Information Technology in Science Instruction

1. Information Technology in Science Instruction ITSI Teacher Training Welcome! http://itsi.concord.org ITSI material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. ESI-0624718

2. Agenda - Day One • 8 - 9:00 Introductions ITSI technology careers Survey Teachers paired within disciplines. This will prepare you to plan development of lesson. • 9 - 12:00 Portal Introduction Portal log-on Simple temperature probe (vendor) activity Break (15 min) Motion detector (vendor) activity • 12 -12:30 Lunch • 12:30 -3:15 PhET NetLogo Biologica • 3:15 - 3:30 Q&A & Survey

3. Agenda - Day Two • 8 - 8:15 Review survey results • 8:15 - 8:45 Log-in/ set-up students in classes/ locate student work Choosing options/customization • 9 -noon Design a lesson plan using one of the probes (#1) Lesson will be tested after lunch and critqued by another teacher. • 12:00 -12:30 Lunch • 12:30 - 3:15 Testing of lessons by fellow teachers • 3:15 - 3:30 Q&A & Survey

4. Agenda - Day Three • 8 - 8:15 Review survey results • 8:15 - noon Molecular Workbench (MW) Seismic Eruption • 12:00 -12:30 Lunch • 12:30 - 3:15 Making MW lessons (#2) Optional: Detailed MW with Carolyn • 3:15 - 3:30 Q&A & Survey

5. Agenda - Day Four • 8 - 8:15 Review survey results • 8:15 - 9:00 Review of embedded assessments • 9 - noon Create lesson (both a probe lesson and a model). (#3) These should be one of three lessons so far. • 12:00 -12:30 Lunch • 12:30 - 3:15 Testing of lessons • 3:15 - 3:30 Q&A & Survey

6. Agenda - Day Five • 8 - 8:15 Review survey results • 8:15 - 9:00 Introduce Video Paper Builder (VPB) Show a Video Paper • 9 - noon Create final lesson from scratch (#4) Teachers will work in pairs (from day 1) to create this lesson. (4 lessons total=2 probes and 2 models) • 12:00 -12:30 Lunch • 12:30 - 3:15 Pick 3 lessons you want to teach Prepare for practice teaching • 3:15 - 3:30 Q&A & Survey

7. Agenda - Day Six • 8 - 8:15 Review survey results Introduction for students/expectations/W-9 • 8:15 - 11:00 Group with Ed Hazzard (making probes) Group practice teaching with students • 11- noon Switch groups • 12:00 -12:30 Lunch • 2:15 - 3:15 Set-up for Day 7 class • 3:15 - 3:30 Q&A & Survey

8. Agenda - Day Seven • 8 - 8:15 Review survey results Introduction for students/expectations/W-9 • 8:15 - 12:00 Lessons with students • 12:00 -12:30 Lunch • 2:15 - 3:15 Students with career presenters Teacher readings and discussion on strengths and weaknesses in inquiry-based learning • 3:15 - 3:30 Q&A & Survey

9. Agenda - Day Eight • 8 - 8:15 Review survey results • 8:15 - 12:00 Students planning IT Presentation Teachers implementation planning and reflection • 12:00 -12:30 Lunch • 2:15 - 3:15 Prepare for guests and presentations • 3:15 - 3:30 Student presentations Final survey Celebration

10. The Concord Consortium • Realizing the educational potential of information technologies • Not-for-profit • Educational research and development • Focus: Educational Technology • Funding: grants

11. The Concord Consortium Modeling Tools Enabling students to interact with the unobservable Online Learning Democratizing education with anytime, anywhere learning Probeware Developing new tools for data collection and analysis Handhelds Moving closer to the promise of ubiquitous computing Sustainable Development Confronting global issues with decision-making tools Assessment Research Improving methods for measuring deep learning in science

12. ITEST Information Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) was established by the National Science Foundation in direct response to the concern about shortages of information technology workers in the United States ITEST Learning Resource Center http://www2.edc.org/itestlrc/

13. ITEST Funding H-1B is a non-immigrant visa category Allows American companies and universities to seek temporary help from skilled foreigners who have the equivalent US Bachelor’s Degree education H-1B employees are employed temporarily in a job category that is considered by the US Citizenship &Immigration Services to be a "specialty occupation” Microsoft,IBM,Oracle Corporation, Cisco, Intel, QualComm, Yahoo, Hewlett Packard, and Google $5,000/year for 65,000 not including non-profit universities

14. ITEST Projects Youth-based projects offer year-round IT enrichment experiences for middle and high school students. Comprehensive projects are for students and teachers that provide teacher professional development in IT concepts, skills, applications, and pedagogical strategies that promote investigation and inquiry.

