ways.

Senior Director Global Learning IniTaTves Discovery EducaTon

FETC Close

App Shoot Out! Thank you for attending FETC Drawings will follow!

The Fantas>c Flying Books of Morris Lessmore

Imag.N.O.Tron

h"p://onlinegraphingcalculators.net/wp-‐content/uploads/2013/03/TI83PLUS.jpg

Push Pop Press. TED talks Mike Matas The iBook: “Our Choice” by AL Gore

Wired.com/geekdad/2010/09/ (Dave Giancaspro) h"p://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8APowosR7Ug&feature=player_embedded

To be safe, Search in the “Toys and Games” department.

linkyy.com/microscope video of a grasshopper close-‐up and edited it on the iPad. Pre"y cool. For the faint hearted, I made a video how-‐to h"p://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAqN8ihAFv8, then Tim Holt made a be"er one h"p://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHO2VX_2eXk, and then a kid made one with the app Explain Everything. Neat. h"p://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-‐M2yseyd4-‐E

They build, they learn

Deeper understanding – the Common Core

Harvard – before Common Core

h"p://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0wk4qG2mIg

More if there were >me

InaWorld Drama

h"p://itunes.apple.com/us/app/iseismometer/id304190739?mt=8

PuppetPals (and media from Discovery Educa@on Streaming)

The apps

Book Creator

•  $4.99 •  Easy ePub books!

h"p://apps.123dapp.com/catch/

TourWrist

360 Panorama

Aurasma

InaWorld Drama

Greenscreen Fx

Word Lens

h"ps://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ifunface-‐talking-‐photos/id530299096?mt=8

h"ps://itunes.apple.com/us/app/common-‐core-‐standards/id439424555?mt=8

h"p://www.cardiio.com/

Blabberize.com iFunFace

FunnyMovieFace

Recommenda@ons for Improving Training for First Time Teachers

– Ongoing training in how to use the iPad – How to search for/load apps – Time to adapt apps for curriculum and student needs

– Online resources for community development and learning how to use social media to link with other teachers and learn about uses

– Opportunity to network between sites/teachers

Teacher Survey