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Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

JOSTI 2006

The Role of The Role of

Educational TechnologyEducational Technology

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What exactly do we do?What exactly do we do?

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SometimesSometimes

we forget…we forget…

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Courses and Content Skills and Applications

The Affective

HistoryGovernmentFine Arts

Team WorkJob SkillsInternship

Higher Order

Thinking Skills

Science and Technology

Self Esteem

Cooperation

Responsibility

Citizenship

Internalizaton

Independence

Leadership

EnglishMath

Social StudiesScience

Foreign LanguageP.E.

Fine ArtsElectives

Business Ed.Trade & Industrial Ed.

Technology Ed.Consumer & Homemaking

MarketingTechnical Communications

Health OccupationsAgriculture

Computer Applications

LearningLearning CommunitiesCommunities

Pre-collegiatePre-collegiate Pre-vocationalPre-vocational

A commitment to preparing life-long learners.A commitment to preparing life-long learners.

Are we preparing students for college, or beyond?Are we preparing students for college, or beyond?

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Build a large idea pool.Build a large idea pool. Engage everyone in exchange and Engage everyone in exchange and development of ideas.development of ideas. Practice critical and creative thinking and action.Practice critical and creative thinking and action. Provide opportunities for exploration, growth Provide opportunities for exploration, growth and success.and success.Help everyone learn to validate what they know Help everyone learn to validate what they know and how they know.and how they know.Help everyone to build learning strategies for Help everyone to build learning strategies for coming to know what they do not know.coming to know what they do not know.

Thinking of schools as dynamic learning communitiesThinking of schools as dynamic learning communities

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Focus on six interrelated curricular goals

Learning to communicate Learning to communicate powerfully in writing, in powerfully in writing, in conversation, in conversation, in presentation, presentation, electronically, visually, electronically, visually, and graphically.and graphically.

CommunicationCommunication

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Focus on six interrelated curricular goals

Working collaboratively Working collaboratively and cooperatively as a and cooperatively as a member and/or leader of member and/or leader of teams of people who bring teams of people who bring diverse strengths and diverse strengths and skills.skills.

CollaborationCollaboration

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Focus on six interrelated curricular goals

Developing an Developing an understanding of systems understanding of systems and learning to think and and learning to think and act strategically in ways act strategically in ways that recognize the that recognize the importance of importance of relationships between relationships between various units and tasks.various units and tasks.

Systemic ThinkingSystemic Thinking

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Focus on six interrelated curricular goals

Gaining experience in Gaining experience in enterprise management enterprise management that builds that builds understanding of design understanding of design and application.and application.

ExperienceExperience

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Focus on six interrelated curricular goals

Learning to effect and Learning to effect and manage change.manage change.

Managing Change and GrowthManaging Change and Growth

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Focus on six interrelated curricular goals

Developing social Developing social and ethical and ethical responsibility responsibility

EthicsEthics

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Role of Technology as an Integrated Role of Technology as an Integrated Piece of the CurriculumPiece of the Curriculum

IBETIBET

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•The underlying premise is that people learn from other people. The underlying premise is that people learn from other people. •Ideas come from people and are generated through collaboration Ideas come from people and are generated through collaboration and cooperation. and cooperation. •Teachers must have opportunities to work with new ideas with Teachers must have opportunities to work with new ideas with their students. their students. •Teachers need the flexibility and control to be able to experiment Teachers need the flexibility and control to be able to experiment in their classroom. in their classroom. •Planning time, during the school day and in the summer provides Planning time, during the school day and in the summer provides support for teachers to reflect, analyze, consult, and create.support for teachers to reflect, analyze, consult, and create.

Staff DevelopmentStaff Development

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•Staff DevelopmentStaff Development

• Interdisciplinary curriculumInterdisciplinary curriculum

• Diversified leadership Diversified leadership

• Flexible schedulingFlexible scheduling

• Mentorship opportunitiesMentorship opportunities

• Advanced networking capabilitiesAdvanced networking capabilities

Program Features

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Food for ThoughtFood for Thought

How can educational technology be harnessed to support How can educational technology be harnessed to support systemic learning? systemic learning?

How can educational technology support cross- or multi-How can educational technology support cross- or multi-disciplinary ideas?disciplinary ideas?

Communications: people learn from others. People are still the Communications: people learn from others. People are still the best processors. Networking people leads to a richness of best processors. Networking people leads to a richness of diversity which has extraordinary power, while machines are diversity which has extraordinary power, while machines are going to be predictable. How can technology enhance this?going to be predictable. How can technology enhance this?

