Reinventing PedagogyReinventing PedagogyA Standards-Based Professional A Standards-Based Professional Development Model That WorksDevelopment Model That Works

Shannon Parks, Ph.D, AlaPT3 Director/ Alabama Dept. of Education

Stevie Ash, AlaPT3 Assoc. Director

Jennifer Fritschi, AlaPT3 Trainer/ MarcoPolo State Administrator

Tracee Synco, AlaPT3 Trainer/ Best Practices Coordinator

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Mission The mission of AlaPT3 is to transform education through research, development, and dissemination of standards, policies and training resources for the successful integration of technology into P-20 classrooms. 5 other universities participated

Activities•Implement new technology certification standards for all twenty-nine (29) teacher preparation programs •Pinpoint effective technology use practices in P-20 schools •Construct an infrastructure to disseminate those practices. •Train higher education faculty

What is IntelWhat is Intel®®Teach to the Future?Teach to the Future?A worldwide initiative to improve student learning by providing teachers with the skills to integrate computer technology effectively into existing curriculum

In Alabama Intel has partnered with:

State Dept. of Education (PreK-12)

AlaPT3 (higher education)

What is MarcoPolo?What is MarcoPolo?An Internet portal that provides no-cost, standards-based Internet content for the K-12 teacher and classroom, developed by the nation's content experts. Online resources include high quality, commercial free, professionally developed lesson plans, panel-reviewed links to top sites in many disciplines, classroom activities, and materials to help with daily classroom planning.

In Alabama MarcoPolo has partnered with:

State Dept. of Education (PreK-12)

AlaPT3 (higher education)

Why is IntelWhy is Intel®® Involved? Involved?To improve student learning

To help teachers and students take advantage of new technologies to support a learning environment

To improve education in support of workforce development

To promote improved math/science skills and support long-term engineering needs

To create premier, standards-based Internet Content for the Classroom and provide the requisite Professional Development to every teacher in the United States - all free of charge

To maintain a scalable program that will enrich teaching and dramatically affect student achievement for generations to come

Why is MarcoPolo Involved?Why is MarcoPolo Involved?

Why is Alabama involved? Why is Alabama involved?

High-quality, award winning resource

Free for participants

More than just a “How to create a PPT” training

Changes the way teachers think about the delivery of instruction

Sustainable and flexible

Lessons from MarcoPolo aligned to state standards

Training OverviewTraining Overview

Day 1 MarcoPoloDay 1 MarcoPolo

Day 2Day 2

Day 3Day 3

Day 4Day 4

Day 5Day 5

Intel®

Curriculum OverviewCurriculum Overview

Intel®

MarcoPolo

Utilizing essential questions and big ideas to direct instructional design decisions

Introducing technology tools and strategies for enhancing learning through research, communication, productivity and assessment

Encouraging student teachers to work in teams, problem-solve, and participate in peer review of their units

Addressing state and national academic and technology standards

Locating high quality internet resources

Simple and practical tips for embedding Internet resources into the curriculum

Discovering various types of internet content and when to use

Learning strategies for teaching with Internet content

Software UsedSoftware Used

Microsoft* Office 2000 Professional Microsoft* Word 2000 (support documents) Microsoft* PowerPoint* 2000 (multimedia) Microsoft* Publisher 2000 (publication & Web

site)

Microsoft* Encarta* Encyclopedia 2001

Intel® Teach to the Future CD

Microsoft* Internet Explorer 5.0

Plug-ins Needed (MarcoPolo) Quicktime RealPlayer Shockwave Acrobat Reader

*Other brands and trademarks are property of their respective ownersfrom Intel® Teach to the Future PPT

Faculty IncentivesFaculty Incentives

Follow-up support between and after trainings

Free handheld training by a certified Palm Education Training Coordinator

Receive two resource binders and materials to use to integrate technology into their course content.

Free Intel® textbooks for pre-service

Training objectives correlated to NCATE, ISTE NETS∙T, and Alabama Teacher Technology Standards

Receive high-quality training that is pertinent to each faculty member’s interest in learning to use and assist students to use technology to enhance teaching and learning

SMART Board donation for host university 20+ participants = SMART Board (provided by Intel®)15+ participants = SMART Board (provided by AlaPT3 for partner universities)

Faculty RequirementsFaculty Requirements

BeforeComplete online application outlining how curriculum will be used in existing or new pre-service teacher education courses.

Attend and fully participate in five non-consecutive days of training. (scheduled at your convenience) prior to 5/31/01

Guarantee at least 15 participants.

Ensure the convenient accessibility of Microsoft* Windows-based PC computers with Microsoft* Office 2000 for faculty training/curriculum review.

AfterUse the Pre-Service Intel® Teach to the Future curriculum with at least 40 pre-service teachers for each participating faculty member. Prior to 12/31/03

Submit reports to Intel® each semester (number of pre-service teachers impacted).

