Transcript Preparing Your High School Students for the New MME

Preparing Your High School
Students for the New MME
MACAE Alternative Education One-Day Workshop
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Effective Online Tools for Algebra Remediation
Barbara Fardell, Educational Technology Manager
Michigan Department of Education
The Next “Shift Happens”
A Vision of K-12 Students Today” –
Teacher Tube
Vision of 21st Century K-12
Students - YouTube
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Your Students and the MMC
• 4 Years of Math
–Algebra I
–Geometry
–Algebra II
–Any math – can be taken as 9th
grade student
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Enhancing Ed Through Tech
• EETT Grants
–How Ed Tech moves into
curriculum area
–Pockets of Excellence vs Helping
All Students
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Free Resources via EETT Grants
• MSO – Michigan Schools Online
–Online courses
–MORE Portal
• MVU – Scholarships!
• One-to-One Institute
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MSO – MI Schools Online
Implemented through the work of
the REMC Association and
Genesee ISD
Requested by MDE to serve ALL
Michigan School Districts in an
effort to expand online
instruction
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MI Schools Online
• Identify Barriers
• Identify Needs
• Remove Barriers
• Provide for Needs
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Survey Shows:
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Survey Shows:
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Removing the Barriers
• Deliver Online Instruction with
Teachers Already Employed by
the District
• Identify and provide low cost,
high quality content
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Survey Shows:
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Survey Shows:
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Solution!
• MSO will provide a free Algebra I
credit remediation course
• MSO will provide free training for
teachers to deliver this course in a
blended or totally virtual
environment – over 175 teachers
to date!
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Algebra I Remediation Course
• Algebra Course Demo
–To access demo of free Aventa
Algebra Remediation course
please contact your REMC
Director
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On the horizon!
• Algebra Intervention + PD
–If you are interested in
participating in pilot contact Karen
Hairston at [email protected]
• Digital Curriculum Pilot(s)
• Additional low cost content
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Free Online Resources
• MIT Open CourseWare for high
schools
• Hippocampus
• Alison
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Low Cost Content
• Epic Learning
–All core
–Includes LMS
–Supplemental or Full Course
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How Can MSO Assist YOU?
• How do your teachers (or you!)
sign up for the online PD
course?
–Ask your REMC Director or
–Contact Barb Fardell at
• [email protected]
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How Can MSO Assist YOU?
• You will find info for accessing
the Algebra I course on the
MSO Portal
• You will also find (soon)
resources for online
learning/teaching/tech
integration, etc.
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GenNET
• REMC Online Project available
throughout the state
• Teacher led, self paced
–Many providers
–Low cost
• Low cost IT
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Math/Science Curriculum
• MVU
–Typically provides Math/Science
summer school opportunities
–This year will have additional
scholarships for online courses
Contact Jamey Fitzpatrick @
• [email protected]
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Where’s the Portal?
• MSO Beta
–Your REMC Director will be the
best resource for information on
the MSO Grant.
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One-to-One Initiative
• Managed by the One-to-One Institute
• Provides PD and Consulting for
moving toward a one to one
environment and also on technology
integration
• All services are at NO COST to the
districts!
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MORE!
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MORE is for teachers
MORE is for administrators
MORE is even for parents!
MORE brings resources to
teachers quickly, easily, and
ALIGNED to the MI Content
Expectations!
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More on MORE!
• MORE now has over 8,000
resources
• MORE will soon have 55,000
more resources!
• Thinkfinity has given these to
Michigan to add to our portal
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Let’s take a look!
• Go to MeL.org
• Click on MORE at the
bottom of the page
• The rest is easy!
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Why MORE? Aligned Resources!
• Having resources aligned to the MI
Content Expectations is the value of
MORE
• We need your help!
• Contact Barb Fardell if you would
like to host an alignment workshop
[email protected]
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In Honor of Veterans’ Day
• A Pittance of Time
Video honoring all Vets
www.terry-kelly.com/pittance.htm
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QUESTIONS?
For clarification on any of these slides
please contact Barb Fardell at
[email protected]