Out of Thin Air: Technology

Integration in the Delaware

Recommended Curriculum Project

Dr. Michael Stetter Director, Curriculum DevelopmentSuzanne KeenanTeacher in ResidenceApril 18, 2007

What is the purpose of this

presentation?

To provide a brief overview of technology integration into the Delaware Recommended Curriculum Project

To encourage the use of technology to access Delaware Recommended Curriculum materials

To showcase technology integration into various units

What is Delaware’s Recommended

Curriculum?

What are the Components of the Recommended

Curriculum?

Standards clarifications Enduring understandings Essential questions Model Grade-level syllabi Model Grade-level transfer tasks/ assessments Model instructional units

*All components are aligned with Content Standards and Grade Level Expectations

A View of Curriculum- Circles

The Taught Curriculum

The DE Academic Standards

The Assessed Curriculum

If students receive the bulk of their core instruction on topics and skills not aligned to the standards and assessment expectations, they will not reach proficiency on Delaware State Standards

How can the Delaware Recommended Curriculum help students to succeed?

Focus is on understanding, not just content, and skill acquisition.

Engages students in guided inquiry, practice, active learning, and rethinking.

Assessments designed before the lessons.

Activities and strategies designed to ensure all students are able to meet those targets assessed.

Frequently Asked Questions

How will teachers be able to access the Delaware

Recommended Curriculum?

One aspect of technology integration to our project…

Delaware Recommended Curriculum

TEACHER

RESOURCE GUIDE

Delaware Department of Education Curriculum Development Workgroup

401 Federal Street, Suite # 2 Dover, DE 19901-3639

August 2006

Use the Delaware Recommended Curriculum

CD-Rom Toolkit!

This toolkit includes… A complete description of Delaware’s Recommended Curriculum. An overview of all content areas. Video clips of teachers of the year. An introduction to the Curriculum and Instruction Website.

Now let’s try using the CD-

Rom Toolkit!!!

Available in the Spring of 2007

INTRODUCING…. DELAWARE’S

CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTION WEBSITE

What you can do on this site…

Access information about all content areas including:

StandardsClarificationsModel Instructional UnitsAssessments

Locate the Department of Education’s:

Curriculum ContactsCalendar of EventsHomepageJuried UnitsDESS & DEEDS WebsitesProfessional Development OpportunitiesLearning PrinciplesDelaware Recommended Curriculum

Let’s take a closer look at the website!

Current Test Site: http://doecurriculum.netnest.com/

default3.aspx

TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION BUILT INTO INSTRUCTION…

Examples from…

Science Social Studies

SOCIAL STUDIES

High School Unit

Created by: Dusty Shockley,

Social Studies Education Associate

Department of EducationCurrent Test Site:

http://ssdrc.org/cssapmodules/modules.html

Username: drc

Password: drc

Delaware Standards Addressed:

History Standard One 9-12a:

analyze historical materials to trace the development of a trend over a prolonged period of time in order to explain patterns of historical continuity and change

Targeted Skills:

Students will be able to…

Frame, analyze, and solve problems Develop, implement, and communicate

new ideas to others Locate appropriate resources Act responsibly with the interests of the

larger community in mind

Technology integration

Transfer task Prepare a multi-media presentation that

includes relevant graphs, charts, and other appropriate data and suggests a plan to solve a problem

“explain patterns of historical

continuity and change”

Using technology to apply skills and meet expectations of the standard:

“Locate appropriate resources” research online sources for this historical

topic

“analyze historical materials” Digital collections of artwork folders containing primary and secondary

sources View video Listen to MP3 file

SCIENCE: WEATHER

8th grade unit Created by: Science teachers in

Delaware and Dr. McIntosh from Delaware State University

Activity 1: What is a hurricane?

Are you ready for the challenge?

Delaware Standards Addressed:

Standard 3: Energy and its effects Heat energy Particle model

Standard 5: Earth’s Dynamic Systems Water Cycle Weather systems Properties of the Atmosphere Climate Using technology to measure, record, analyze and predict

weather Energy from the Sun drives weather phenomena

Activity: How Can the Local State of

the Atmosphere Be Described?

Students access website data and look at satellite images to make predictions

Students work in teams to plot and analyze excel data while looking for patterns in data

www.wunderground.com

Look for patterns in the three graphs

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THANK YOU!