Transcript TECHNOLOGY is CRITICAL

Welcome to
Adapting Project HISTORY
Please turn off
your cell phones.
A project of a
consortium of school
districts Led by the
Utica City School
District and…
the Syracuse University
Maxwell School of
Citizenship
and Public
Affairs
and…
Fort Stanwix
The Erie
Canal
Museum
The Oneida County
Historical Society
The Oneida
Community
Mansion House
Adapting Project HISTORY
• Director: Jamie Hanretty
• Principal Investigators (SU)
Jim Carroll, Ph.D.
• Asst PI/Technology Spec Joe
Montecalvo
Jim Carroll, Ph.D.
• H. S. American
history teacher:
1967—1979
• Created Project
LEGAL, 1976:
Consortium of
CNY Districts
Project LEGAL Overview
Project LEGAL
• New York State
validation in
1979; relocated
from Westhill to
OCM-BOCES
Project LEGAL
• USDE validation in 1982, 1992 & 1996;
• Relocated from BOCES to SU in 1983
Project LEGAL
• Has been implemented in
thirty four states
• Hungary, Croatia, and the
US Virgin Islands
Project LEGAL
• Since 1983,
adoption schools
in over 1500
school districts,
including all of
the Project
HISTORY
districts
Joe Montecalvo, Asst. Director
In 1993, Jim hired
Joe as a one-year
grad assistant ; Joe
learns HTML and
LEGAL strategies
are revised for the
Internet under
$7M+ Project TIPS
grant for Bronx.
Project LEGAL: 1996—2010
Multi-Million $ Grants in…
• gifted education (Harlem)
• technology (Bronx)
• character education (Harlem & Yonkers)
• civics (Yonkers)
• all of which use LEGAL’s Internet
applications to develop WebQuests and
PowerPoints, leading to
Adapting Project HISTORY
Our Philosophy
Before we do an overview of…
Adapting Project HISTORY
Let’s review the underlying
philosophy of all of our
projects
Adapting Project HISTORY
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Historians’
In-service
Standards
Technology integration
Outside
Resources
Yearly
Historians’ In-service
Seminars/workshops
conducted by:
• J. Carroll
• J. Montecalvo
• Maxwell &
Lemoyne American
History Faculty
Historians’ In-service
Maxwell & Lemoyne American History Faculty*
Ralph Ketcham: The Founding Period
Roger Sharp: The Age of Jackson
Doug Egerton: Slavery & the aftermath of the Civil War
Margaret Thompson: Religion in U.S. History
Andrew Cohen: Industrialization & Rise of Labor
John Briggs: Immigration in the 20th Century
David Bennett: Military History in the 20th Century
*depending on availability
Standards
Align curriculum to NYS learning standards
Technology Integration
Teachers create
& integrate
WebQuests &
PowerPoints
and…
Technology Integration
…integrate our unique Internet applications:
The Public Policy Analyst
The American History Public Policy Analyst
CompuLEGAL
Public Policy Analyst (PPA)
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Define the Problem
Gather Evidence
Identify Causes
Evaluate an Existing Policy
Develop Solutions
Select the Best Solution
Our CompuLEGAL Application
• Interactive case
method on-line
with over 60 landmark cases.
Outside Resources Yearly
• Fort Stanwix
• Oneida County Historical Society
• Erie Canal Museum
• Oneida Community Mansion House
The CNY Consortium Districts
Utica (Lead District)
Holland Patent, Mt. Markham,
Oriskany, Rome, Westmoreland,
Whitesboro, et.al.
A Five Year Project
• HISTORY is an in-depth project with 2
cadres of 25 teachers, each for 30
months
• Substantive content will be arranged
chronologically over two 30-month
periods, starting with the colonial
period and the founding in year 1 and
ending with recent American history
Annual Teacher Requirements
• Attend Seminars & Museum Presentations
(4 release days, several afterschool workshops)
• Pre-Post Testing of Teachers & Students
• Participants develop a WebQuest (online
lesson plan) and a PowerPoint lesson, use
them with students, and present results at
final workshop
50 Teacher Participants
25 in each cadre
(1) 7/1/10—1/31/13;
(2) 2/1/13—6/30/15
Cadre 1: 25 Teachers
Week of August 23, 2010: 12 hours (W—F)
4 Release Days: Sep, Nov, Jan, Mar, May
4-5 after school or half day Sat. during school year
Year 2: (2011—2012) repeats Year 1 schedule, with
new topics and presenters
Year 3: No Aug 2013 sessions; Release Days: Sep,
Nov, Jan; 4 after school or half day Sat. workshops
(tech assistance through June 2015)
Teacher Benefits
•Visits to museums and historical sites
•Seminars on American history topics presented by
distinguished faculty members from SU & Lemoyne
•Training on developing WebQuest and PowerPoint lessons
using the AHPPA
•Access to helpful teaching and research resources on the
Adapting Project HISTORY website
•Annual trips to historic Northeast cities (Boston, DC, Phil.)
•3, free graduate credits from Lemoyne College (year 3)
In Closing
Keep Your Deck
Chairs Facing
Forward!!!