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K-12 Teaching Application Support and Software

K-12 Teaching Application Support and Software. Ongo-08 Client Ames Community Schools Advisors Dr. John W. Lamont Professor Ralph Patterson Tuesday November 08, 2005. Tiffany Schweer Team Leader. Jennifer Carlson Communications Coordinator. David Wire MTSS. Laurie Bidrawn GW/USA.

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K-12 Teaching Application Support and Software

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  1. K-12 Teaching Application Support and Software Ongo-08 Client Ames Community Schools Advisors Dr. John W. Lamont Professor Ralph Patterson Tuesday November 08, 2005

  2. Tiffany Schweer Team Leader Jennifer Carlson Communications Coordinator David Wire MTSS Laurie Bidrawn GW/USA Samantha Olson GW/USA Nichole Dugan SASF Aaron Hurd Dustin Fee Nathan Gordon Sara Murphy Jennifer Carlson Parikshit Advani Michael Fong Nathan Evans Dominic Kuk John Saterfiel E. Ryan Adamson

  3. API ASP ASP.NET CVS FW GW MTSS MySQL PHP PSA SASF SQL USA Terminology

  4. Introductory Materials • History Lesson • Problem Statement • Operating Environment • Intended Users & Uses • Assumptions & Limitations • End Product & Deliverables

  5. History Lesson • MTSS started as a design project • GW and USA began as separate projects • The three projects combined because of their similar goals • The Framework team was created to help manage the three projects

  6. Problem Statement (1/3) • General Purpose - design Internet-based teaching software applications teaching mathematical problem solving and geography • Provide children in elementary school grades 3-6 the opportunity to exercise their computer skills while learning about important lessons • Applications • MTSS – Math • GW & USA – Geography • Framework – Web Tools

  7. Problem Statement (2/3) • Proposed Approach • Create Web-Based Software • Accessible from the students’ own computer • Accessible via the Internet • Populate a Database • Example Problems • Homework Problems • Practice Quizzes • Performance Quizzes

  8. Problem Statement (3/3) • Proposed Approach Continued • MTSS • Create an algorithm to teach the students the problem solving process • Provide quizzing and homework problems • GW and USA • Provide educational games • Provide facts and comparisons for different geographical locations • Framework • Support web tools which will aid the students and teachers with scores, quizzes, and lessons • Framework created with PHP, SQL, and HTML

  9. Operating Environment

  10. Intended Users • Elementary students grades 3-6 • Teachers • Elementary school administrators • Parents of students

  11. Intended Uses • Supplemental tool for students in the areas of: • Math • US Geography • World Geography • Quizzing tool • Supplemental homework • Track students’ progress

  12. Assumptions • Internet Explorer Version 6.0 or Netscape Version 7.0 • Client connected to the Internet • Supplement to classroom instruction • Adequate supervision to help students with computer and application problems • Not intended to be written to accommodate handicapped children • Can be used at home and in the classroom • Frame work will have high stability • All team members will have access to the server

  13. Limitations • New team members may not be familiar with PHP or MySQL • The size of the database is limited by MySQL • Younger students may not have prior experience using computers or know how to type • The total number of users from all participating school districts will be no more than 40,000

  14. End Product & Deliverables • Already Delivered • Prototype of the K-12 Teaching Application • Math quizzes • Reference tool of world and US geographical information • Ability to record student scores • Future Deliverables • Instruction manual • Prototype of K-12 Teaching Application that includes: • Ability to walk students through the process of solving a math problem • Interactive games enforcing world and US geography

  15. Accomplishments and Activities • Previous Accomplishments • Present Accomplishments • Future Required Activities • Approaches Considered • Project Activities

  16. Previous Accomplishments (1/4) • MTSS • Formed Fall 2001 • Database and prototype designed using ASP • Created problems and a way to add problems to database • Created feature allowing profiles for login to be used • Converted ASP code to PHP • Database restructured to fit with Framework’s design • Ability to give students quizzes from problems in database added with ability to record time • Started work on Problem solving algorithm

  17. Previous Accomplishments (2/4) • GW • Formed Fall 2002 • Functionality and database in place • Working version of help page • Working version of country comparison page • Database entries cleaned and formatted • Made transition from frames to tables • Implementation of authentication framework • Added dynamic region page to hierarchy • Modification of user management

  18. Previous Accomplishments (3/4) • USA • Formed Fall 2002 • Created detailed blueprint of application • Designed entries in database • Populated database with state information • Reference tool and authentication implemented • Comparison page created to display information about multiple states • Designed and coded simple games

