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CESA #9 Enhancing Education Through Technology . Title II D Competitive Grant Program Jayne Werner, Director. CESA #9 Ed Tech Consortium. Shared purpose of increasing the effective use of technology for better teaching and learning
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CESA #9 Enhancing Education Through Technology Title II D Competitive Grant Program Jayne Werner, Director
CESA #9 Ed Tech Consortium • Shared purpose of increasing the effective use of technology for better teaching and learning • To enrich the work outlined in required district technology plans and ESEA professional development plans • To align student-centered needs to generate program outomes
Shared Purpose • ANT,AVW, ELC, LdF, LUHS, MER, MHLT, MOS, NL, NP, PH, PREN, RH, TL, TOM • Participate in Grant Planning and Implementation • Support data gathering on needs and impact • CESA #9 Staff facilitate grant project
Enriching District Work • Initiatives around standards • Student, Teacher, Administrators • Increasing student achievement • What do students need to improve? • Professional Development on new technologies • What are local priorities?
Student-centered • The Consortium aligns the program with specific student learning targets • Reading comprehension and writing • Inquiry-based research • Organizing and presenting information • Creating technology-rich products
Educational Perspective • Student, Environment, Task, and Technology (SETT) • Technology as a tool for learning essential concepts • You can integrate technology ineffectively • Best practices in instruction and in professional development are keystones to the Ed Tech Grant Program
Keystones – Quality Focus • Standards-referenced focus • Student outcomes clearly defined • Technology use is purposeful and used to enhance teaching and learning • Results-based high-quality professional development
Keystones – Quality Tools • Intel Train-the-trainer and online resources • Online webconferences for collaboration • NetTrekker, Thinkfinity – online portals • Inspiration, Read/Write/Gold - software • Webcameras, headsets, microphones, flashdrives, AlphaSmarts, FlipCameras
Keystones- Quality Prof Dev • Training on instruction and technology • Ongoing collaboration and learning (e.g. Ning) • Dissemination of project work with peers • Evidence-based reflection on professional growth and impact on student learning • Allocation of resources on incentives
Keystones- Student Products Student Project Samples • Podcasts posted on school website • VoiceThreads – global collaboration • Digital Storytelling • Video Projects – Am History Project
Data from CESA #9 Ed Tech Grants • Teachers increase knowledge and skills in quality instruction EXAMPLES Doug Buehl – Reading Instruction Intel Teach to the Future – Essential Questions Grade 8 Tech Literacy – Assessment Strategies That Work – research-based techniques for summarizing, organizing, etc
Data from CESA #9 Ed Tech Grants • Teachers increase effective use of technology to enhance learning EXAMPLES Inspire student engagement and creativity Design technology-rich learning experiences Model digital-age work and learning Collaborate and grow as tech leaders
Data from CESA #9 Ed Tech Grants • Students use technology and increase classroom academic performance
Data from CESA #9 Ed Tech Grants • Students use technology and increase classroom academic performance By design, the grant process uses assessment methods (performance tasks with criteria for scoring, pre/post measures, student self-assessment ) to show growth in academic achievement
Technology Consortium Planning Group - ARRA • 21st Century Learners and the Teachers and Administrators that can provide education communities • Learning environments • Technology Impact • Results-based Professional Development
Future of District Support • ARRA funding through 2011 • Student outcomes clearly defined • Original Ed Tech reduced by 2/3 for 2010-11 • Unknown funding beyond 2011 Is there a need to continue (or expand) a technology-basedConsortium?
