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Technology Integration and the Common Core Linda Jones, Coordinator/Instructor, The Eighth Floor Technology and Learning Center. Technology Integration and the Common Core. State led initiative Coordinated by the National Governors http://www.nga.org/
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Technology Integration and the Common Core Linda Jones, Coordinator/Instructor, The Eighth Floor Technology and Learning Center
Technology Integration and the Common Core • State led initiative • Coordinated by the National Governors http://www.nga.org/ • Association & Council of Chief State School Officers. http://www.ccsso.org
Technology Integration and the Common Core Input provided by: • State department of education • Scholars & assessment developers • Professional organizations • Parent, students and members of the public
How Were the CCSS Designed? The Standards are: • Research and evidence based • Aligned with college and work expectations • Rigorous and engage higher order thinking • Internationally benchmarked
Essential Question • Why do schools/districts need a common set of standards to measure student achievement?
Surprising Statistics 2008-2009: 1.5 million students in remediation % of students not prepared for college level work: • 33% reading • 47% social science • 58% algebra • 72% biology Only 23% of college students do not require any remediation.
How Common Core is Different • Greater focus on Processes • More specific description of outcomes • Must show Evidence and Awareness of Underlying Processes • How do you Know? • Why do you have that answer? • New Terminology • Greater focus on Learning
What CCSS Does not Define! • How teachers should teach • All that can or should be taught • The nature of advanced work beyond the core • The interventions needed for students well below grade level • The full range of support for English language learners and students with special needs • Everything needed to be college and career ready.
How are the CCSS Organized? English Language Arts Math
The CCSS seeks to develop students who • Demonstrate independence • Evaluate complex texts • Possess strong content knowledge • Communicate effectively • Comprehend and critique • Locate and use evidence effectively • Feel confident solving real world problems • Understand other perspectives and cultures • Apply their existing knowledge to new situations • Use technology and digital media strategically and capably.
Technology Skills “Blended” Into Standards To be ready for college, workforce and life in a technological society, students need the ability to: • Gather, comprehend, evaluate, synthesize, and report on information and ideas. • Conduct original research in order to answer questions or solve problems. • Analyze and create a high volume and extensive range of print and non-print texts in media forms old and new.
Strategic and Capable Use • Tailor their searches online to acquire useful information efficiently. • Integrate what they learn using technology with what they learn offline. • Are familiar with the strengths and limitations of various technological tools and mediums and select and use those best suited to their communications goals.
Kindergarten-5th Grade K-5 standards provide students with a solid foundation in: • Operations and algebraic thinking • Number and operations in base 10 • Number and operations-fractions • Measurement and data • Geometry
Math 6-8th Grade 6-8th grade standards provide students with a solid foundation in: • Ratios and proportional relationships • Number system • Expressions and equations • Geometry • Functions • Statistics and probability