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© 2012 Texas Education Agency/The University of Texas System

Courses for Students

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© 2012 Texas Education Agency/The University of Texas System

Practical Implications

Supporting Rigor and Differentiated

Instruction with Online Resources

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Project Goals

• Help students exceed the minimum score required on each high school STAAR assessment in order to meet graduation requirements

• Prepare all students to meet the college-readiness component of the Algebra II and English III STAAR assessment

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Project Specifics

• Online learning tools for high school students in math, science, ELA and social studies– Can be used in whole class instruction,

intervention during or after school, or in summer school

• Aligned with STAAR and TEKS• Free to use, we encourage teachers to use what

they need, use of the entire course(s) is not required.

• A document has been developed to assist teachers in how they might use the course content

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Subject Areas• Math

– Grade 8, Algebra I, Algebra II & Geometry• Science

– Grade 8, Biology, Chemistry & Physics• English/Language Arts

– English I, English II, & English III• Social Studies

– Grade 8, World History, World Geography & U.S. History

Still growing to include additional middle school courses

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Content Specifics

• Organized into courses by subject• Up to 80 lessons in each course (~600

lessons)• Each lesson has content, interactives,

assessments w/feedback & additional resources

• Lessons developed by Texas classroom teachers & reviewed by curriculum experts

• Use open source materials

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Lessons• Video

– You Tube, Teacher Tube, National Geographic, etc.

• Assessments and self check items• Interactive learning opportunities• Multiple representations

– Lots of pictures that connect the content to a context

• Digital assets– Open source– From a repository

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YouTube for Schools

• Allows access to approved educational videos

• No advertisements• No suggested or related videos• No comments• No login to personal YouTube accounts • Cannot play unapproved videos

http://www.youtube.com/education

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How can I review an OnTRACK lesson?

• Log in to Project Share• Use the search engine to search for “regional

review” in Courses• Join the course with access code “review”• After exiting, you can re-enter the course

from Learning -> Courses in the left toolbar• Can also join course by simply clicking on

the link on the flyer, logging in, and entering the access code

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Resource Index

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Questions? Contact Us!

• Content Specific – Ravae Shaeffer, ravae.shaeffer@esc20.net, 210-370-5280

• Project Share & OnTRACK – Jennifer Foley, jennifer.foley@esc20.net, 210-370-5414