Technology POS September 27, 2006Slide 1 Murray State University Murray, Kentucky KATE Kentucky Academy of Technology Education Brenda C. Nix, Director

September 27, 2006 Slide 1

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Murray State University

Murray, Kentucky

KATEKentucky Academy of Technology Education

Brenda C. Nix, DirectorDebbie Carter, Instructional Development SpecialistJaime Moyers, Instructional Development Specialist KKentucky AAcademy of TTechnology EEducation

College of Education


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• National Concerns– NCLB– Technology Goals

• Kentucky Mandates• District Goals• Students

Our Task


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Our Task

• Our task is to provide an education for the kinds of kids we have, not the kinds of kids we used to have, or want to have, or the kids of our dreams.

-K.P. Gerlach

• ISTE Publications, Resources for Student Assessment


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Student VoicesWhat would help kids learn in the

future?

“Transporter so you can go into the past and meet all the other presidents, and people like Albert Einstein.”

“Time Travel all the way, baby!!!”“Virtual Reality Classrooms”“If I was sick there would be a camera

and I could push a button and connect to the school.”

“IM on school computers…”

• Source: Visions 2020.2, US Dept of Education


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Catalysts for 2006 POS Mandates

• Federal Education Policy and Assessment

– Visions 2020

• Eighth-Grade Technology Literacy Requirement

– No Child Left Behind Act of 2001


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Catalysts for 2006 POS Mandates

• Primary Goal: To improve student academic achievement through the use of technology

• Encourage effective integration of technology resources and systems

– Additional state funding for workstations


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Kentucky Legislated Requirements

• Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990• Kentucky Revised Statute (KRS) 158.645 and KRS

158.6451• Basis for instructional programs in Kentucky public

schools • Academic Goals and Expectations• Administrative Regulations Required by KRS 156:160,

KRS 158:6451 and 704 KAR 3:305 – Courses of study for the different grades– Minimum requirements for high school graduation (Class of 2012)

*2006 Kentucky Program of Studies


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Program of Studies

• Required Administrative Regulation is the Kentucky Program of Studies

• Implemented by 704 KAR 3:304 – Received Final Approval August 2006– Included Requirements for the minimum content

standards for all students before graduating from Kentucky public high schools.

– Specifies the content standards for the required credits for high school graduation and the primary, intermediate and middle level content standards leading up to these requirements.


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Program of Studies

• Scope and Purpose is to ensure that Kentucky’s students are prepared for the 21st Century

• Ensures that all students throughout Kentucky are provided with common content and opportunities

• Provides local school districts with a basis for establishing and/or revising standards-based curricula and instruction


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Local Responsibilities

Instructional programs must:• Emphasize the development of students’

abilities to acquire, apply and integrate knowledge, skills, and understandings in real-life contexts and to problem-solve, make decisions, and think critically and creatively

• Assist students in connecting learning to the world beyond the classroom by exploring and investigating real issues and problems of communities, states, the nation, and the world


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Local Responsibilities

Instructional programs must:• Recognize the diversity of students and how

children learn, construct knowledge and acquire skills and concepts of the disciplines.

• Schools and school districts are also responsible for coordinating curricula across grade levels and among schools within districts.

• Determine how the district will measure competency.


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• *Our task is to provide an education for the kinds of kids we have, not the kinds of kids we used to have, or want to have, or the kids of our dreams.

-K.P. Gerlach• **Technology Competency

• *ISTE Publications, Resources for Student Assessment• **US Dept of Ed, http://www.ed.gov, Animation by Forest Park High School,

VA

2006 Program of Studies Mandates


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“It is the belief of the Kentucky Board of Education that the Program of Studies for Kentucky Schools Primary-12 frames the critical standards necessary to prepare Kentucky students for successful transition to postsecondary options and the changing workplace and world of the 21st Century. Schools and districts are responsible for translating these standards into practice.”