Adapted from INTEL® Teach to the Future PPT

TimeLineTimeLine

Training

Started discussions with Intel®

Pilot training at UAB

Signed contract with Intel®

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Recruitment efforts

Recruitment EffortsRecruitment Efforts

MeetingsDeansAlaPT3 partners

Regional Video ConferenceDeans & reps from 29 institutions

Flyers/E-mails/Phone-callsDeansTechnology contacts

Training Status Training Status (Alabama data)(Alabama data)

Universities involved10 universities hosted training 5 other universities participated15 universities participating

Pre-service Faculty involved135 trained to date

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Stillman College

Birmingham Southern

Athens State University

Jacksonville State University

Auburn University Montgomery

University of Alabama

Troy State University - Dothan

Troy State University

Troy State University - Montgomery

University of North Alabama

University of Alabama at Huntsville

University of Mobile

Miles College

Alabama A&M University

Currently ParticipatingCurrently Participating

State-wide Training CalendarState-wide Training Calendar

Regional TrainingsRegional Trainings

HuntsvilleMontgomeryBirmingham

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IntelIntel®®/MarcoPolo Pre-Service /MarcoPolo Pre-Service Participants from UAB training say..Participants from UAB training say..

Faculty in video: (in order of appearance)

Dr. Mona Eason - University of Alabama at BirminghamDr. Jerry Aldridge - University of Alabama at BirminghamDr. Phylis Williams – Birmingham Southern UniversityDr. Anarella Cellitti - University of Alabama at Birmingham Mr. Jeff Anderson - University of Alabama at Birmingham

99% of teacher educators agree or strongly agree curriculum is appropriate/relevant to courses they teach

97% of teacher educators agree or strongly agree curriculum will help their students understand how to integrate technology effectively into their future teaching

98% of teacher educators agree or strongly agree curriculum aligns well with NCATE standards

Adapted from Intel®Teach to the Future PPT

Current results indicateCurrent results indicate (U.S. data)(U.S. data)

Referring to the IntelReferring to the Intel®® modules modules

MarcoPolo Participants say….MarcoPolo Participants say….

Please evaluate the effectiveness of the trainer.                           Mean: 4.67

How useful is the training in providing ideas foryou to integrate the Internet into your teaching?

    Mean: 4.46

Alabama dataAlabama data Survey conducted DURING the training

Source:  MarcoPolo Training Attendee Follow-up Survey as of: 9/25/2002  (380 respondents)

How often do you use the MarcoPolo Web Sites to find lesson plans and student activities?

Percentage of teachers who encourage othersto use MarcoPolo after receiving training

Survey conducted 10 weeks after the trainingAlabama dataAlabama data

Training Results Training Results Intel Intel®® & MarcoPolo & MarcoPolo

Survey Comments: (Alabama data)(Alabama data)Many helpful things that have been available to us all along have not been used because we were unaware of the full potential of the computer. UA

This is an outstanding program that will benefit all. Thank you for the opportunity. UA

Excellent, I’ve never learned so much technology.. UA

I enjoyed the way the Intel resource material and the instructor integrated technology and good teaching practices. I learned many new teaching methods as well as technology. TSUD

I liked the materials and resources that we can take away to refer to as we continue working on technology integration. TSUD

The CD Rom resource is wonderful because it has so much information to access. It also gives us a picture of how to integrated technology in instruction and how to teach the students to work on projects that are related to the content area. A&M

….I was able to bond with the others as we helped each other. A&M

Training Results Training Results Intel Intel®® & MarcoPolo & MarcoPolo

How do you intend to use this curriculum in your classroom?

I intend to change all of my classes to become more student centered, cognitive problem solving utilizing technology more fully. A&M

I plan to share technology interactions with pre-service teachers as well as integrating technology more into my own teaching at the university level as well as the elementary level. TSUD

Survey Comments: (continued)

It was wonderful to have such high caliber materials and a knowledgeable instructor to give us teachers a refresher on being an active learner again. I’m really excited and eager to get my students involved with this program. A&M

I liked being able to develop materials immediately for use in the classroom.

it helps me in my classes and help my pre-service teachers integrate quality technology. ASU - MP

MarcoPolo is an excellent resource for materials and methods courses. A&M – MP

The hands-on application opportunities have been extremely helpful. A&M

I liked the opportunity to gain new information and new ways to formulate the learning process for students while having a blast! Like the hands-on training. A&M

Used to assess effectiveness of the Used to assess effectiveness of the implementation of the technology standardsimplementation of the technology standards

www.profiler.orgwww.profiler.org

Evaluation InstrumentEvaluation Instrument

Conducted pilot survey at A&M UniversityConducted pilot survey at A&M University

Analysis and ResultsAnalysis and Results

Survey evaluated:Survey evaluated: - Modeling - Modeling - Preparation of teacher candidates - Preparation of teacher candidates - Infrastructure - Infrastructure

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http://http://alapt3.ed.uab.edualapt3.ed.uab.edu

IntelIntel®® Teach to the Future Teach to the Futurehttp://www.intel.com/education/teachhttp://www.intel.com/education/teach

MarcoPolo Internet Content MarcoPolo Internet Content for the Classroomfor the Classroom

http://www.marcopolo-education.orghttp://www.marcopolo-education.org