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Making Cross Curricular Work

Making Cross Curricular Work. Ben Smith and Tim Smith Red Lion Area School District Wednesday, June 4, 2014. Ben Smith: Physics Teacher K-12 Science Coordinator Technology Resource Teacher Keystone Technology Integrator Doctoral Student in Instructional Technology STAR Discovery Educator

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Making Cross Curricular Work

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  1. Making Cross Curricular Work Ben Smith and Tim Smith Red Lion Area School District Wednesday, June 4, 2014

  2. Ben Smith: Physics Teacher K-12 Science Coordinator Technology Resource Teacher Keystone Technology Integrator Doctoral Student in Instructional Technology STAR Discovery Educator ISTE Consultant EdTechInnovators Tim Smith: Government Teacher BlendedSchools Consultant AP Reader STAR Discovery Educator Masters in Educational Technology Staff Development Trainer About Us

  3. Ready or Not . . .The World is Different

  4. Our Vision • Students will use technology seamlessly as a regular part of their education • Each student will come to class with their own computing device • All of the computing devices will be interconnected • Teachers and Students will have the skills necessary to appropriately use the Hardware and Software

  5. Taxonomy for Integration of Technology into the Curriculum • Observing • Students are passive spectators of the technology • Incorporating • Students are leveraging technology to increase productivity • Producing • Students create a product with a single technology • Exploring • Students engage in discovery learning prior to formal instruction. • Collaborating • Students interact with peers, instructors, and outside resources • Applying • Students are guided to combine and integrate technologies • Creating • Students are making sound choices about the appropriate synthesis of content and technology into a final product Created by Ben Smith and Jared Mader

  6. Integrating Technology into the Curriculum

  7. National Educational Technology Standards for Students

  8. Why Work Cross-Curricular? • Knowing Content is NOT enough • Students must be able to • Construct new understandings • Solve problems • Make decisions • Communicate and express themselves • Understand complex issues • Work collaboratively • Set goals and work to a timeline • Make ethical choices

  9. Why Work Cross Curricular? • Makes for an authentic assignment • Students develop a deeper understanding of the content from each discipline • Students identify relationships among different and distinct subject areas • Students visualize the interconnectedness across curricular areas

  10. Buzz Words - Making the Case • Knowledge and skills are Transferred • (Applebee, Langer, & Mullis, 1989) • Raise the Level of Engagement • (Resnick, 1989) • Meet the needs of Diverse Learners - Differentiation • (Brozo & Puckett, 2008) • Creates an effective Learning Environment • (Thaiss, 1986)

  11. Handouts and Links • PowerPoint File and Related Links • www.edtechinnovators.com • Wikispace • http://redlionsssci.wikispaces.com

  12. Why Wiki • Collaboration Opportunities • Ability to Include Rich Media • Embed Code for video and web 2.0 tools • Makes Communication Transparent

  13. Elements of a Curriculum Project • Dynamic Material • User Created Content • Visible Communication • Grading Rubric

  14. Dynamic Content • Audio - Podcasts made with Audacity • Video - Use Photobooth or iMovie • Multimedia - Web 2.0 Tools • Animoto, OneTrueMedia, Google Timeline

  15. User Created Content • Photobooth • Mimio • Wacom Tablets • Screenshots • Graphic Organizers • External Links • Web 2.0 Tools

  16. Communication • Emails • CC the teachers • Discussion Tabs in wiki • Wiki page itself

  17. Our Project • AP Government - AP Physics • Find areas of common ground • Examples • Ben Franklin • Isaac Newton - John Locke

  18. Keys to Success • Be Vague • Give Time • Guide students through discussion • Be Flexible • Communication • Among Teachers • Among Students • Between Students and Teachers

  19. Lessons Learned • Students can work at high level • Exposed the differences and similarities in the nature of each teacher and course • Communication and Monitoring is very important • Students may not understand the scope / requirements of the assignment

  20. The Future • Add other content areas • Add other schools • Please contact us to get involved

  21. New Possibilities • Embed Code for Wikis • Blabberize • VoiceThread • Animoto • OneTrueMedia • Graphic Organizers

  22. Act 48 Credit • Session Number: HL08Session • Title: Making Cross Curricular Work • Act 48 Code: HL081668

  23. Questions • Email: • ben@edtechinnovators.com • smitht@rlasd.k12.pa.us • Website: www.edtechinnovators.com • Click on PETE&C link

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