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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, [email protected], 210-370-5280
• Project Share & OnTRACK – Jennifer Foley, [email protected], 210-370-5414