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The Technology Connection. Two Great Areas of Technology Need. Preparing students (and teachers!) for the Common Core State Standards The computer a daptive assessments themselves. Curricular Components. You have seen the Performance Tasks. Curricular Components.
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Two Great Areas of Technology Need • Preparing students (and teachers!) for the Common Core State Standards • The computer adaptive assessments themselves
Curricular Components You have seen the Performance Tasks . . .
Curricular Components You have seen the Performance Tasks . . .
Curricular Components Students will: • Find and evaluate written information from the internet • Publish written information to the internet • Find and evaluate multi-media information from the internet • Publish multimedia information to the internet.
Assessment Components There is an option for paper/pencil administration until 2017, but . . .
Assessment Components • “This does not mean the whole district can do paper/pencil. More likely one middle school in the district can do one subject online and the other using paper/pencil.” - Joe Willhoft • “We are finding that students using paper/pencil are scoring one standard deviation lower than students using intuitive technology.” - Sue Gendron
Assessment Components • The minimum: • 20-station computer lab per 600 students for 6 weeks with an option for some students doing paper/pencil (at least until 2017) - Joe Willhoft • High-speed internet access for each computer station
Assessment Readiness • Options: • Ed Tech K-12 Voucher Program funds • Program Improvement funds • Title I funds • Title III funds
Assessment Readiness • March 20 – April 9 • Pilot Districts (LAUSD, Torrance, Long Beach,…) test data collection • Pilot Districts provide feedback and suggestions for improved experience • April 9 – April 16 • CDE enhances FAQs for Readiness Tool Survey • CDE hosts and archives a Readiness Tool webinar • April 16 – June 14 • CDE begins statewide data collection and review
LACOE Technology Services • Assistance: • Facilitation of the planning process • Electronic dissemination of information • Regional face-to-face meetings of district technology leaders • Professional development
LACOE Technology Services • Support contact: • Dennis Large • large_dennis@lacoe.edu • 562-922-6216