15. Why Promote IT Careers? • The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects a • 48 percent increase in jobs for computer software • engineers and a 55 percent growth in jobs for • network system and data communications analysts • from 2004 to 2014. • The share of incoming undergraduates planning • to major in computer science dropped 70 percent • from 2000 to 2005. IT enrollments continue to • decline in the United States as programs are dismantled. • http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/netacad/career_connection/promoteIT/index.html

16. Fastest Growing Occupations (2004-2014) This file represents Table 2, Fastest growing occupations, 2004-14, in "Occupational employment projections to 2014," published in the November 2005 Monthly Labor Review. http://www.bls.gov/emp/emptab21.htm

17. IT Careers What opportunities are available? Software Hardware Education and Research Support Computer assisted http://www.discoverit.org/phpwcms.php?do=articles&open=107:1

18. IT Careers Software Technical Writer Software Designer Multimedia Programmer Applications Programmer Technical Architect Systems Programmer Systems Analyst Art Director, Game Design Hardware Computer Engineer Systems Analysis Systems Administrator Capacity and Performance Analyst Support Project Manager Quality Assurance Specialist Data Network Designer Director, Management of Information Systems (MIS) Auditor Computer Operator Consultant Database Analyst Database Administrator Help Desk Representative Security Analyst Training Manager Education & Research Robotics Aerospace Biotechnology Environmental Studies Agriculture Medicine Artificial Intelligence Virtual Reality Computer assisted Computer Animation Business Analyst Public Relations Medical Research, Diagnostics, Treatment Music Recording and Production Statistics Graphic Design Architecture Crime Detection Desktop and Web Publishing Interior Design Landscape Design Libraries or Archival Collections Manufacturing

19. Learn About IT Careers Students take an online quiz and learn about careers in science and math. http://www.thefunworks.org/ (developed at EDC and funded by NSF)

20. Why ITSI? • There is a recognized need to increase the number and diversity of students entering careers in the information technologies • This problem is national in scale and is particularly acute in urban and rural communities serving low- income minorities

21. Teacher Professional Development • 126 hours of lab-based, credit-bearing activities for 90 teachers • Full support for classroom implementation, using models and sensors

22. ITSI Sites

23. ITSI Sites Boston, MA - 58,600 students

24. ITSI Sites Plymouth, MA - 8,300 students Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity (2007-08) African American 2.7 Asian 1.0 Hispanic 2.3 Native American 0.4 White 91.5 Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander 0.2 Multi-Race, Non-Hispanic 1.9

25. ITSI Sites Olathe, Kansas - 25,000 students • Third largest school district in Kansas • 90 percentile graduation rate • 83 % of students are white

26. ITSI Sites Desert Sands, California -27,100 students

27. Subject Areas 1. Earth Science 2. Life Science 3. Physical Science 4. Biology 5. Chemistry 6. Physics Middle School High School

28. Inquiry throughModels and Probes Models: Computer models can simulate situations that are hard to see (molecular motion) or hard to understand (complex systems). They allow students to study and manipulate phenomena that are otherwise inaccessible. Students can also modify the models and experiment with different rules and starting conditions. They learn programming and technology skills and science content at the same time. Probes: Using sensors attached to real-time graphs, students can do real experiments and take vivid and compelling measurements. This encourages active engagement in science and exploration of the natural world. Students also learn the technology underlying the sensors and how they collect and display information.

29. Inquiry throughModels and Probes Models: • Molecular Workbench • NetLogo • Physics Education Technology (PhET) • Seismic Eruption • Modeling Across the Curriculum (MAC) Probes: • LabPro (interface) • GoLink (interface) • ITSI Probe Kit

30. Information Technology in Science Instruction ITSI Teacher Training Bob Tinker (bob@cocnord.org) Ed Hazzard (ehazzard@concord.org) Cynthia McIntyre (cynthia@concord.org ) Carolyn Staudt (carolyn@concord.org) External Evaluator - Sig Abeles (siga9738@sbcglobal.net) http://itsi.concord.org ITSI material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. ESI-0624718