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An Adventure of the American Mind: Empowering Teachers with Internet Resources

This program aims to train and support classroom teachers in accessing, using, and creating curriculum using the internet and digitized primary source materials from the Library of Congress. The program provides free tuition, laptops, and intensive instruction to participating teachers. With over 22 partner institutions, the program has expanded to include workshops, online resources, and support services such as a telephone helpline and videoconferencing network. The goal of the program is to improve education at every level and become self-sustaining.

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An Adventure of the American Mind: Empowering Teachers with Internet Resources

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  1. An Introduction toAn Adventure of the American MindFor New Partners

  2. An Adventure of the American Mind • Four year pilot project funded bythe Library of Congress • Administered through the Education Research Consortiumlocated in Asheville, NC

  3. Goals of the Grant • Train in-service and pre-service classroom teachers and college teacher education faculty to access, use and produce curriculum utilizing the Internet and the digitized primary source materials from the collections of the Library of Congress

  4. Goals of the Grant • Demonstrate and evaluate a training program exportable to other communities at minimal cost

  5. The initial success of the grant allowed the project to be extended to second and third phases

  6. Each new phase builds upon the previous

  7. Colleges educate in-service teachers in a three hour graduate level course • Each teacher receives • Free tuition • Free laptop computer • Intensive instruction in using LOC resources

  8. Started in 1999 with one college; in 2003 there were 16 AAM Partners • Western North Carolina - 4 • Central North Carolina - 2 • Western South Carolina - 2 • Northern Virginia - 1 • Arizona - 1 • Illinois - 6

  9. 2004 has seen the addition of 6 new Partners • Illinois - 3 • Western Pennsylvania - 2 • Colorado - 1

  10. There are now 22 AAM PartnersPlus one more… • The AAM Home School program • Self-paced, Self-guided • CD-ROM and Web-based • 1.0 version started testing in Oct. 2003

  11. By September 2003 over 640 teachers were trained and over 1,000 mentored.The initial goals of the grant were met and Phases II and III began.

  12. Overview • Workshop based • Builds on the lessons learned • Leverages the resources created

  13. Overview • Far more efficient • Allows every teacher to participate • Will become self-sustaining • Has the potential to improve education at every level

  14. Workshops • Modular • Standardized • Modules link together • Creates a complete and custom curriculum

  15. Workshops • Complete workshop series is 35 hours • Teachers receive CEU’s • School receives technology for every 15 teachers that complete 35 hours of AAM training • Workshops are customized to the needs of each school

  16. Workshops • There are now 25 workshop modules comprising 75 hours of instruction • Available on the AAM web site • New modules can be developed and existing modules modified Here are a few examples…

  17. AAM Phase II Workshops

  18. Phase II is supported by three services • Web Site • Telephone Support Hot Line • Videoconferencing Network

  19. Web Site • Complete resource for: • Teachers • Administrators • Parents • Students

  20. Web Site • Lesson plan database • Help tutorials • Links to other resources • Curriculum materials • Much more

  21. Telephone Support • Toll free number • Teaching and technical support • Quick support when teachers need it • Refers teachers to resources • Target time per call – 2 to 5 minutes

  22. Videoconferencing Network • Internet-based – no connect charges • Mobile units placed in schools • Two-way interaction • LOC broadcasts • Provides on-going, in-school presence

  23. The Resulting Cost Efficiency vs Phase I

  24. AAM at the college level • Formal programs are being developed and piloted in 2004 by the Federation of Independent Illinois Colleges and Universities • Five institutions participating in 2004 • Five additional will be added in 2005

  25. AAM at the college level • Institutionalizing AAM • Integrate AAM into the curriculum • Faculty orientation on using LOC resources • Customized for each institution

  26. Staffing • AAM Director – full-time • Digital Preservationist – full-time • Administrative Assistant – half-time

  27. Getting Started • Hire the AAM Director • Develops the specific curriculum • Creates the budget that supports the curriculum • Hires the technical and administrative staff • Provides overall educational leadership and management for the program at the local level • Director mentored by the ERC and the AAM Partners

  28. Getting Started • Create strong relationships with school districts • Orientation meetings with leaders in districts and colleges/universities • Site visits • Recruit teachers for the workshops

  29. Getting Started • Support from the AAM Business Office • Works with college administrative office • Reimbursement procedures • Contracts • Operating procedures • OMB Compliance

  30. Getting Started – Timing • Months 1 -3 • Funding approved • College hires AAM Director • Months 4 - 6 • Director trained • Curriculum developed • Staff hired & Teachers recruited • Months 7+ • Begin teaching the AAM program

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