T&L Education Webinar

Integrating Digital Curriculum in the Classroom

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Produced by Tech&Learning

Introductions

Moderator

Marylyn Rosenblum

Associate, Tech & Learning

Today’s Webinar

Karen TalbertPrint vs. Digital Curriculum

Advantages of Technology Approaches to Curriculum

Michele Douglass, Ph.D.Aha!Math – Online Math Curriculum and Interactive Whiteboards

Questions and Answers

Speaker 1

Karen Talbert

North American

Field Sales Manager

Print vs. Digital Curriculum

Print Delivery

Complex programs

More than what you will

ever need

Not very flexible – hard to

individualize

Heavy and cumbersome

Depends on teacher

knowledge

Digital Delivery

Easy to use and modify

Differentiated instruction

Online – 24/7 easy access

Allows teacher to focus to

learners

Captures and documents

curriculum components

Advantages to Interactive Delivery

Increases student participation

Increases enjoyment and motivation

Improves social skills

Easier to learn increasingly complex skills

Accommodates different learning styles

Teachers ask higher-level cognitive questions

Customizing Learning

“The proper use of technology as a

platform for learning offers a chance to

modularize the system and thereby

customize learning.”

- Clayton Christensen

Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will

Change the Way the World Learns

2008

Web-delivered interactive

supplemental K-5 math

curriculum

Research-based instructional

model

Balances computational

mastery and conceptual

understanding

Speaker 2

Michele Douglass, Ph.D.

• 20 years as teacher,

administrator and

professional development

consultant to schools

• Curriculum author

• School improvement

coach

Why Change?

Effective curriculum

Research-based instructional strategies

Flexibility

Interactive Digital Curriculum

Effective Curriculum

• Built upon big ideas that are critical to learn

• Clear learning target

• Scaffolds into increasingly complex ideas

• Vocabulary is clearly defined and reinforced

Engaging students

Using with interactive whiteboards

Interactive Digital Curriculum

Research-based

Instructional Strategies

• Student engagement

• Addresses various learning

styles

• Timely and specific feedback to

direct learning

• Multisensory experience

• Student motivation

Models of Multiplication

Quizzes that allow for feedback

Quizzes

Activities – Printable PDF files

Interactive Digital Curriculum

Flexibility

• Target specific

educational need

• Increase instructional

time

• Ease of use for

students and teachers

• Use in a variety of

settings

Implementation

Functionality to look for

“I am still teaching the class –

not the computer. I am still

engaged with my students.

Aha!Math is like a new version

of a text, but it’s not boring.”

–Kelley Crowley

fourth and fifth-grade teacher

Pine Valley Elementary School

North Carolina

Thank you and Q&A

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Case study

www.learning.com/casestudies/pine-valley-elementary.htm

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Helps teachers build strong math

learners

Flexible teacher-mediated

instruction

Instructional, management and

and reporting tools

Use in home, after-school,

community center, summer

school

Research-based curriculum

Digital coaches for motivation and feedback

Educational games for reinforcement & skill refinement

Thematic context for mathematics in real world

Aligned with state standards and NCTM Curriculum Focal Points