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2009-2012 NCLB Title II Part D
Districts 25 & 30 Competitive Grant
Voices in History
Office of Educational Technology
Winnie Bracco, Technology Innovation Manager
October 2009
Agenda
Welcome
Title IID Purpose and Goals
Program Overview
Professional Development Opportunities
Expectations
Evaluation
Questions and Concerns
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2009-2012 NCLB Title II Part D Competitive Grants
Purpose of the Program: Title II Part D - Enhancing Education Through Technology is designed to achieve three major goals as outlined in NCLB:
1. To improve student academic achievement through the use of technology in elementary schools and secondary schools
2. To assist every student – regardless of race, ethnicity, income, geographical location, or disability in becoming technologically literate by the end of eighth grade and
3. To encourage effective integration of technology resources and systems with professional development and curriculum development to promote research/evidence based instructional methods that can be widely replicated.
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Districts 25 & 30 = 20 Public + 8 Non-PublicJHS 185 EDWARD BLEEKER St. Kevin School IS 10 Horace Greeley School Queens Lutheran School
JHS 189 DANIEL CARTER BEARD Muslim Center Elementary School PS 76 William Hallett School St. Sebastian School
IS 237 Shevach High School PS 92 Harry T Stewart Sr. St. Francis of Assisi
John Bowne High School St. Mel PS 111 Jacob Blackwell School El-Ber Islamic School
Flushing High School PS 112 Dutch Kills School
IS 126 Albert Shanker School for Visual & Performing Arts
PS 127 Aerospace Science Magnet School
IS 141 The Steinway School
IS 145 Joseph Pulitzer
PS 151 Mary D Carter School
IS 204 Oliver W Holmes School
IS 230
William Cullen Bryant HS
Long Island City High School
Newcomers HS- Academy American Studies
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Voices in History - Overview> Districts 25 & 30 are paired in this grant under the theme of
Technology Infusion into Instruction through Professional Development.
> The Voices in History (VIH) program will focus on improving student achievement in ELA specifically in non-fiction reading and writing through the content area of Social Studies.
> Students will participate in project based learning that addresses reading, writing and critical thinking skills.
> Students will create graphic novels, contribute to online communities and create digital media to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of history.
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Project GoalsGoal 1:
Students will improve their academic performance in ELA.
Goal 2:
Teachers will increase their knowledge and ability to integrate technology into their Social Studies and ELA instruction in a meaningful way.
Goal 3:
Teachers will foster professional learning communities and share practices with the larger school community.
Goal 4: Students will develop their technology literacy skills through project based learning.
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Project Goal 1
Students will improve their academic performance in English Language Arts.
> Students will use the Internet for research and images, collect data, distinguish between fact or opinion, analyze cause and effect, investigate points of view in order to develop a digital documentary and/or graphic novel.
> The student activities are aligned with the following performance indicators for NYS English Language Arts Standard 1, 3 & 4.
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Project Goal 2
Teachers will increase their knowledge and ability to integrate technology into their Social Studies instruction in meaningful ways to support ELA achievement. > Use blogs, podcasts and videos to enhance instruction that
engage students with relevant tasks. > Use online resources such asThe Library of Congress, The
National Archives, NYLearns.org and Karpeles primary source documents to obtain standards-based lessons, videos and digital images to enhance curriculum and instruction.
> Use online tools such as a blog, wiki, or ARIS Connect for communication and sharing of resources with school community.
Project Goal 3
Teachers will foster professional learning communities and share practices with the larger school community.> Participating teachers will use an online communication tool such as
blog and/or web portal and ARIS Connect to post lessons, resources, videos and best practices to be shared with the community.
> Participating teachers will mentor, coach and provide inter-visitation demonstration lessons to school peers.
> Participating teachers will turn key to inquiry teams and peers during faculty conferences and grade meetings.
> Participating teachers will video-conference with partnering teachers to co-teach and share student experiences when applicable
> Participating teachers will video one lesson integrating technology to shared with peers and contribute to professional community.
Project Goal 4
Students will develop their technology literacy skills through project based learning > Students' culminating projects will be the creation of authentic
digital documentaries or graphic novels reflecting their understanding and expression of grade specific social studies content.
> Students will learn how to incorporate textual information, graphics, audio files and video to enhance the presentation of their material.
> Students will use the Internet for research in order to write narratives to support and enhance their digital presentation .
> Students will use online collaborative Web 2.0 tools such as wikis and Google Docs for collaborative writing with their project group.
> Students will use online environments to communicate and share.
Graphic Novel
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Digital Documentaries
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Video Samples
Voicethread Great Depression Poems
http://oitq.ed.voicethread.com/#q+site:ed.b425796.i2253592
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Rudy video
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Ham & Eggs video
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Professional Development Offerings
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Session 1 Buck Institute: Project Based Learning – Part 1
Session 2 Buck Institute: Project Based Learning – Part 2
Session 3 Using primary sources to create graphic novels to enhance Social Studies and ELA instruction.
