Transcript Using Technology in Education

Information Technology
in Science Instruction
ITSI Teacher Training
Welcome!
http://itsi.concord.org
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ITSI material is based upon work supported by the National
Science Foundation under Grant No. ESI-0624718
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Agenda - Day One
• 8 - 9:00
• 9 - 12:00
• 12 -12:30
• 12:30 -3:15
• 3:157/21/2015
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Introductions
ITSI technology careers
Survey
Teachers paired within disciplines. This will prepare
you to plan development of lesson.
Portal Introduction
Portal log-on
Simple temperature probe (vendor) activity
Break (15 min)
Motion detector (vendor) activity
Lunch
PhET
NetLogo
Biologica
Q&A & Survey
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Agenda - Day Two
• 8 - 8:15
• 8:15 - 8:45
Review survey results
Log-in/ set-up students in classes/ locate student work
Choosing options/customization
• 9 -noon
Design a lesson plan using one of the probes (#1)
Lesson will be tested after lunch and
critqued by another teacher.
• 12:00 -12:30 Lunch
• 12:30 - 3:15 Testing of lessons by fellow teachers
• 3:15 - 3:30 Q&A & Survey
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Agenda - Day Three
• 8 - 8:15
• 8:15 - noon
Review survey results
Molecular Workbench (MW)
Seismic Eruption
• 12:00 -12:30 Lunch
• 12:30 - 3:15 Making MW lessons (#2)
Optional: Detailed MW with Carolyn
• 3:15 - 3:30 Q&A & Survey
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Agenda - Day Four
• 8 - 8:15
• 8:15 - 9:00
• 9 - noon
Review survey results
Review of embedded assessments
Create lesson (both a probe lesson and a model). (#3)
These should be one of three lessons so far.
• 12:00 -12:30 Lunch
• 12:30 - 3:15 Testing of lessons
• 3:15 - 3:30 Q&A & Survey
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Agenda - Day Five
• 8 - 8:15
• 8:15 - 9:00
Review survey results
Introduce Video Paper Builder (VPB)
Show a Video Paper
• 9 - noon
Create final lesson from scratch (#4)
Teachers will work in pairs (from day 1)
to create this lesson.
(4 lessons total=2 probes and 2 models)
• 12:00 -12:30 Lunch
• 12:30 - 3:15 Pick 3 lessons you want to teach
Prepare for practice teaching
• 3:15 - 3:30 Q&A & Survey
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Agenda - Day Six
• 8 - 8:15
Review survey results
Introduction for students/expectations/W-9
• 8:15 - 11:00 Group with Ed Hazzard (making probes)
Group practice teaching with students
• 11- noon
Switch groups
• 12:00 -12:30 Lunch
• 2:15 - 3:15 Set-up for Day 7 class
• 3:15 - 3:30 Q&A & Survey
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Agenda - Day Seven
• 8 - 8:15
Review survey results
Introduction for students/expectations/W-9
• 8:15 - 12:00 Lessons with students
• 12:00 -12:30 Lunch
• 2:15 - 3:15 Students with career presenters
Teacher readings and discussion on
strengths and weaknesses in
inquiry-based learning
• 3:15 - 3:30 Q&A & Survey
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Agenda - Day Eight
• 8 - 8:15
Review survey results
• 8:15 - 12:00 Students planning IT Presentation
Teachers implementation planning
and reflection
• 12:00 -12:30 Lunch
• 2:15 - 3:15 Prepare for guests and presentations
• 3:15 - 3:30 Student presentations
Final survey
Celebration
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The Concord Consortium
• Realizing the educational potential of
information technologies
• Not-for-profit
• Educational research and development
• Focus: Educational Technology
• Funding: grants
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The Concord Consortium
Modeling Tools
Enabling students to interact with the unobservable
Online Learning
Democratizing education with anytime, anywhere learning
Probeware
Developing new tools for data collection and analysis
Handhelds
Moving closer to the promise of ubiquitous computing
Sustainable Development
Confronting global issues with decision-making tools
Assessment Research
Improving methods for measuring deep learning in science
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ITEST
Information Technology Experiences
for Students and Teachers (ITEST)
was established by the National Science Foundation
in direct response
to the concern about shortages of
information technology workers in the United States
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ITEST Learning Resource Center
http://www2.edc.org/itestlrc/
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ITEST Funding
H-1B is a non-immigrant visa category
Allows American companies and universities
to seek temporary help from skilled foreigners
who have the equivalent US Bachelor’s Degree education
H-1B employees are employed temporarily in a job
category that is considered by the US Citizenship &Immigration
Services to be a "specialty occupation”
Microsoft,IBM,Oracle Corporation, Cisco,
Intel, QualComm, Yahoo, Hewlett Packard, and Google
$5,000/year for 65,000 not including non-profit universities
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ITEST Projects
Youth-based projects offer year-round IT enrichment
experiences for middle and high school students.
