technology and the common core october 2012
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ISTE - SIGTE Webinar: Technology and Common Core
Tuesday, October 23, 2012, 6:00PM -7:00PM ESTAdobe Connect: http://connect.illinicloud.org/iceberg/
Karen Brooks
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Curriculum Vitae Available Upon Request
• 23 year is the education field ( worked as: TA, Teacher,
Department Head, Administrator and Central Office)• Currently and
Instructional Specialist for Curriculum, Technology and AT Evaluator &Grad School Professor
• Works for Ulster BOCES – Instructional Services/ Model Schools
• Certifications and Specialized Training:– Reading K-12– Social Studies 7-12– Elementary Education N-6– Instructional Technology– Earth Science– Math– Special Education– School District Administrator– School Business Official– Assistive Technology
• Personal Hobbies: Theater, History, Travel, Golf, Classical Music, Technology, Reading, Art.
• Motivation and Passion: Husband, Daughter, Reading, Data, Instructional Strategies and Technology.
Mission Statement of the
Common Core"The Common Core State Standards provide aconsistent, clear understanding of what students are expected to learn, so teachers and parents know what they need to do to help them. The standards are designed to be robust and relevant to the real world, reflecting the knowledge and skills that our young people need for success in college and careers. With American students fully prepared for the future, our communities will be best positioned to compete successfully in the global economy."
45 States and 3 Territories have Adopted the Common Core
• Map From : CommonCore.org• Last State to Adopt was Montana on 11/4/2011• Last Territories to Adopt was American Samoa Island and Northern Mariana Islands on 10/3/2012• Parent’s Guide to Common Core
Timelineof the
Common Core
New York Time Frame
PARCC National Timelinewith the
Common Core
2 years intoprocess; beginning year three
What is PARCC?
PARCC Technology Guidelines for Schools
Additional Information & Resources from PARCC:– PARCC_Technology Guidelines V1_1.pdf – PARCC_Technology Guidelines V1_FAQ.pdf
Are You Tech-Ready for the Common Core?
http://www.edweek.org/dd/articles/2012/10/17/01readiness.h06.html
• Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortuim
• Smarter Balance & PARCC team up with Pearson – January 2012 - Support Open Source Tool for Evaluating School Technology and Infrastructure Readiness
• Tech Readiness Tool June 2012
Pearson from London• The first window of data collection ran from March 20
through June 14
Readiness Questions to Ask• What are your digital-conversion planning objectives and
how will they support implementing the common core and preparing for the new college- and career-ready assessments?
• Have you developed a phased plan for improved access that incorporates textbook and open-resources savings?
• What resources can be reallocated to support deployment? What savings can be secured through adoption of digital resources?
• Have you supported adoption of blended-learning models that leverage teacher talent?
SOURCE: Digital Learning Now!
“Most states are choosing to back assessments being developed by one of two nonprofit coalitions, the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium or the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC), although some states have joined both. Assessments from both consortia will be administered using technology, and both will make use of new testing options such as simulations, video, and audio.”
What To Do If Your School Bans Useful Websites
http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/10/what-to-do-if-your-school-bans-a-useful-website/?fb_action_ids=10151301406953968&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=288381481237582
• October 3, 2012 was National Banned Website Awareness Day. This day is designed to promote an awareness of how overly restrictive filtering affects student learning.
• Filtering Dialogue needs to include:– bring-your-own-device policies, – appropriate use of social media in schools, and – overall responsible use of technology in
school. • Understanding what filtering policies are put in
place revolves around understanding current rules and regulations.
• Most schools are working off of policies that predate 2003 and a lot has change since then.
• What CIPA Requires of Schools• Dispelling Myths About Blocked Sites – From DOE
for Tech Directors - The DOE is the ultimate authority in this matter.
• Resources:– A Guide for School Acceptable Us
e Policies– Making Progress: Rethinking Stat
e and School District Policies Concerning Mobile Technologies and Social Media
– American Association of School Librarian’s Essential Resources site
Here are the list of myths dispelled directly by the Department of Education’s Technology Director Karen Cator:
• Accessing YouTube is not violating CIPA rules. “Absolutely it’s not circumventing the rules,” Cator says. “The rule is to block inappropriate sites. All sorts of YouTube videos are helpful in explaining complex concepts or telling a story, or for hearing an expert or an authentic voice — they present learning opportunities that are really helpful.”
• Websites don’t have to be blocked for teachers. “Some of the comments I saw online had to do with teachers wondering why they can’t access these sites,” she says. “They absolutely can. There’s nothing that says that sites have to be blocked for adults.”
