CTAP AB430

Day 1: Jan 22, 2009

AGENDA

MORNING, 8:30-11:45
Welcome & Opening Activity
    - Module 3 Overview
    - Your School? My School? Which School?    (w/Response Systems)

Groups 1 & 2:  General Session - San Jose Room
        Group 3:  Lab Session - ETS Lab, 2nd Floor
        Group 4:  Lab Session - Cisco Lab, 1st Floor

LUNCH, 11:45-12:30

LAB SESSIONS, 12:30-3:00
        Group 1:  Lab Session - ETS Lab, 2nd Floor
        Group 2:  Lab Session - Cisco Lab, 1st Floor
Groups 3 & 4:  General Session - San Jose Room

HOMEWORK FOR FEB. 12:
Bring several technology resources that accompany one of your school's adopted series (math or language arts).

Feel free to contact us with questions:
Martin Cisneros, martin_cisneros@sccoe.org
Paula Hundley, paula_hundley@sccoe.org
Diana Paradise, diana_paradise@sccoe.org

GENERAL SESSION (San Jose Room)

21st CENTURY LEARNERS, TEACHERS, AND ADMINISTRATORS

Characteristics of Students
  • Presentation (Website)
  • Video - A Vision of K-12 students Today
  • Information Literacy Quiz

Break!

International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE): National Education Technology Standards (NETS)

Partnership for 21st Century skills
  • Framework
  • Online Tools
    • Route 21: The goal of Route 21 is to provide an online interactive tool that demonstrates how 21st century skills can be supported through standards, professional development, assessments and curriculum and instruction.
    • Assess 21: is a Web-based repository for information on assessments of 21st century skills.
    • MILE Guide: The Partnership for 21st Century Skills developed the Milestones for Improving Learning and Education (MILE) Guide for 21st Century Skills to assist educators and administrators in measuring the progress of their schools in defining, teaching and assessing 21st Century Skills.
  • Matchbox Definition: Parody Motivator Generator
  • Observations Checklist for Schools

LAB SESSION (ETS and Cisco Labs)

USING DATA TO INFORM GOALS AND INSTRUCTION

Introduction: [PPT]
    - Types of data
    - Levels of use:  District, school, class, student
    - Process:  Collection, analysis, action
Article:  No Schools Left Behind, Victoria L. Bernhardt
Educational Leadership, Feb 2003
- A primer for schools attempting to analyze the data they collect.

Gathering Data:
Self-Assessment (COSN) - How ready are you?  A tool for district leader to assess readiness to use data effectively.

Finding Out What Stakeholders Want with Online Surveys
Create a survey, invite participants, analyze results
SurveyMonkey

Break

Exploring Data: 
School level - SChoolCharts demo & hands-on
Student level - Cruncher demo & hands-on (or use your own)
Evaluating data tools:  CA Learning Resource Network - ELAR Project

Turning  Data into Action:  (Dr. Diana Wilmot, SCCOE, joins us)
Practice 1:  Use survey data to set SPSA goals
Practice 2:  Use achievement data to inform instructional practice
Three Tiers Four Levels - View of Data

AB 430 Evaluation

Please click on the link below to provide feedback
on Day One of the Technology Module 3.  Thank you.

OMS evaluation

Additonal Resources

GENERAL SESSION:
What is a 21st Century Learner?


Resources
  • Alexa: Alexa's Web site is built on the notion that timely and relevant information is essential to a vital web experience.
  • Apple Learning Interchange: The new Apple Learning Interchange (ALI) is a set of free resources for educators that provides a single access point to find media and ideas for classroom activities produced by their peers, by Apple, and by guest content providers like Ball State University and The National Park Foundation.
  • iNACOL, International Association for k12 Online Learning: is a non-profit organization that facilitates collaboration, advocacy, and research to enhance quality K-12 online teaching and learning.
  • Landmark Project: This web site is dedicated to the idea that Information will be the raw material that drives the 21st century, and that todays students should be learning to BUILD with information.
  • November Learning: Instructional handouts: This handbook provides information that supplements November Learning’s hands-on workshops. Topics includes RSS, wikis, podcasting and much more
  • PEW Internet Study - The Pew Internet Project is an initiative of the Pew Research Center, a nonprofit “fact tank” that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world.
  • Wayback Machine: The Internet Archive, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form.


LAB SESSION - USING DATA TO INFORM INSTRUCTION
Additional Resources


Sources of Data:  State & Federal
API
AYP
CSIS
DataQuest
Ed-Data
STAR
http://www.surveymonkey.com
Sources of Data:  Other Organizations
Just for the Kids 
Raising the Roof
School Matters
Great Schools 

Other fee-based systems for data analysis:
DataDirector
EduSoft

Other survey tools:
Google Docs
Survey Monkey
Zoho Polls

Zoomerang


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