Bergen County Bergen County AcademiesAcademies

Teacher Orientation Teacher Orientation 20032003

Day Two: Curriculum & Day Two: Curriculum & InstructionInstruction

Welcome from the Welcome from the AdministrationAdministration

Pat Cosgrove, PrincipalPat Cosgrove, Principal

Rich Panicucci, Dean of AcademicsRich Panicucci, Dean of Academics

Russ Davis, Dean of StudentsRuss Davis, Dean of Students

Linda Eickmeyer, Associate DeanLinda Eickmeyer, Associate Dean

The Recipe for Great TeachingThe Recipe for Great Teaching

Source: Video clipSource: Video clip

Activity: Teachers will Activity: Teachers will work in pairs to reflect work in pairs to reflect on video and on video and construct a formula construct a formula for great teaching.for great teaching.

Share with groupShare with group

The Basics of Effective The Basics of Effective TeachingTeaching

Your passion sets the toneYour passion sets the tone

Structured chaos saves the dayStructured chaos saves the day

Build a bridge between content and Build a bridge between content and student interestsstudent interests

Be the “”Guide on the Side” more than Be the “”Guide on the Side” more than the “Sage on the Stage”the “Sage on the Stage”

Wear a big toolbeltWear a big toolbelt

Teach with assessment in mindTeach with assessment in mind

Building an Effective LessonBuilding an Effective LessonSource: Lesson plan Source: Lesson plan template and template and pedagogical tipspedagogical tips

Activity: Teachers will Activity: Teachers will work in pairs to create work in pairs to create a lesson using the a lesson using the template providedtemplate provided

Group discussionGroup discussion

The Anatomy of a Great Lesson:The Anatomy of a Great Lesson:Teacher ObservationsTeacher Observations

Clear learning objectivesClear learning objectives

Defined knowledge baseDefined knowledge base

A “hook”A “hook”

Clear instructionsClear instructions

Valid assessmentValid assessment

ClosureClosure

Get Up and Stretch!Get Up and Stretch!

A Vision of ReformA Vision of Reform

Student-centered Student-centered teachingteaching

Community Community ownershipownership

Harnessing Harnessing technology as a technology as a learning toollearning tool

Raising the academic Raising the academic barbar

The Internal Mission of the The Internal Mission of the Academy is:Academy is:

to provide a challenging to provide a challenging project-driven curriculum in a project-driven curriculum in a

technology-infused, technology-infused, restructured learning restructured learning

environment. Faculty are environment. Faculty are empowered to be actively empowered to be actively involved in a collaborative, involved in a collaborative, interdisciplinary process in interdisciplinary process in

which students:which students:

Internal MissionInternal Mission

Develop critical-thinking, problem solving, Develop critical-thinking, problem solving, teamwork, presentation and practical skills needed for teamwork, presentation and practical skills needed for living in the new millennium.living in the new millennium.Prepare to continue their studies at the post-secondary Prepare to continue their studies at the post-secondary level, while acquiring a broad background in the level, while acquiring a broad background in the diverse areas of human knowledge.diverse areas of human knowledge.Experience social, ethical and personal growth.Experience social, ethical and personal growth.

Internal Mission Cont.Internal Mission Cont.

Create an environment that is conducive to Create an environment that is conducive to cooperative learning and which respects cooperative learning and which respects diversity in a global community.diversity in a global community.

Become independent learners and original Become independent learners and original thinkers who will work to improve the human thinkers who will work to improve the human condition.condition.

The External MissionThe External Mission

Serve as a working model for educational innovation Serve as a working model for educational innovation and reform.and reform.

Enhance student experience beyond the classroom.Enhance student experience beyond the classroom.

Act as a resource for other school districtsAct as a resource for other school districts

Become a center for teacher training and adult Become a center for teacher training and adult education.education.

Foster partnerships with the community at large.Foster partnerships with the community at large.

Making the Dream a RealityMaking the Dream a Reality

What is the role of the What is the role of the individual teacher in individual teacher in

school reformschool reform??

