Welcome to An Expansion of TIPS:

Teaching Interdisciplinary Problem

Solving through Educational Technology

Please turn off your cell phones.

TIPS WasCreated by:•Jim Carroll

•Joe Montecalvo

TIPS Is Our Vision for Transforming

Teaching and Learning

During the 2009—2010 school year, Jim Carroll,

Trina Newton, & Binghamton City School District’s staffers

wrote a successful New York State Learning

Technology Grant (LTG)

TIPS/LTG Staff:

• Jim Carroll, Director• Joe Montecalvo, Asst. Director• Trina Newton, Asst. Superintendent for

Curriculum, Instruction and Accountability• Ryan Hill, Assistant to Asst. Superintendent

Our Philosophy

Jean-Jacques Rousseau?

John Dewey?

Jean Piaget?

Aristotle? CHARLES SCHULTZ

Facing the rear of the ship:

Project LEGAL Overview

Project LEGAL• Created in 1976

by Director, Jim Carroll, Ph.D.

Project LEGAL• New York State

validation in 1979

Project LEGAL

• USDE validation in 1982, 1992 & 1996

Project LEGAL• Has been implemented in thirty four

states • Hungary, Croatia, and the US Virgin

Islands

Project LEGAL

• Since 1983, adoption schools in over 1500 school districts

Project LEGAL’s Validated Objectives

• Significant student growth in knowledge and comprehension of the U.S. Legal/Judicial System.

• Significant student growth in law-related problem-solving and critical thinking skills.

Facing our deck chairs forward:

Transforming Teaching and Learning at

Binghamton High School&

West Middle School&

East Middle School&

Seton Catholic High School

Our Vision for Transforming Teaching and Learning

Students learn by constructing

their own knowledge through The Public Policy Analyst.

Our Vision for Transforming Teaching and Learning

Teachers serve as co-learners,

mentors, coaches and resources to engage students to use technologies to solve problems, think critically and answer their own questions.

Our Vision for Transforming Teaching and Learning

Curriculum is restructured to

engage students in solving real-world problems that relate to state standards. In-depth knowledge, analysis and application of major concepts are emphasized.

Our Vision for Transforming Teaching and Learning

Classrooms have Internet

connectivity and can collaborate on common problems.

Our Vision for Transforming Teaching and Learning

Performance-based assessment

of student products published on the world wide web; also, self-assessments and monitoring of progress toward improvement on state content standards.

Our Vision for Transforming Teaching and Learning

Our website contains numerous

applications, links, collaborations, and virtual reference desks that support research, analysis, problem solving and communications, and these electronic resources will expand under TIPS.

Year 1 of the Binghamton’s LTG took place in June of 2010

19 teachers from BHS, EMS, WMS and Seton Catholic met for 2 days and each of them created a PPA WebQuest lesson plan for one or more of their classes

After today’s workshop…

• There will be two more workshops

• Thursday, November 11, 2010 (8:30-3:30)

• Saturday, January 8, 2011 (8:30-3:30)

After today’s workshop…

• You will be expected to develop a WebQuest that will be due by Dec. 17 & a PowerPoint that will be due Feb. 8, 2011

• Ongoing help from staff developers & directors in developing your WebQuest by

e-mail, listserv & phone (toll free 888-443-4720)

How Will the TIPS/LTG Project

Benefit You?

In Closing

Keep Your Deck Chairs Facing Forward!!!