Cobb County School District Building Technology Literacy Proficiency in Middle Schools

Cobb County School District

Building Technology Literacy Proficiency in Middle Schools

Contents

1. Background and Goals1. Background and Goals

2. Technology Literacy Assessment2. Technology Literacy Assessment

3. Grade Level Interventions3. Grade Level Interventions

4. Recent Success Stories4. Recent Success Stories

Cobb County School District

2nd largest school system in Georgia More than 106,000 students Schools

Elementary – 68 Middle – 25 (9 Title I) High – 16

NCLB

To assist every student in crossing the digital divide by ensuring that every student is technologically literate by the time the student finishes eighth grade, regardless of the student’s race, ethnicity, gender, family income, geographic location, or disability.

Portion of the NCLB Act known as ‘Enhancing Education Through Technology Act of 2001’ (E2T2)

What is Technology Literacy?

…is the ability of students to use the tools of their society with skill in an ethical, accurate, and insightful manner to meet the demands of the 21st Century workplace and world.

RESEARCH• We need to “prepare their children for a

society where learning and employment were increasingly dependent on digital access and expertise. (Staples, Pugach, Himes, 2005).

• Harold Wenglinsky (2006), in his article Technology and Achievement: The Bottom Line, asserts, “We can measure how various activities in the school and in the classroom- including computer access and use- correlate with student performance.”

2007-2009

InterventionsInterventions

Analyzed and

Reported Data

Analyzed and

Reported Data

Tech Literacy Assessment

20072008

Tech Literacy Assessment

20072008

Phase 1Phase 1 Phase 2Phase 2 Phase 3Phase 3

TechLiteracy Assessment

Online- performance and knowledge based questions

Generalized technology proficiency CCSD Middle School scores are reported

to the GA DOE Provides a various reports- individual,

class, school and districtClick on link below

TLA Strands

Systems and Fundamentals Word Processing Spreadsheets Multimedia & Presentations Telecommunications & Internet Database Social & Ethical

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TLA Scores by Strand6 questions for each strand

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All Title I Schools

07-08 year08-09 year

Proficiency

School Average Report

2009-2012 District Technology Plan Student Technology Literacy Goal

Increase the number of schools meeting student technology literacy proficiency by 2012

Strategy: Implement interventions for schoolsthat fall below student technology literacy

Interventions

Technology Literacy CoachesTLA 411EasyTechTechYesTechnology Integrated UnitsTeacher Survey (link to survey)

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Technology Integration Needs

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Teacher Technology

Literacy Survey

COACHING

Teachers use technology primarily to introduce content, drill, or quiz. (Study of Georgia Schools, 2006)

Teachers do not see an “intimate connection between technology and the curriculum,” (Zhao, Pugh, Sheldon, & Bowers, 2002)

About 7% of teachers are advanced enough to integrate. (Sparks, 2006)

Teachers learn best from their peers… through the experiences that have yielded successful technology implementation. (Zhao & Bryant, 2006)

A Day in the Life of a TLC

Assist with Student Integration

Coaching TeachersTo Develop Skills& Design Lessons

Sustainability Plan

6th Grade

EasyTech

7th Grade

Technology Projects

8th Grade

TLA Test Prep and

Remediation

6th Grade

Title I schools- TLA pre and post test

EasyTech tutorials to build technology literacy

Click on picture to view sample curriculum.

7th Grade

Project based technology integration TechYes Software Applications

Microsoft Excel Movie Maker and Photo Story Microsoft Publisher

Click on link below

8th Grade

TLA 101 (test prep) Assisted students with multimedia and

spreadsheet projects Remediation with small groups (possibly

through business course)

MS1 MS2 MS3 MS4 MS5 MS6 MS7 MS8 MS9180

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A 3 Year Glance

07-08 year08-09 year09-10 year

Improvements in Title I Schools

Proficiency

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16.7%

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11.7%

10.0%9.4%

8.9%8.5%

8.0%7.5% 7.4% 7.3%

6.8% 6.7% 6.4% 6.3% 6.1%5.8%

5.4% 5.3%4.9% 4.8%

3.9%

1.4%

Title I Schools Non-Title I Schools Dis-trict

% OF GROWTH FROM 2007 TO 2009

Recent Successes

Increased TechLiteracy assessment scores

Raised awareness of what skills students need to acquire to be technology literate

Increased technology integration Increased teacher enthusiasm

How are you preparing your

students for technology

proficiency?

Contact Info

Chance McPherson

James.Mcpherson@cobbk12.org Mindy Ramon

Mindy.Ramon@cobbk12.org Tricia Frazier

Tricia.Frazier@cobbk12.org

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