2005-2006 NTTI Intensive Thirteen/WNET New York

1. NTTI’s Methodology for Media-Enhanced Classroom Instruction 2005-2006 NTTI Intensive Thirteen/WNET New York

2. The BIG Picture: Things You Need to Know • What is NTTI? • What does a NTTI workshop leader • need to know? • How can video and the Internet • enhance classroom instruction?

3. What is NTTI? • Public television’s largest professional development initiative for K-12 teachers • Now in its sixteenth year, NTTI is in sites across America, training over 5,000 educators each year • “Teachers teaching teachers,” year-round online and mentoring support, and lesson plan resources to use and share

4. NTTI Evaluation • 85 percent of teachers surveyed believe that NTTI’s methods significantly improved their classroom instruction. • 94 percent of the teachers found NTTI to be an effective model for training teachers to use the Internet in the classroom. • 98 percent of the teachers found NTTI to be an effective model for training teachers to use video in the classroom. • 94 percent of Institute participants shared information and materials with other teachers. Writing a Media-Rich NTTI Lesson As a Master Teacher, you will:

5. Using Video in Media-Rich Lesson Plans and Workshops

6. Whyuse video in the classroom? • Expands students’ experience • Addresses a range of learning styles • Illustrates concepts, events, places, or facts that may be inaccessible in a traditional classroom setting • Enhances understanding and retention • Engages and motivates students • It’s available and it’s free.

7. Why don’t more teachers use video in the classroom? • Time • Stigma/Bias from parents, administrators • Lack of equipment • Lack of resources • Lack of training

8. Thirteen’s FREE Video Resources for Educators • Children’s Programming • PBS Primetime Productions • PBS Primetime Production Web Sites • Instructional Television (ITV) • Ed Video Online

9. Children’s Programming • Award-winning educational series for all ages, • from toddlers to tweens • Wide variety of subjects • Each series accompanied by extensive and highly interactive Web components • Programs developed by educators, experts, psychologists, etc.

10. Primetime PBS Programming • Highest quality programs on a wide variety of subjects, from current events and science to history and the arts. • Accompanied by high quality, extensive and interactive production Web sites. • Current and relevant.

11. Instructional Television (ITV) • Teacher-friendly programming produced specifically for classroom use • Broadcast in overnight hours on WLIW 21 • Curriculum-based • Short, efficient, and easily segmented • Legal to use • Frequently accompanied by Teacher Guides

12. Ed Video Online • FREE service provided to all teachers and • students in New York State • Over 2,000 educational videos broken up into • over 20,000 clips accessible through the Internet to homes and schools • Lesson plans, blackline masters, special features • Constantly growing and updating

13. How can we best use video to teach? • Tie it to lesson objectives and standards • Select segments which support objectives and standards • Provide a Focus for Media Interaction • Use it interactively to promote discussion, critical thinking, analysis, and comprehension • Make it a springboard for investigation and hands-on activities

14. Key Video Utilization Strategies • Preview, and find appropriate segments • Leave the lights on and work with the television • Provide a Focus for Media Interaction (a responsibility before, during, or after viewing) • PAUSE! • REWIND! • Eliminate audio or picture • Activate captioning • Follow-up with investigation, experimentation, and publication

15. Using the Internet in Media-Rich Lesson Plans and Workshops

16. Why use the Internet in the classroom? • Provides a wealth of resources instantly • Addresses a range of learning styles interactively • Enables communication between your classroom and others • Provides your students with access to other voices and opinions • Gives you real-time, up-to-the-minute data and information • Transports your students to other places, times, etc. • Strengthens computer/technology skills

17. Whydon’t more teachers use the Web in their classrooms? • Time constraints • Lack of equipment • Security concerns • Fear of computers • Lack of training • Too many “hoops to jump through”

18. When should the Internet be used in the classroom? • When the information it presents cannot be found more quickly, more clearly, or more efficiently in a print format • When it is tied to the objectives of the lesson and students are given specific responsibilities to complete while online • When information is presented in a dynamic and interactive format • When the information it presents cannot be found anywhere else

19. How can we best use the Internet to teach? • Tie it to lesson objectives and standards • Guide and structure your students’ use • Provide a Focus for Media Interaction • Do your homework • Make it a springboard for investigation and hands-on activities

20. Research Tips & Techniques • • Try a variety of searches and search engines • • Look for sites that offer “something more” • • Investigate site pedigree and authorship • Don’t be afraid of plug-ins • • Bookmark sites that you find and like • • Consider using sites for “unintended purposes” • • Review and re-evaluate the sites

21. Key Internet Utilization Strategies • • Bookmark your sites for easy access • • Provide a specific Focus for Media Interaction • • Pause while examining Web sites • Supervise your students • Reference your Web sites • Copy and paste • Complete thorough Media Prep

22. When presenting your NTTI lessons, you will: Writing a Media-Rich NTTI Lesson As a Master Teacher, you will: • • Lead teachers through your selected lesson’s activities • Highlight strategies for utilization of media • Stress the benefits of using media • Explain the NTTI methodology and lesson format • Focus on your use of technology as well as the the content of your lesson.