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Topics
• Enhancing Education through Technology (EETT)
• Blackboard
• Brevard Virtual School
• Inventory for Teacher Technology Skills
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Enhancing Education Through Technology
• Part of No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
• Fourth Year
• Two Parts:– Part I ~ Allocation (‘05 = $223,940– Part II ~ Competitive
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Enhancing Education Through Technology
• Improve student academic achievement through the use of technology
• Assist all students in crossing the digital divide
• Promote effective integration of instructional learning tools
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Enhancing Education Through Technology
Provided hardware: • Wireless Laptops (student and teacher)• Access Points• Projectors• Digital Cameras• Electronic White Boards• School Pads• Digital Microscopes• Science Probes• PDAs• Servers (Blackboard and Streaming Video)
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Enhancing Education Through Technology
Provided software: • Microsoft Office for all computers
• Star Gazer
• Vernier MicroProbe
• Blackboard course management system
• Most of the hardware also included software
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Enhancing Education Through Technology
• Provided training and professional development for participants
• Online and Face-to-Face
• Improved the integration of technology-delivered educational content
• Developed new distance learning courses for administrators, teachers, staff, and students
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CMS vs. LMS
• Course Management Systems– Blackboard – Web CT– Moodle
• Learning Management Systems– VSA (Florida Virtual School)– NetDimensions
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Blackboard Statistics
1269 users105 courses
13 courses “retired”
Subscription since 2002
Next school year: All employees
Cost per year for 10,000 users: $30,000
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Blackboard CoursesExamples
• ESOL for Administrators/Guidance Counselors
• ESOL Empowerment for Teachers• Online Resources • New Hires Orientation• Information Literacy• Service Learning• Collegiate High School
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Looking at Blackboard
http://blackboard.brevard.k12.fl.us/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_id=_21_1
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BVS 2004 -05
Course NameStudents Active in the Course
Courses (1 Semester)
FCAT 8 6 1
FCAT 10 11 1
SAT Prep 10 1
Total Term 1 27 3
Life Management 16 2
SAT Prep 17 2
Personal Fitness, S. 1 17 2
Personal Fitness, S. 2 15 2
American Government 25 2
Economics 16 2
Total Term 2 106 12
TOTAL 2004-2005 133 15
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BVS Fall, 2005
10 courses: Physics, Latin I, Personal Fitness (2 sections), Life Management, SAT Prep, American Government/Honors, Economics/ Honors, FCAT 10 Prep, and Voluntary Public Service
14 teachers ~ all from Brevard Public Schools
176 active students ~ BPS, private schools, and home schooled.
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10 courses: Physics, Latin I, Personal Fitness (2 sections), Life Management, SAT Prep, American Government/Honors, AP Microeconomics, Economics/ Honors, AP American Government, and
Voluntary Public Service
14 teachers ~ all from Brevard Public Schools
Registration: November 1st - January 3rd
220 students have been assigned to courses which began January 4th ~ BPS, private schools, and home schooled.
BVS Spring, 2006
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Inventory for Teacher Technology Skills
An online tool that helps educators identify basic technology skills that
need reinforcement.
Developed by Florida DOE
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“No Child Left Behind” Goal
Full integration of technology in the curriculum
Ability to responsibly use appropriate technology to
Communicate
Solve Problems
Access, Manage, Integrate, Evaluate, and Create Information to improve learning.
Acquire lifelong knowledge and skills
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District Use of the Inventory?•Technology Planning both District and School levels.
•Staff Development offerings at both District and School levels.
•Level of technology integration for reporting on the STaR Survey.
•Strategic Goal of all Teachers being at Level II Proficiency by end of 2006.
•Professional Development Plan for individual teachers
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Schools Assisting the District
DeLaura Middle School
Saturn Elementary School
Suntree Elementary School
•Instructional Staff access to the Inventory: August 22-September 2
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Inventory Content
• Basic Operations & Concepts
• Productivity
• Communication
• Research
• Planning, Management, & Instruction
• Social, Ethical, Legal, and Human Issues
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Results (85 Teachers)
• Individual and School (see handouts)• District
– Basic Operations 82%
– Productivity 88%
– Communication
97%
– Research 89%
– Planning, Management, & Instruction 96%
– Social, Ethical, Legal, & Human Issues 91%
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Useful Tool??Comment from Gerry Sprengle,Technology Specialist at Suntree Elementary:
“I really like the survey. I think it can be a useful tool. I hope we can somehow salvage the survey as it can really pin down our strengths and weaknesses (I think we are going to have a lot of weaknesses!!!!).”