1. 2009-2012 NCLB Title II Part D Districts 25 & 30 Competitive GrantVoices in History Office of Educational Technology Winnie Bracco, Technology Innovation ManagerOctober 2009

2. Agenda Welcome Title IID Purpose and Goals Program Overview Professional Development Opportunities Expectations Evaluation Questions and Concerns2 3. 2009-2012 NCLB Title II Part D Competitive Grants Purpose of the Program: Title II Part D - Enhancing Education Through Technology is designed to achieve three major goals as outlined in NCLB: 1. To improve student academic achievement through the use of technology in elementary schools and secondary schools 2. To assist every student regardless of race, ethnicity, income, geographical location, or disability in becoming technologically literate by the end of eighth grade and 3. To encourage effective integration of technology resources and systems with professional development and curriculum development to promote research/evidence based instructional methods that can be widely replicated. 3 4. Districts 25 & 30 = 20 Public + 8 Non-Public JHS 185 EDWARD BLEEKERSt. Kevin SchoolIS 10 Horace Greeley SchoolQueens Lutheran SchoolJHS 189 DANIEL CARTER BEARD Muslim Center Elementary School PS 76 William Hallett School St. Sebastian SchoolIS 237Shevach High School PS 92 Harry T Stewart Sr.St. Francis of AssisiJohn Bowne High SchoolSt. Mel PS 111 Jacob Blackwell SchoolEl-Ber Islamic SchoolFlushing High SchoolPS 112 Dutch Kills School IS 126 Albert Shanker School for Visual & Performing Arts PS 127 Aerospace Science Magnet SchoolIS 141 The Steinway SchoolIS 145 Joseph PulitzerPS 151 Mary D Carter SchoolIS 204 Oliver W Holmes SchoolIS 230William Cullen Bryant HSLong Island City High School Newcomers HS- Academy American Studies4 5. Voices in History - Overview> Districts 25 & 30 are paired in this grant under the theme ofTechnology Infusion into Instruction through ProfessionalDevelopment. > The Voices in History (VIH) program will focus on improving studentachievement in ELA specifically in non-fiction reading and writingthrough the content area of Social Studies. > Students will participate in project based learning that addressesreading, writing and critical thinking skills. > Students will create graphic novels, contribute to online communitiesand create digital media to demonstrate their knowledge andunderstanding of history. 5 6. Project Goals Goal 1: Students will improve their academic performance in ELA. Goal 2:Teachers will increase their knowledge and ability to integratetechnology into their Social Studies and ELA instruction in ameaningful way. Goal 3:Teachers will foster professional learning communities and sharepractices with the larger school community.Goal 4:Students will develop their technology literacy skills through projectbased learning. 6 7. Project Goal 1 Students will improve their academic performance inEnglish Language Arts.> Students will use the Internet for research andimages, collect data, distinguish between fact oropinion, analyze cause and effect, investigate pointsof view in order to develop a digital documentaryand/or graphic novel.> The student activities are aligned with the followingperformance indicators for NYS English LanguageArts Standard 1, 3 & 4.7 8. Project Goal 2 Teachers will increase their knowledge and ability tointegrate technology into their Social Studies instructionin meaningful ways to support ELA achievement.> Use blogs, podcasts and videos to enhance instruction thatengage students with relevant tasks.> Use online resources such asThe Library of Congress, TheNational Archives, NYLearns.org and Karpeles primary sourcedocuments to obtain standards-based lessons, videos anddigital images to enhance curriculum and instruction.> Use online tools such as a blog, wiki, or ARIS Connect forcommunication and sharing of resources with schoolcommunity. 9. Project Goal 3 Teachers will foster professional learning communities andshare practices with the larger school community.> Participating teachers will use an online communication tool such asblog and/or web portal and ARIS Connect to post lessons, resources,videos and best practices to be shared with the community. > Participating teachers will mentor, coach and provide inter-visitationdemonstration lessons to school peers.> Participating teachers will turn key to inquiry teams and peers duringfaculty conferences and grade meetings. > Participating teachers will video-conference with partnering teachers toco-teach and share student experiences when applicable > Participating teachers will video one lesson integrating technology toshared with peers and contribute to professional community. 10. Project Goal 4 Students will develop their technology literacy skillsthrough project based learning> Students' culminating projects will be the creation of authenticdigital documentaries or graphic novels reflecting theirunderstanding and expression of grade specific social studiescontent.> Students will learn how to incorporate textual information,graphics, audio files and video to enhance the presentation oftheir material.> Students will use the Internet for research in order to writenarratives to support and enhance their digital presentation .> Students will use online collaborative Web 2.0 tools such aswikis and Google Docs for collaborative writing with their projectgroup.> Students will use online environments to communicate andshare. 