Comprehensive projects are for students and teachers
that provide teacher professional development in IT
concepts, skills, applications, and pedagogical strategies
that promote investigation and inquiry.
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Why Promote IT
Careers?
•The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects a
48 percent increase in jobs for computer software
engineers and a 55 percent growth in jobs for
network system and data communications analysts
from 2004 to 2014.
•The share of incoming undergraduates planning
to major in computer science dropped 70 percent
from 2000 to 2005. IT enrollments continue to
decline in the United States as programs are
dismantled.
http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/netacad/career_connection/promoteIT/index.html
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Fastest Growing
Occupations (2004-2014)
This file represents Table 2, Fastest growing occupations, 2004-14, in "Occupational employment projections to
2014," published in the November 2005 Monthly Labor Review. http://www.bls.gov/emp/emptab21.htm
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IT Careers
What opportunities are available?
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5.
Software
Hardware
Education and Research
Support
Computer assisted
http://www.discoverit.org/phpwcms.php?do=articles&open=107:1
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IT Careers
Software
Technical Writer
Software Designer
Multimedia Programmer
Applications Programmer
Technical Architect
Systems Programmer
Systems Analyst
Hardware
Computer Engineer
Systems Analysis
Systems Administrator
Capacity and Performance
Analyst
Education & Research
Robotics
Aerospace
Biotechnology
Environmental Studies
Agriculture
Medicine
Artificial Intelligence
Virtual Reality
Art Director, Game Design
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Computer assisted
Computer Animation
Business Analyst
Public Relations
Medical Research, Diagnostics, Treatment
Music Recording and Production
Statistics
Graphic Design
Architecture
Crime Detection
Desktop and Web Publishing
Interior Design
Landscape Design
Libraries or Archival Collections
Manufacturing
Support
Project Manager
Quality Assurance Specialist
Data Network Designer
Director, Management of
Information Systems (MIS)
Auditor
Computer Operator
Consultant
Database Analyst
Database Administrator
Help Desk Representative
Security Analyst
Training Manager
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Learn About IT Careers
Students take an online quiz and learn
about careers in science and math.
http://www.thefunworks.org/
(developed at EDC and funded by NSF)
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Why ITSI?
• There is a recognized need to
increase the number and diversity of
students entering careers in the
information technologies
• This problem is national in scale
and is particularly acute in urban and
rural communities serving lowincome minorities
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Teacher Professional
Development
• 126 hours of lab-based, credit-bearing
activities for 90 teachers
• Full support for classroom implementation,
using models and sensors
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ITSI Sites
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ITSI Sites
Boston, MA - 58,600 students
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ITSI Sites
Plymouth, MA - 8,300 students
Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity (2007-08)
African American
Asian
Hispanic
Native American
White
Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander
Multi-Race, Non-Hispanic
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1.9
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ITSI Sites
Olathe, Kansas - 25,000 students
• Third largest school district in Kansas
• 90 percentile graduation rate
• 83 % of students are white
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ITSI Sites
Desert Sands, California -27,100 students
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Subject Areas
1. Earth Science
2. Life Science
3. Physical Science
4. Biology
5. Chemistry
6. Physics
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Middle School
High School
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Inquiry through
Models and Probes
Models:
Computer models can simulate situations that are hard to see
(molecular motion) or hard to understand (complex
systems). They allow students to study and manipulate
phenomena that are otherwise inaccessible. Students can
also modify the models and experiment with different rules
and starting conditions. They learn programming and
technology skills and science content at the same time.
Probes:
Using sensors attached to real-time graphs, students can do
real experiments and take vivid and compelling
measurements. This encourages active engagement in
science and exploration of the natural world. Students also
learn the technology underlying the sensors and how they
collect and display information.
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Inquiry through
Models and Probes
Models:
• Molecular Workbench
• NetLogo
• Physics Education Technology (PhET)
• Seismic Eruption
• Modeling Across the Curriculum (MAC)
Probes:
• LabPro (interface)
• GoLink (interface)
• ITSI Probe Kit
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Information Technology
in Science Instruction
ITSI Teacher Training
Bob Tinker ([email protected])
Ed Hazzard ([email protected])
Cynthia McIntyre ([email protected] )
Carolyn Staudt ([email protected])
External Evaluator - Sig Abeles
([email protected])
http://itsi.concord.org
7/21/2015
ITSI material is based upon work supported by the National
Science Foundation under Grant No. ESI-0624718
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