Making the Dream Reality: The Making the Dream Reality: The Role of the Individual TeacherRole of the Individual Teacher

What will the future look like?What will the future look like?

What skills will be essential to achieve in the 21st What skills will be essential to achieve in the 21st Century?Century?

What type of learning environment is most conducive What type of learning environment is most conducive to the development of these essential skills?to the development of these essential skills?

What can we do as teachers to make sure that our What can we do as teachers to make sure that our students are prepared for the 21st Century?students are prepared for the 21st Century?

What Trends Will Shape the What Trends Will Shape the 21st Century and What Will Our 21st Century and What Will Our

Children Need?Children Need?

“We are now at a point where we must educate children in what no one knew yesterday, and prepare our schools for what no one knows yet.”

Margaret Mead, Anthropologist (1901-1978)

Information compiled by The Madison Institute at www.themadisoninstitute.com

A More Diverse AmericaA More Diverse America

2050

YEAR

2000

U.S. Projected Population by Race/Ethnicity: Non-Hispanic White

71.4%

52.8%

Social and Economic Capital Social and Economic Capital Become More ValuableBecome More Valuable

From INDUSTRIAL AGE

To GLOBAL INFORMATION AGE

Physical Labor Brainpower

Factory Model Intellectual Capital

Low Tech Relationships/Networks

Land Knowledge- intensive Services

Pressure to Solve Accumulated Pressure to Solve Accumulated Problems and InjusticesProblems and Injustices

Technology Will Increase the Technology Will Increase the Speed of CommunicationSpeed of Communication

Year 1979 1984 2001 2013RAM 16K 128K 128 MB 32,768 MBDrive 128K 400K 12 GB 3072 GB

Speed 2 MHz 10 Mhz 600 MHz 153,600 MHzCost $5,000 $3,900 $1,000 $14

“…“…computer chip complexity is continuing computer chip complexity is continuing to advance at a rate predicted by Moore’s to advance at a rate predicted by Moore’s Law…who observed that the capabilities Law…who observed that the capabilities of silicon chips were doubling every 18 of silicon chips were doubling every 18 months…the result is that the small chip months…the result is that the small chip inside today’s throwaway musical greeting inside today’s throwaway musical greeting card has more computing power in it than card has more computing power in it than existed in the entire world prior to 1950.”existed in the entire world prior to 1950.”

David D. Thornburg, David D. Thornburg, The The Future Isn’t What it Used Future Isn’t What it Used to Be (1997)to Be (1997)

Knowledge Creation Kindles Knowledge Creation Kindles New EnlightenmentNew Enlightenment

20th Century

21st Century

Scientific Discoveries Force Scientific Discoveries Force Ethical ChoicesEthical Choices

“Efficiency is doing the thing right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing.”

Peter F. Drucker

Essential Skills and Essential Skills and Knowledge?Knowledge?

““Today’s workplaces and communities – and Today’s workplaces and communities – and tomorrow’s – have tougher requirements than tomorrow’s – have tougher requirements than ever before. They need citizens who can think ever before. They need citizens who can think critically and strategically to solve problems. critically and strategically to solve problems. These individuals must learn in rapidly (ever-These individuals must learn in rapidly (ever-changing) environments, and build knowledge changing) environments, and build knowledge taken from numerous sources and different taken from numerous sources and different perspectives. They must understand systems in perspectives. They must understand systems in diverse contexts, and collaborate locally and diverse contexts, and collaborate locally and around the globe.”around the globe.”

-B.F. Jones et al. 1995, Council for Educational Development and Research -B.F. Jones et al. 1995, Council for Educational Development and Research

What Can We Do as What Can We Do as Educators?Educators?