• Broad filters are not helpful. “What we have had is what I consider brute force technologies that shut down wide swaths of the Internet, like all of YouTube, for example. Or they may shut down anything that has anything to do with social media, or anything that is a game,” she said. “These broad filters aren’t actually very helpful, because we need much more nuanced filtering.”
• Schools will not lose E-rate funding by unblocking appropriate sites. Cator said she’s never heard of a school losing E-rate funding due to allowing appropriate sites blocked by filters. See the excerpt below from the National Education Technology Plan, approved by officials who dictate E-rate rules.
• Kids need to be taught how to be responsible digital citizens. “[We need to] address the topic at school or home in the form of education,” Cator says. “How do we educate this generation of young people to be safe online, to be secure online, to protect their personal information, to understand privacy, and how that all plays out when they’re in an online space?”
• Teachers should be trusted. “If the technology fails us and filters something appropriate and useful, and if teachers in their professional judgment think it’s appropriate, they should be able to show it,” she said. “Teachers need to impose their professional judgment on materials that are available to their students.”
Education AppsWhich do I use?
• Rubrics for Evaluating Educational Apps
• Blooms Taxonomy of Apps• iPad as an Instructional Too
l Resources– Acceptable Use Policy
Samples:• iPad Acceptable Use Policy• iPad Acceptable Use Policy• iPad Student/Parent Handbook• iPad Acceptable Use Poicy• iPad Policies• Student Pledge for the iPad• iPad User Agreement with Care Instructions• One Page Agreement
• Educational Apps Reviews– Education Apps Review– Best KidsApps> – Best Apps for Kids– App of the Week Newsletter - SignUp– iPad Curriculum– Fun Educational Apps– Appolicious - Education– iKid Apps Has Videos of Apps Reviewed– App Annie = Top Apps in the USA– Smart Apps for Kids
• Must Know iPad Apps for Education
– Dembe27 - Pinterest– Apps Store Popular Education Apps– Apps Gone Free– 200 iPad Apps for Special Education
• App Search Engines– Quixey– Chomp– AppTap– KinTik South America Basd = new and can
comment on apps.– Yahoo Apps Search– Mimvi Mobile Search
Top Trends in Technologyfrom Edudemic
http://edudemic.com/2012/09/10-emerging-education-technologies/?fb_action_ids=10151288997293968&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=288381481237582
• Knowledge Transmission• Scholrly• Instructure• Skitch by Evernote• Desire2Learn• Udacity• The SNAC Project• Mendeley• Moodle• SlideShark• All the above are designed to evolve and
adapt with emerging technology and shifting student and teacher need.
• My Favorites:– ASCD - EduCore– LearnerFirst - Core– Hippocampus– Curriculum 21 - Clearinghouse– Moodle– Google APPs for Education– Google Forms
• Google Forms for the Classroom
– Wolframalpha– Khan Academy– Curriki– Jim Luther’s Assistive Technology Freewar
e 2012 Collection or Mind42
– PD on Demand- Interactive
Sample Unit Lessonwith Technology
Our Sample
Technology & NYS CCLS for ELA
Developed byCattaraugus – Allegany BOCES Instructional Support Services
Mapping Out Technology Resources by Grade
by Karen Brooks
http://www.thinglink.com/scene/231802964749058050#tlsite
http://www.thinglink.com/scene/231887936734363649#tlsite
MATH and the Common Core
http://www.thinglink.com/scene/232227353554583553?buttonSource=undefinedPage
Additional Resources• Request a Download for Administrators Guide to Optimizing
SMARTboard Usage - http://www.sde.com/technology/request/req.asp
• Common Core Curriculum Maps Digital Resources• Achieve• MYoer• OER Commons• OER Rubrics• Learning Registry• CK-12• Michigan Online Resources for Educators• Learning Resource Metadata Initiative• Connections
To Check Out• Open High School of Utah & Award they won• Open Your Classroom - Resources for the
Common Core• Infographic on Leveraging Technology for K-12
Learning• Bandwidth Demands Rise as Schools Move to
Common Core from 10/15/12
– “In its report issued in May, SETDA recommends that by the 2014-15 school year, schools have at least 100 megabits per second of connectivity to the external Internet for every 1,000 students and/or staff members, and 1 gigabit per second of connectivity for data transactions within a schoolwide or districtwide network. That level of connectivity is what is necessary to allow students and faculty to use contemporary Web technologies such as video streaming, webinars, online courses, and formative and summative online assessments, according to the report. That 2014-15 year is the same year the common standards and their new assessments are to be fully implemented.”
