eett: pd-2 content areas & tech infusion

EETT: PD-2Content Areas & Tech Infusion

Madison Accelerated High SchoolThursday September 23, 2010

Math, Science and Special Ed Co-Teach


• Data driven research, inquiry based learning techniques, higher order thinking strategies and the infusion of technology are all “bundled”…


• …for maximizing classroom instructional delivery and enhanced student learning.


• It is also designed , in part, to meet the EETT/One-on-One Initiative Grants requirements


• Data driven research…, for maximizing classroom instructional delivery and enhanced student learning.

• Have you heard of the First in the World consortium ?


• Data driven research…, for maximizing classroom instructional delivery and enhanced student learning

• http://www.eric.ed.gov/

• You most certainly have heard - over the years - the United States lags considerably behind the rest of the world when it comes to academic ranking.

• This is the site that keeps track of such things.



• First in the World consortium

• If you go there you will find [t]hat the Chicago Collar County suburbs were tired of hearing the same thing so they wanted to see how their little enclave compared to the rest of the world



• First in the World consortium

• So they had the official testing site (for comparative analysis of the countries of the

world) create a fictional “country” with them being the “residents” therein.



• First in the World consortium This way they could isolate and compare themselves as a “unit” to the rest of the world.



• First in the World consortium - Chicago suburb schools v. the rest of the world.

• What did they find?



• They did the testing as a fictitious country and sure enough they ranked very high and actually led the world in several categories including AP-Calculus.

• But, exactly why was this so?



• What processes drove the “fake country” Chicago suburb group to achieve such undisputed success making them number one?



Because of these undisputed results; an exhaustive analysis was undertaken to see if it was due to;

• “socio-economics”;• “wealthy families;• “nuclear family

integrity/values”



It was none of those.

In fact, those particular factors combined had less than a 25% standard correlation coefficient (r<25%).

Well if not wealth, family status, or socio-economic advantage…



What did drive the success?



The exhaustive studies and data showed there were two platforms that separated this Chicago-suburb “country” from the rest of the world.



• They were:1. Inquiry based classroom

instruction and 2. Technology driven

educational platforms…

This is exactly where the EETT grant is taking all of us in Illinois.



Remember – we are…doing Student Projects;



Remember – we are…collecting BASELINE data;



Remember – we are…looking for IMPROVEMENT over time.



Remember – we are…Using the -- “Understanding by Design [UBD]” template for developing units of classroom instruction.



Example of a student technology product using “google sketchup’

Remember – we are… going to develop a working

product with your students to upload this fall to I.S.B.E. (December 1st) and again in the Spring (May 1st)



Example of a student technology product using “google sketchup’

Order of today’s instruction1. Developing /understanding UBT: EETTm-HS_DAY_2_6_22_Mod_for_Sept 23_10_PD 2_Content_Tech Infusion.ppt

2. Benchmark (coaching question) activities: Marzano vocab_n_ activities for teaching coaching questions_ie benchmarks.ppt

3. Additional (coaching question) activities that are QAR aligned: Literacy4_12Day2_06_23_More Benchmark Activites_Pd2_23Sept10.ppt

4. Linked blank template for UBT: ..\LTC5_ June 21 Day 1\Linkedtemplate.doc

5. Linked completed example template for UBT: ..\LTC5_ June 21 Day 1\day two eg template.doc

6. Linked QAR template completed (eg): ..\LTC5_ June 21 Day 1\Unit_sample_mindman_graphic organizer.doc

eett: pd-2 content areas & tech infusion

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infusion of technology

enhanced student learninghttp

learning techniques

fictional country

fictitious country

official testing site

undisputed results

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