11. Graphic Novel 11 12. Digital Documentaries Video Samples 12 13. Voicethread Great Depression Poems http://oitq.ed.voicethread.com/#q+site:ed.b425796.i225359213 14. Rudy video14 15. Ham & Eggs video15 16. Professional Development Offerings Session 1 Buck Institute: Project Based Learning Part 1Session 2 Buck Institute: Project Based Learning Part 2Session 3 Using primary sources to create graphic novels to enhance Social Studies and ELA instruction. Session 4 Using blogs for ELA and Social Studies instructionSession 5 Podcasting: creating a news broadcast for a specific period of time.Session 6 Digital Documentaries: Part 1 Process and PlanningSession 7 Digital Documentaries: Part 2 Producing and PublishingSessionsWebinars using online tools and resources to strengthen instructional 8-12practices 2 hours Security and Governance for Administrators Only -optional16 17. Professional Development HS only 5 days Advanced Training -Final Cut ProSelected HS willing to spearhead anteachers to commit one week ofafterschool digital movie making club totraining during April break or 5create videos based on Social StudiesSaturdays. Limited seatscurriculum/historical events. Participatingteachers qualify to take the Final Cutcertification exam. 3 days Selected Teachers (Principal Rec) HS Only August 2010-Digital Movie Making into SocialStudies curriculum with MarcoTorres. Limited Seats 46Tech Squad- One teacher with 4 School will support a school based tech Sessions 6 students to learn troubleshooting squad.and basic maintenance ofcomputers.17 18. Professional Development Roll Out All selected participants will attend 2 full days of professional development provided by Buck Institute. The remaining professional development will be delivered in two tracks. > Choose one track. Option A: 5 full days of professional - pull out during school day OR Option B: 6 Saturdays for 3 P-Credits or training rate limited seats. Additional Opportunity for School Community 5 full days of PD for 3 P-Credits Limited Seats April 2010 August 2010 18 19. Who Should Participate? Maximum of Four Social Studies Teachers> 2nd choice ELL Teachers or ELA Teachers One Administrator, Computer Coordinator or ELA specialist.> To coordinate scheduling, equipment needs and evaluationprocess. Teachers with the ability to mentor and turn-key information topeers during grade and faculty conferences. 19 20. Strategies and Activities Strategies > Two (2) Grades will be targeted each year: Grades 3 & 4 Grades 6 & 7 Social Studies and ELA Grades 9 & 10 -- Social Studies and ELA > Subsequent years to include additional grades > All teachers will receive on going professional development and push in support > Yr 1 teachers will continue to participate in the project and mentor Yr 2 teachers > A minimum of one administrator will be trained to provide support Activities > Attend training provided by Buck Institute and OETQ. > Students culminating projects will be the creation of graphic novels and videos portfolio reflecting their understanding of grade specific Social Studies content. > Tech Squad HS Only > On-site push in job embedded support provided by qualified staff developers20 21. School Expectations Principals will grant approval for their DAAR Technology Innovation Manager to review school-level Periodic Assessment data in ARIS in order to align the grant programs to their school improvement and student learning needs. Principals will enable lead teachers participating in grant services to participate in inquiry teams to align the grant program activities to the goals and strategies of the school CEP and inquiry program. Principals will comply with evaluation process and support the goals of the Title IID program. Principals will support participating teachers to turn-key during common preps, faculty conferences and grade conferences. Principals will support push-in and on site professional development . Principals will provide access to equipment and resources to support grant initiatives. 21 22. Teacher Expectations Participating teachers will turn-key to 2 other teachers in their first year during common preps or grade conferences. Participating teachers will attend all scheduled training. Participating teachers will videotape one lesson integrating technology into the curriculum to impact school community. Participating teachers will complete all required VIH projects and share with community. Participating teachers will attend scheduled webinars during common preps. Participating teachers will contribute to the professional learning community and foster sharing and collaboration.22 23. Resources Participating schools will receive equipment andresources to support VIH program. Participating schools will receive equitableresources based on full participation.23 24. Evaluation Grant is state funded and a prescribed evaluationprocess must take place.> Surveys teachers and students> Observations> Site Visits> Request for data> Interview of administrators and teachers24 25. Program Evaluator Dr. Josephine Imbimbojimbimbo@dndrea.org Dr. Lynda Kennedy lkennedy@dndrea.orgDesign and Development Resourcesfor Education and the Arts25 26. Next Steps Complete form by November 20, 2009.> Go to http://oitqueens.com and click on surveys. All communications via DOE email for DOE employees. Workshop schedule will be provided with tentative start date of early December. Training centers located at JHS 8 and 82-01 Rockaway Blvd and 48-15 Court Sq. LOOKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL TRAINING CENTER IN DISTRICT 25 or 30. 26 27. Contact Info Winnie Bracco, Technology Innovation Manager wbracco@schools.nyc.govMichael Swirsky, Instructional Technology Specialist mswirsky@schools.nyc.govWayne Demacque, Supervising Technicianwdemacque@schools.nyc.govKin Fung Leung Supervising Techniciankleung@schools.nyc.gov 27