Welcome to Adapting and Expanding Project TIPS:

Teaching Interdisciplinary Problem Solving through Educational Technology

Please turn off your cell phones.

TIPS WasCreated by:

Jim CarrollJoe Montecalvo

TIPS Is Our Vision for Transforming

Teaching and Learning

Over 600 Bronx Secondary

Teachers Implemented TIPS with

thousands of students (2000—

2005) under a $7M+ Grant

During the 2010—2011 school year,

Jim Carroll & Chris Nelson, wrote a

successful NYSED Enhancing

Education Through Technology

(EETT)

EETT Staff:

Program Director: Chris Nelson, Director of Technology at NSCSD

Co-Directors: Jim Carroll and Joe Montecalvo

Staff Developers: Bob Bone, Jane Keyes and Linda Kurdziel

Evaluator: Phil Doughty, Ph.D., Syracuse University

TIPS is the Internet version of Project LEGAL

which has adoption schools in over 1500 school districts since

1983

Facing our deck chairs toward the rear of the

ship…

Facing our deck chairs forward:

Transforming Teaching and Learning at

North Syracuse Junior High, Smith Road School

Our Vision for Transforming

Teaching and Learning

Students learn by constructing their own knowledge through The Public Policy Analyst (PPA)

Our Vision for Transforming Teaching and Learning

Teachers serve as co-learners, mentors, coaches and resources to engage students to use technologies to solve problems, think critically and answer their own questions.

Our Vision for Transforming

Teaching and Learning Curriculum is restructured to engage students in solving real-world problems embedded in your curricula that relate to state standards. In-depth knowledge, analysis and application of major concepts are emphasized.

Examples of Social Problems:

ScienceGlobal Warming Natural Disasters

Diseases Acid Rain Pollution

Birth Defects Obesity Malnutrition

Energy Shortage Waste Management

Examples of Social Problems:

Social Studies Poverty Racism Depression

Immigration Terrorism Wars

Shortage of Resources Civil Rights Quality Education

Examples of Social Problems:

Sources for ELA Problems

Short StoriesNovelsPlays

Term Papers/Research

Examples of Social Problems:

ACADEMICS

Students in this courses are performing poorly

Students are doing incomplete or unsatisfactory homework

Examples of Social Problems:

Discipline

Students are tardy in arriving for class

Students are disrespectful toward other students

Our Vision for Transforming

Teaching and Learning

Classrooms have Internet connectivity and can collaborate on common problems.

Our Vision for Transforming Teaching and Learning

Performance-based assessment of student products published on the world wide web; also, self-assessments and monitoring of progress toward improvement on state content standards.

After today’s workshop…

There will be more workshops during the school year (afterschool

and/or Saturday)Workshops will be on the Project TIPS methods

Apple applicationsIntel Teach program

After today’s workshop…

You will be expected to develop 2 WebQuests and 1 PowerPoint

http://www2.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/eett/index.htm

Some student and teacher testing for our evaluation

Ongoing help from staff developers in developing your WebQuest by e-mail, listserv & phone (toll free 888-443-

4720)

How Will the EETT Project Benefit You?

In Closing

Keep Your Deck Chairs Facing Forward!!!