Ky POS, page 8

2006 Program of Studies


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Look at the POS

• 2006 Program of Studies


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Look at the POS

Kentucky Learning Goals

1. Basic Communication and Mathematics Skills

2. Application of Core Concepts

3. Developing Self-Sufficiency

4. Responsible Group Membership

5. Think and Solve Problems

6. Connect and Integrate Knowledge


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POS Technology Mandates

• Organized by Grade Spans

• Primary

• Intermediate

• Middle

• High


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Look at the POS

Organization –Big Ideas

1. Enduring Knowledge (generalizations and understandings)

2. Skills and Concepts


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Technology Goals

Organized Around 3 Big Ideas:• Information, Communication and

Productivity

• Safety and Ethical/Social Issues

• Research, Inquiry/Problem-Solving and Innovation


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Example of Skills

Information, Communication and Productivity– Primary—Students will use and care for technology– Intermediate—Students will describe the uses of

technology at home, school and workplace – Middle—Students will use a variety of technology to

collect, analyze and present in all content areas– High—Students will apply, consolidate and extend the

skills, knowledge and experiences acquired earlier to exhibit competence in the use of technology


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Example of Skills

Information, Communication and Productivity– Primary—Students will demonstrate proper keyboarding

techniques, optimal posture and correct hand placement (left side, right side)

– Intermediate—Students will demonstrate proper keyboarding techniques, optimal posture and correct hand placement (home row)

– Middle—Students will demonstrate proper keyboarding techniques, optimal posture and correct hand placement (appropriate finger reaches and speed)

– High—NONE


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Example of Skills

Safety and Ethical/Social Issues– Primary—Students will work cooperatively with peers,

family members and others when using technology– Intermediate—Students will use proper social

etiquette with any technology– Middle—Students will use proper social etiquette with

any technology while collaborating with peers, experts and others

– High—Students will use appropriate etiquette when interacting with global environments


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Example of Skills

Research, Inquiry/Problem-Solving and Innovation– Primary—Students will use teacher-directed Internet sources as

a resource for information– Intermediate—Students will gather and use accurate information

from a variety of electronic sources in all content areas– Middle—Students will locate and collect information from a

variety of electronic resources and correctly cite sources– High—Students will select and evaluate appropriateness of

information from a variety of resources, including online research databases, online catalogs/virtual library and web sites to answer essential questions


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Questions???

2006 Program of Studies


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Making Connections• Existing Curriculum

(Including Core Content 4.1)

Our Task—Part II


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Our Task—Part II


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• Technology POS• Technology Best

Practices

Our Task—Part II


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• Technology POS• Technology Best

Practices• Instructional

Strategies

Our Task—Part II


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• National Concerns– NCLB– Technology Goals

• Kentucky Mandates• District Goals

– Teacher Needs

• Students

Our Task


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Implementation

Review Curriculum

What teachers/ classes

are responsiblefor specific standards

Revisit standards-Based units

Infuse technology

Develop process

to ensure all students

gaincompetence

Plan for concepts to

build/ eliminate

gaps

Do teachersHave

PD Needs?

Develop Strategies

For Measuring

competencies


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Connecting Curriculum and Technology

• Using the KY Technology Program of Studies, teachers will integrate technology skills into classroom lessons and activities in order for students to demonstrate technology competency

• Collaboration Tool for Technology Integration Planning

Tools for Implementation


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Program of Studies• Assessing the Technology Literacy of K-12 students

– Local Tools

– ISTE/Microsoft Assessment *

• National/State Assessment

– Certiport– SkillCheck

• Technology Assessment in the Classroom– Benchmarks

• Kentucky Technology Program of Studies• ISTE

*ISTE has collaborated with Microsoft in the development of the NETS Online Technology Assessment


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Other Resources

• Kentucky Curriculum Resources– KDE– KET-Encyclomedia– KATE

• ISTE

• Marco Polo

• Intel


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Units of Study

Technology Components

Real-World “Authentic” Tasks and Assessments for Students (and

Teachers)


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Image of Children, Calloway County Schoolshttp://www.calloway.k12.ky.us/

Kentucky Program of Studieshttp://www.education.ky.gov/KDE/Instructional+Resources/Curriculum+Documents+and+Resources/default.htm

Credits


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Brenda C. Nix, DirectorKKentucky AAcademy of TTechnology EEducation

College of EducationMurray State University

[email protected]

Murray State University