Session 4 Using blogs for ELA and Social Studies instruction
Session 5 Podcasting: creating a news broadcast for a specific period of time.
Session 6 Digital Documentaries: Part 1 Process and Planning
Session 7 Digital Documentaries: Part 2 Producing and Publishing
Sessions 8-12
Webinars – using online tools and resources to strengthen instructional practices
2 hours Security and Governance for Administrators Only -optional
Professional Development HS only
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5 days Advanced Training -Final Cut Pro teachers to commit one week of training during April break or 5 Saturdays. Limited seats
Selected HS willing to spearhead an afterschool digital movie making club to create videos based on Social Studies curriculum/historical events. Participating teachers qualify to take the Final Cut certification exam.
3 days Selected Teachers (Principal Rec) -Digital Movie Making into Social Studies curriculum with Marco Torres. Limited Seats
HS Only –August 2010
4 – 6Sessions
Tech Squad- One teacher with 4 – 6 students to learn troubleshooting and basic maintenance of computers.
School will support a school based tech squad.
Professional Development Roll Out
All selected participants will attend 2 full days of professional development provided by Buck Institute.
The remaining professional development will be delivered in two tracks.
> Choose one track. Option A: 5 full days of professional - pull out during school day
• OR
Option B: 6 Saturdays for 3 P-Credits or training rate – limited seats.
Additional Opportunity for School Community
5 full days of PD for 3 P-Credits – Limited SeatsApril 2010August 2010
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Who Should Participate?
Maximum of Four Social Studies Teachers> 2nd choice – ELL Teachers or ELA Teachers
One Administrator, Computer Coordinator or ELA specialist.> To coordinate scheduling, equipment needs and evaluation
process.
Teachers with the ability to mentor and turn-key information to peers during grade and faculty conferences.
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Strategies and Activities
Strategies> Two (2) Grades will be targeted each year:
Grades 3 & 4 Grades 6 & 7 – Social Studies and ELA Grades 9 & 10 -- Social Studies and ELA
> Subsequent years to include additional grades> All teachers will receive on going professional development and push in support> Yr 1 teachers will continue to participate in the project and mentor Yr 2 teachers> A minimum of one administrator will be trained to provide support
Activities> Attend training provided by Buck Institute and OETQ. > Students’ culminating projects will be the creation of graphic novels and videos
portfolio reflecting their understanding of grade specific Social Studies content. > Tech Squad – HS Only> On-site push in job embedded support provided by qualified staff developers
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School Expectations Principals will grant approval for their DAAR Technology Innovation Manager
to review school-level Periodic Assessment data in ARIS in order to align the grant programs to their school improvement and student learning needs.
Principals will enable lead teachers participating in grant services to participate in inquiry teams to align the grant program activities to the goals and strategies of the school CEP and inquiry program.
Principals will comply with evaluation process and support the goals of the Title IID program.
Principals will support participating teachers to turn-key during common preps, faculty conferences and grade conferences.
Principals will support push-in and on site professional development .
Principals will provide access to equipment and resources to support grant initiatives.
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Teacher Expectations
Participating teachers will turn-key to 2 other teachers in their first year during common preps or grade conferences.
Participating teachers will attend all scheduled training.
Participating teachers will videotape one lesson integrating technology into the curriculum to impact school community.
Participating teachers will complete all required VIH projects and share with community.
Participating teachers will attend scheduled webinars during common preps.
Participating teachers will contribute to the professional learning community and foster sharing and collaboration.
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Resources
Participating schools will receive equipment and resources to support VIH program.
Participating schools will receive equitable resources based on full participation.
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Evaluation
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Grant is state funded and a prescribed evaluation process must take place.
> Surveys – teachers and students> Observations> Site Visits> Request for data> Interview of administrators and teachers
Program Evaluator
Dr. Josephine [email protected]
Dr. Lynda [email protected]
Design and Development Resources for Education and the Arts
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Next Steps
Complete form by November 20, 2009. > Go to http://oitqueens.com and click on surveys.
All communications via DOE email for DOE employees.
Workshop schedule will be provided with tentative start date of early December.
Training centers located at JHS 8 and 82-01 Rockaway Blvd and 48-15 Court Sq.
LOOKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL TRAINING CENTER IN DISTRICT 25 or 30.
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Contact Info
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Winnie Bracco, Technology Innovation Manager [email protected]
Michael Swirsky,Instructional Technology Specialist [email protected]
Wayne Demacque,Supervising Technician [email protected]
Kin Fung LeungSupervising Technician [email protected]