It is critical that we start thinking globally. We will all be better It is critical that we start thinking globally. We will all be better off if we connect to each other.off if we connect to each other.

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19851985

Nation at Risk ReportNation at Risk Report

Business & Technology explosion in MarylandBusiness & Technology explosion in Maryland

Population Growth and political pressure to support Population Growth and political pressure to support growing populations basegrowing populations base

Northern Virginia as a bedroom communityNorthern Virginia as a bedroom community

Business interest in better preparing work forceBusiness interest in better preparing work force

Education challenged to develop private and public Education challenged to develop private and public sector partnershipssector partnerships

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and TechnologyThe Mission

http://information.tjhsst.edu/mission.html

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology provides a dynamic, specialized learning community for selected students with high ability, aptitude, and interest in mathematics, science and technology who seek a comprehensive, challenging curriculum with emphasis in these disciplines. In support of this commitment the TJHSST community of learners, explorers, and mentors focuses on the academic and ethical development of the whole student, preparing graduates to become responsible citizens and leaders in the 21st century.

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and TechnologyEducating the Whole Child

to acquire Communication Skills

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and TechnologyEducating the Whole Child

to develop collaborative skills

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and TechnologyEducating the Whole Child

to understand dynamic and complex systems

in order to ask larger questions and define problems

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and TechnologyEducating the Whole Child

To work with real projects and real problems

Experience-based learning

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and TechnologyEducating the Whole Child

to learn how to manage change

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Ethics

Educating the Whole Child

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and TechnologyEducating the Whole Child

Leadership

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and TechnologySuccess Stories

• IBET• Geo

Science• Senior

Research Projects

• Mentorship Program

• Eighth Period

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and TechnologyIntegrated Biology, English and Technology

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and TechnologyIBET IS HOW WE INDUCT FRESHMEN

INTO THE JEFFERSON WAY OF THINKINGINTO THE JEFFERSON WAY OF THINKING

•Knowledge is and should be integratedKnowledge is and should be integrated

•There are exciting real-life problems to solveThere are exciting real-life problems to solve

•Problem solving is often better as a team effortProblem solving is often better as a team effort

•Even teachers do better in teams and model Even teachers do better in teams and model teaming regularly for their studentsteaming regularly for their students

•Teams require flexibility, listening, sharing, Teams require flexibility, listening, sharing, support and humorsupport and humor

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and TechnologyIBET IS HOW WE INDUCT FRESHMEN

INTO A LARGE, COMPLEX HIGH SCHOOLINTO A LARGE, COMPLEX HIGH SCHOOL

•It provides a safe-haven—a school “home for It provides a safe-haven—a school “home for half of each dayhalf of each day

•It gives every student a group of 72 classmates It gives every student a group of 72 classmates and four adults to really get to knowand four adults to really get to know

•It allows the counselor to learn about their new It allows the counselor to learn about their new counselees as they work and interact with each counselees as they work and interact with each other “in the field”other “in the field”

•It allows teams to utilize time in a dramatically It allows teams to utilize time in a dramatically different way from the normal period-by-period different way from the normal period-by-period patternpattern

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and TechnologyIBET: Community partnership

• Students learn about local issues through community work

• Students are active partners with community agencies and teachers in authentic research

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• Communication, collaboration, and problem-solving are key components to work success in and out of school

• The world of work

– shows students what skills and behaviors are required to be successful

– provides role models

IBET: Integrated Learning

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and TechnologyGeo Science

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and TechnologySenior Research

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and TechnologyMentorship

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and TechnologyEighth Period

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and TechnologyOutreach

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and TechnologyVirtual School9/11—ISOI—MCW—Blackboard—TJHSST 9/11—ISOI—MCW—Blackboard—TJHSST

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and TechnologyVirtual School Today

The NVS consortium is made up of the following NESA regular member schools: • International School of Islamabad, Pakistan • The American Embassy School, New Delhi, India • American International School/Dhaka, Bangladesh • American Community School, Amman, Jordan • Walworth Barbour American International School, Tel Aviv, Israel • American Community School of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates • International Schools Group, Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia • American International School-Riyadh, Saudi Arabia • American School of Doha, Qatar • The American International School of Muscat, Sultanate of Oman • Cairo American College, Egypt • Lincoln School, Kathmandu, Nepal • Saudia-Saudi Arabian International School, Jeddah

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

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