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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
Lowest
Highest
TLA Scores by Strand6 questions for each strand
Sys
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D
Soc
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In
Wo
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
MS1 MS2 MS3 MS4 MS5 MS6 MS7 MS8 MS9180
190
200
210
220
230
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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ing0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
Student Technology Use%
of
teac
her
s
Model a technology integrated lesson
Co-teach a technology integrated lesson
Provide technology integrated lesson ideas
Provide software training
Assist with planning a lesson or unit that incorporates technology
I don't have any needs at this time.
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
Technology Integration Needs
% of teachers
I don’t have any needs at this time
Assist with planning a lesson or unit that incorporates technology
Provide software training
Provide technology integrated lesson ideas
Co-teach a technology integrated les-son idea
Model a technology integrated lesson
Collaborative
Planning
Coaching
Training
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
190
200
210
220
230
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228222
229
220227
237 236
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A 3 Year Glance
07-08 year08-09 year09-10 year
Improvements in Title I Schools
Proficiency
TMS
LMS
SMS
CMS
GM
SDM
SG
MS
BMS
CMS
HTMS
FMS
ECMS
MM
SDM
SPM
SDM
S
Distric
t
SMS
PMM
SM
MS
AMS
DMS
LMS
LMM
SM
MS
17.8%
16.7%
14.5%
13.2%
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
[email protected] Mindy Ramon
[email protected] Tricia Frazier
Bloghttp://tiscobb.typepad.com/building_tech_literacy