  19. Previous Accomplishments (4/4) • Framework • Formed Fall 2003 • Obtained existing skeleton code and determined it unusable • Developed libraries that allow for user authentication and registration • Redesigned database to accommodate all Ongo08 sub teams • Created framework for quizzes to be taken by students • Created framework to allow teachers to keep track of students progress through a gradebook

  20. Present Accomplishments (1/4) • Ongo08 • Created instruction manual • Combined all sub team documentation • Formed a list of application problems to be fixed • Fixed bugs found to prepare application for presentation • Expanded CVS to include all sub team code • Implemented a uniform “look and feel” across applications • PHP training session

  21. Present Accomplishments (2/4) • MTSS • PSA Implementation • Refined PSA • Defined Method for Implementation • Planning for Implementation • Programming New Features • PSA Functionality • Multiple Answers to Questions Capability

  22. Present Accomplishments (3/4) • GW/USA • Electronic Database Research • USA geographical information source • Allow for automatic updates for applications in the future • Interactive Games • Defined games for both applications • Possible introduction of more topics like spelling and historic landmark knowledge

  23. Present Accomplishments (4/4) • Framework • Uniform Navigation Layout • All applications feel like a suite • Reduces learning curve • Uniform color and font scheme across applications • Redesign of navigational buttons • Restructure timing functionality for quizzes • Separate timers for teachers and students • Server Cleanup • Removed unused source code • Reorganized working and stable code

  24. Future Required Activities • Answer conversion functionality for text answers • Garbage collection utility to remove unreferenced data from tables • Alternate quiz timing functionality and analysis • Distribution for real-world client testing of current feature set • Additional security to guarantee that users can not modify quizzes/problems of other users • Optimize code so that it uses less resources • Large-scale testing to guarantee that framework will work in multiple environments under multiple conditions

  25. Recommendation for Future Work • Support for disabled users • Implementation of a problem solving algorithm for all applications • Further consolidation of team to act more as a single team

  26. Approaches Considered (1/3) • MTSS approaches considered • Four step problem solving algorithm • Find out • Choose strategy • Solve it • Look back • Multiple generic questions that get students thinking about the different ways to solve problem.

  27. Approaches Considered (2/3) • GW/USA • Research Tool vs. Interactive Application • Database of geography information can be used as electronic source for reports • Interactive games will add interest for intended audience • Strengthen learning of geography concepts

  28. Approaches Considered • ASP.NET and SQL Server • Classic ASP and SQL Server • Javascript • Java and MySQL • PHP and MySQL

  29. Approach Used • MTSS • Problem Solving Algorithm (which one you chose) • GW/USA • Interactive game implementation • Geography applications will have games added to them in order to keep students’ interest • Look into further subjects that can be incorporated • Framework • PHP and MySQL • PHP is growing quickly and will be around for a long time • PHP is similar to C/C++ so many of the team members should be able to pick it up quickly

  30. Project Definition Activities • MTSS Problem Solving Algorithm • Researched how to teach children how to learn

  31. Research Activities • Problem Solving Algorithm • Determined the best way to implement the algorithm • Electronic Database • Searching for source for US geography information and update capabilities like GW

  32. Design Activities • Similar look and feel • Making all applications look the same • Similar navigation • Similar icons

  33. Uniform Look and Feel • Insert screenshots of previous vs. new homepages to the applications?

  34. Implementation Activities • Making CVS available to all teams • Each sub team using style sheets for similar look and feel

  35. Testing & Results • Went through and created a list application problems to be fixed • Working on checking off items in this list

  36. Other Activities • Cleaning up server • More documentation on server use

  37. Resources & Schedule • Personal Effort • Financial Requirements • Schedule

  38. Personnel Effort (1/3)

  39. Personnel Effort (2/3)

  40. Personnel Effort (3/3)

  41. Financial Requirements (1/4)

  42. Financial Requirements (2/4)

  43. Financial Requirements (3/4)

  44. Financial Requirements (4/4)

  45. Schedule

  46. Closing Materials • Project Evaluation • Future Work • Lessons Learned • Risks & Risk Management • Closing Summary • Questions?

  47. Project Evaluation (1/3)

  48. Project Evaluation (2/3)

  49. Project Evaluation (3/3)

  50. Future Work • Answer conversion functionality for text answers • Garbage collection utility to remove unreferenced data from tables • Alternate quiz timing functionality and analysis • Distribution for real-world client testing of current feature set • Additional security to guarantee that users can not modify quizzes/problems of other users • Optimize code so that it uses less resources • Large-scale testing to guarantee that framework will work in multiple environments under multiple conditions

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