halton/bridges research project
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Halton/Bridges Research Project. Kurzweil Professional Development Anne Hill - [email protected] Marian Thorpe - [email protected]. Agenda. • Process of Doing Research - Invaluable – • Introduction to the Project by Marian Thorpe: Halton Coordinator of Special Education - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Halton/Bridges Research ProjectKurzweil Professional Development
Anne Hill - [email protected] Thorpe - [email protected]
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Agenda
• Process of Doing Research - Invaluable –
• Introduction to the Project by Marian Thorpe: Halton Coordinator of Special Education
• Brief Overview of Research Findings to date
• Sharing from Stacey’s Class –data on student learning & teaching/learning strategies
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Research Project Title
Do comprehensive models of professional development for teachers, educational assistants, parents & students help improve comfort with & use of assistive technology?
Does using Kurzweil help improve student reading comprehension ?
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History
• HDSB agreed to participate in research as it fit with our own mandate to improve PD
• Extensively invested in AT and realized need to develop effective PD for staff, students and parents
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Current Situation
• Many competing demands on teachers - changes in curriculum, focus on improving provincial scores, more record keeping
• Overall buy-in to use AT – where we really see the difference AT can make is where the teacher leaders embrace
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Specific Research Measurements• Due to small response rates
Unable to do formal statistical analyses therefore we will provide descriptive analyses
• Comfort and Use Survey
Some mean scores show an improvement over time
Other measures pre- and post- data is almost identical, whereas mid scores tend to decrease – interesting to hypothesize reasons
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Overall feeling of knowledge of specific resources
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Self – report: written and interview data descriptive summary
1. Many challenges outlined – 1. Most frequent was more PD needed for teachers, EA’s
and families & Time 2. Speed of setting up systems and tech support issues
2. Many positive comments about PD received3. Many Suggestions – Implemented
1. Evening training2. Bridges provided Memory Sticks with “How To”
Posters & Videos – On-Line Collaboration- Knowledge Forum Database
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On - Line Collaboration
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Self Evaluation Tools• Kurzweil Usage Log
• Self evaluation rubrics
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MAZE Assessments – AIMS Web Passages: Improvement over time
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Kurzweil in the Classroom: Stacey and the Tech Dudes
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Further Research?• Research issues/questions you would like to
see addressed?• Attend Dr. Karen Erickson’s Session on Action
Research! Saturday: May 15- 8:30 am – 11:00
Creation TapestryJudy Chicago