katie drake and andrea cardon williams/ledger elementary copperas cove isd tagt convention november...
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KATIE DRAKE AND ANDREA CARDONWILLIAMS/LEDGER ELEMENTARY
COPPERAS COVE ISDTAGT CONVENTION
NOVEMBER 2012
Tech N’ Talk
What is Tech N Talk?
Tech N Talk is a media based literature circle
After school
Focus on pleasure reading
Technology skills
Web 2.0 technologies
Let’s Hear It From the Kids!
Introduction
Katie went to TAGTKatie went to TAGT Andrea went to TCEAAndrea went to TCEA
How did it start?
Why do we need
a program like this?
New Technology Standards K-5th
International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), 2007
Combined Standards
Research Behind the Idea
Why do we need a program like this?
• Teachers are expected to collaborate to meet the unique needs of gifted kids
• Students should create independent projects leading to professional-level products
• Students need audiences outside the classroom and school
• We must address the arts, leadership, and creativity.
• Opportunities must be provided in voluntary environments outside the regular school day.
• State of-the-art technology to support appropriate services should be provided.
GT Reasons
National Association for the Gifted, 2000
State Board Educator Certification (SBEC), 2001
Texas Education Agency (TEA), 2009
Data-Who are our kids?
Grade TotalKinder 1st 2nd 3rd 44th 145th 13Total 31
Gender TotalMale 18Female 13
Ethnicity TotalAsian 2American Indian 2Black 6Hispanic 4Pacific Islander 0White 12Multi 5Total 31
Data from 2011-2012
Data-What did they do?
Data analysis of Reading Benchmarks in 2011-2012 Repeating
club members who increased
scores
75%
Members who increased
reading scores while in the
club
64%
Average gain in reading scores
17 points on a 100 points
scale*Largest gain
41 points
Steps to Building the Club
First Steps to Building the Club
Submitted a proposal to principalChose a book, day, time, and placeFound funding, bought booksCreated application and spread the word
Found activities online to supplement book, created a timeline for activities
Decided on end product-Digital Media Contest (1st semester)
Built our webpage and blog
Recruitment
Recruitment
Posters around schoolMorning announcementsPersonal contact in class, lunch, and library
Video can be shown for a peer perspective
Challenges
Things We Learned/Challenges
Recruitment of membersBlogging- Unwanted participantsKids not blogging on their ownUnsupportive parentsCompeting with other afterschool eventsLosing club members to rezoning of
schoolsFunding for booksHow to make use of blogging tools like
pre-scheduling posts.
Technology We Use
Technology We Use
Grants
Grants
We were awarded over $3000 from the Copperas Cove Education Foundation to help fund books, zip drives, T-Shirts, and a trip to Medieval Times in Dallas to support the theme of our last book.
Grant Sources Barbara Bush Foundationhttp://www.barbarabushfoundation.com/site/c.jhLSK2PALmF/b.4425435/k.544A/Current_Funding_Opportunities.htm
Digital Wishhttp://www.digitalwish.com/dw/digitalwish/grant_awards ALA American Library Association (big list!)http://www.ala.org/ala/awardsgrants/index.cfm
NEAhttps://www.neafoundation.org/pages/educators/grant-programs/grant-application/
Teachers Counthttp://www.teacherscount.org/teacher/grants.shtml#cscitech (Technology)http://www.teacherscount.org/teacher/grants.shtml
Kathy Schrock’s Guidehttp://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/business/grants.html
National Council of Teachers of Englishhttp://www.ncte.org/grants/elem
Wal-Marthttp://foundation.walmart.com/apply-for-grants
Donors Choosehttp://www.donorschoose.org/
Conclusion
This presentation will be posted on our Tech N’Talk webpage (found at our school library site) or at our Livebinder.
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