Embrace DifferentiationEmbrace Differentiation

Get to know your Get to know your studentsstudentsAssess individual Assess individual learning styleslearning stylesBuild bridges to Build bridges to achieve connectivityachieve connectivityMake efforts to Make efforts to individualize your individualize your instructioninstruction

Develop Higher-Level ThinkingDevelop Higher-Level Thinking

Utilize student-Utilize student-centered activities centered activities that push the student that push the student up Bloom’s up Bloom’s Taxonomy of ThinkingTaxonomy of Thinking

Force them to go Force them to go beyond the recall beyond the recall level to interpret, level to interpret, assess, and assess, and synthesizesynthesize

Expand your Resources Beyond Expand your Resources Beyond the Textbookthe Textbook

Supplement text with Supplement text with periodicals and other periodicals and other literary resourcesliterary resources

Take advantage of Take advantage of the wealth of the wealth of information onlineinformation online

Reach out to experts Reach out to experts in our local, national, in our local, national, and global communityand global community

Draw on Interdisciplinary Draw on Interdisciplinary ConnectionsConnections

Talk to each other Talk to each other and make an effort to and make an effort to collaborate on certain collaborate on certain topicstopicsAnalyze the topics Analyze the topics that you teach and that you teach and assess their assess their relationship to other relationship to other subject areassubject areasPresent topics “out of Present topics “out of the box”the box”

Prepare Your Students for the Prepare Your Students for the Workplace of the FutureWorkplace of the Future

Create collaborative Create collaborative learning situationslearning situations

Create environments Create environments that encourage them that encourage them to evaluate and to evaluate and inspire each otherinspire each other

Help them see Help them see technology as a tooltechnology as a tool

Congruent LearningCongruent Learning

Standards vs. Project-BasedStandards vs. Project-Based

Strive for a nexus between the twoStrive for a nexus between the two

Revise assessment rubrics to keep Revise assessment rubrics to keep content in focuscontent in focus

Content-driven, student-centered learningContent-driven, student-centered learning

Explore the Future of the Explore the Future of the ClassroomClassroom

The internet 2 will make online video The internet 2 will make online video instantaneousinstantaneous

Application Service Providers (ASP’s) will Application Service Providers (ASP’s) will give students access to more toolsgive students access to more tools

Wireless Personal Digital Assistants Wireless Personal Digital Assistants (PDA’s) will replace the PC and notebook(PDA’s) will replace the PC and notebook

Class management applications will tear Class management applications will tear down classroom wallsdown classroom walls

Explore the Classroom of the Explore the Classroom of the FutureFuture

Tele-immersion 3-D will make the virtual Tele-immersion 3-D will make the virtual learning the normlearning the normMultiuser Virtual Environments (MUVE’s) Multiuser Virtual Environments (MUVE’s) will allow students to simulate will allow students to simulate relationships and reactionsrelationships and reactionsHaptics: Virtual Reality with tactile Haptics: Virtual Reality with tactile sensationsensation

Let’s Eat!Let’s Eat!

Telecollaboration: Project-Telecollaboration: Project-Based, Technology Based, Technology

IntegrationIntegration

Time Machine Role-PlayTime Machine Role-Play

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: 1863Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: 1863

Mount Sinai Hospital TodayMount Sinai Hospital Today

One-Room Schoolhouse:1863One-Room Schoolhouse:1863

The Average Classroom TodayThe Average Classroom Today

What conclusion do we come What conclusion do we come to?to?

What obstacles are holding us What obstacles are holding us back?back?

MoneyMoney

Proper TrainingProper Training

TimeTime

Curricular ConstraintsCurricular Constraints

The Control IssueThe Control Issue

Lack of a Clear ModelLack of a Clear Model

How do we define the integration of How do we define the integration of technology?technology?

EntryEntry: Unfamiliar with technology, ready to : Unfamiliar with technology, ready to prepare for future use in the classroom.prepare for future use in the classroom.AdoptionAdoption: Applies in classroom student : Applies in classroom student activities but not as teaching tool.activities but not as teaching tool.AppropriationAppropriation: Used for student activities : Used for student activities and as a teaching tool to support and as a teaching tool to support traditional instruction.traditional instruction.InventionInvention: Infuses multiple technologies : Infuses multiple technologies into collaborative, interdisciplinary learninginto collaborative, interdisciplinary learning

Project-Based LearningProject-Based Learning

Multiple Definitions:Multiple Definitions:

Pinwheel ModelsPinwheel Models

Simulation ModelsSimulation Models

Inquiry-Based ModelsInquiry-Based Models

What is Telecollaboration ?What is Telecollaboration ?

