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iPads, Portfolios,Social Networking, PBL & More!
Napa Valley Unified Teachers• Joey Schmitz• Kim Floyd• Tammy Lee• Jen MenoPamela Redmond, Touro U, Advisor &
NapaLearns Board Member
joinme.com/465-670-365You can follow along with us in this presentation on your ipad or laptop.Navigate to the web address, then put in the code we give you in the presentation.
Napa Learns & NVUSD Partnership
Napa Valley Unified School District
LEVERAGING SOCIAL NETWORKING IN THE HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOM
Joey Schmitz, Vintage High School Joseph.schmitz@tu.edu
Twitter Hash
#CUE2011• Save this search to be a part of the
backchannel discussion during the presentation.
Some Facts about Social Networking
Let’s take a quick poll.
1st Poll2nd Poll3rd Poll
Social Media at Vintage High School
• Tumblr- Student reflective journals • Twitter- Backchannel discussions extension of
the classroom.• Facebook- Classroom LMS
Hypothesis and Preliminary Findings
• Over 90% of students have access to internet– Home computer– School computer– Smartphones– iPod Touch – Video game consoles
Hypothesis and Preliminary Findings
• Engagement is through the roof.– Students during class discussion with backchannel
outlet participate more than traditional class discussion.
– Teachers unrealistic fear of cell phones.– Responsibility and digital citizenship.
SUMMER BRIDGE IPAD PROJECT FOR PRESCHOOLERS
Kim Floyd, Yountville Elementarykimberly.floyd@tu.edu
Background
• The problem• The idea• The students• The teachers• NapaLearns
as visionary funders
The goals• Provide children who had no prior
preschools experience foundational skills for kindergarten
• Build vocabulary• Leverage technology to provide
seamless support to student development
• Who• 1 teacher• 18 Pre-K bilingual children• 4 aides (3 bilingual HS students &
1 migrant education person)• Parents• Local Kdgn teachers as observers• Visitors, visitors, visitors
• When• 16 days in summer 2011• From 8 am-noon• 4th of July was in the middle of
the program
The Apps
Alphabet Tracer
Drawing Pad
What did we measure
• PPVT• Footsteps to Brilliance
– # Books– # Words user was exposed to– Reading comprehension– Total hours of use
Books Read
Pre Post0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
155
604
Books Read: Class
Books Read
Pre Post0.0
5.0
10.0
15.0
20.0
25.0
30.0
35.0
8.2
31.8
Books Read: Student
Books Read
Reading Comprehension
Pre Post40.0%
45.0%
50.0%
55.0%
60.0%
65.0%
70.0%
75.0%
80.0%
58.5%
76.4%
Reading Comprehension: Class
Correct 1st Try
Word Total
Pre Post0
20,00040,00060,00080,000
100,000120,000140,000160,000180,000200,000
40,801
187,502
Word Total: Class
Word Total
Pre Post0
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000
2,147
9,869
Word Total: Student
Word Total
Total Hours
Pre Post0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
16
143
Total Hours: Class
Total Hours
Pre Post0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
1
7.5Total Hours: Student
Total Hours
Peabody Test
1 2
-20
-10
0
10
20
30
40
50
Gain Range
Spearman Correlation Coefficient r = 0.7129 p= 0.0007
n=18
Challenges
• Perception • Misperceptions• Pre-conceived notions• Technology challenges• Support challenges• Highly visible endeavor
Next Steps
• Pre-K program will be repeated next summer and probably expanded
• Across 3 school districts (6-7 classrooms) are implementing iPad in the classroom
• Change in trends for Pre-K and K education
GAMING AS A TOOL TO SUPPORT CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT IN MATHTHROUGH PBL
Tammy Lee, American Canyon Middle Schooltammy.lee@tu.edu
Some Facts From your lit review
• Add some intriguing facts about PBL, mnemonics, gaming, etc
What are you doing at ACMS?
• Give some background & need• Past solutions• Why they didn’t work
What do you plan to do
• Add slides as you want…• What have you done so far (You might want to
share some of the preliminary results.)• Where do you hope to go in the future?
(Adding the full PBL component)
Show some examples here?
• Screen shots or links…
Q & A
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