It is a project-based It is a project-based teaching strategy teaching strategy where students work where students work together to use the together to use the latest in technology to latest in technology to solve real life solve real life problems. problems.

What was our mission?What was our mission?

To create a practical strategy for To create a practical strategy for integrating technology into the curriculum integrating technology into the curriculum on a daily basis on a daily basis

To assist teachers in harnessing a child’s To assist teachers in harnessing a child’s intrinsic desire to be needed by his or her intrinsic desire to be needed by his or her peers.peers.

To create a student-centered approach To create a student-centered approach that channels the imagination into class that channels the imagination into class content.content.

Modes of TelecollaborationModes of TelecollaborationISDN or ATM VideoconferencingISDN or ATM Videoconferencing– Zydacron Systems SoftwareZydacron Systems Software– First Virtual ATM SwitchesFirst Virtual ATM Switches– V-Tel 3200 Computer SystemV-Tel 3200 Computer System– Transmitting at a rate of 384 per secondTransmitting at a rate of 384 per second

Videoconferencing Through a HostVideoconferencing Through a Host– Yahoo Messenger or I-StreamYahoo Messenger or I-Stream– One frame every 15-30 secondsOne frame every 15-30 seconds

Conference CallsConference Calls– Audio onlyAudio only

E-MailE-Mail– Electronic pen palsElectronic pen pals

Now it’s your turnNow it’s your turn

Start with your curriculum and Start with your curriculum and select a unitselect a unit

Why Telecollaboration ?Why Telecollaboration ?

It expands classroom It expands classroom resources.resources.

More in depthMore in depth

InteractiveInteractive

Skill-buildingSkill-building

Student-directedStudent-directed

Connects students to Connects students to the communitythe community

Web EditorsWeb Editors

Sample

Now it’s your turnNow it’s your turn

Construct an inquiry statementConstruct an inquiry statement

It can develop workplace It can develop workplace readiness skills.readiness skills.

Interpersonal SkillsInterpersonal Skills

Time ManagementTime Management

Self AssessmentSelf Assessment

Peer CoachingPeer Coaching

Communication SkillsCommunication Skills

CAD/CAMCAD/CAM

Now it’s your turnNow it’s your turn

Define learning outcomesDefine learning outcomes

It helps us achieve connectivity It helps us achieve connectivity for our disconnected students.for our disconnected students.

A Multimedia A Multimedia ApproachApproach

Hard work is valued Hard work is valued by the teamby the team

Harnesses their Harnesses their interest in technologyinterest in technology

VideoconferencingVideoconferencing

Now it’s your turnNow it’s your turn

Create Create aligned assessment mechanisaligned assessment mechanismm

It can help us address different It can help us address different learning styles.learning styles.

Assists children with Assists children with perceptual difficultiesperceptual difficulties

Appeals to visual Appeals to visual learnerslearners

Reduces conflict for Reduces conflict for independent learnersindependent learners

Computer AnimationComputer Animation

Now it’s your turnNow it’s your turn

Build resource collectionBuild resource collection

It globalizes the classroom and It globalizes the classroom and brings all of our children brings all of our children

togethertogetherStudents gain a more Students gain a more worldly perspectiveworldly perspective

Facilitates toleranceFacilitates tolerance

Allows students to Allows students to see themselves in a see themselves in a different lightdifferent light

Prepares them for a Prepares them for a global workplaceglobal workplace

Now it’s your turnNow it’s your turn

Plan daily activitiesPlan daily activities

Now it’s your turnNow it’s your turn

Start with your curriculumStart with your curriculum

Select a unitSelect a unit

Construct an inquiry statementConstruct an inquiry statement

Define learning outcomesDefine learning outcomes

Create aligned assessment mechanismCreate aligned assessment mechanism

Build resource collectionBuild resource collection

Plan for daily activitiesPlan for daily activities

Any questions?Any questions?