Transcript Use of the Internet as a Communication Tool

Addressing the Pre-service Learning Needs of Education Majors in
Math and Science Through Technology
www.k12science.org/alliance
Overview
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Unique, complex, multi-state partnership
5 states
53 school systems in 3 states
6 pre-service institutions
Collaborations with 5 regional organizations,
foundations to augment program
Background
A professional development project that
prepares teachers to integrate
technology into the curriculum in
innovative ways that enhance student
learning and support higher levels of
achievement in core content areas.
Objectives
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improve teacher content knowledge across
the curriculum
provide leadership through a network of
locally-distributed peer experts.
Key Aspects
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Increase collaboration, linkages, support
between community colleges and local schools
Disseminate acclaimed, standards-based
curriculum and training materials
Provide training on curriculum content
Implementation
Use of supporting materials in a variety of
formats
Vision
“Engaging, authentic, and curriculum-relevant
uses of the Internet by teachers and students
that improve student achievement in core
subjects, and that promote higher-order
thinking, critical analysis, collaboration, and
problem-solving”
Savvy Cyber Teacher®
Curriculum
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30-hour in-service courses
provides invaluable resources which cannot be
delivered using other technologies, books, or
other school resources
Savvy Cyber Teacher®
Course Overview
•Week One: Introduction to the Internet in Education
•Week Two: Use of the Internet as a Communication Tool:
Using E-mail in the Classroom
•Week Three: Enriching the Curriculum Through
Telecollaborative Projects
•Week Four: Real Time Adventures on the Internet
•Week Five: Primary Sources and Multidisciplinary
Connections
Savvy Cyber Teacher®
Course Overview
•Week Six: Internet Searching Strategies: Finding Educational
Web Sites on the Internet
•Week Seven: Classroom Implementation: Project Management
Plans
•Week Eight: Project Management Plans II and Developing
Implementation Web Pages
•Week Nine: Developing Implementation Web Pages
(Continued)
•Week Ten: Presentations and Cyber-Poster Sessions
Recognition
Recognition of curriculum materials by:
Emphasis on Classroom
Implementation
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Project Management Plans
-Time Management
-Technology Management
-Classroom Management
-Instructional Management
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Implementation Web Sites
http://www.k12science.org/alliance/teacherwork/teacherwebsites.html#Miami
Unique & Compelling
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Provide students with real world problem
solving and critical thinking experiences
Address national and local standards
Build teamwork and cooperative learning skills
– vital in the 21st Century workplace
Help prepare students for profiency exams
(e.g. SAT, FCAT, etc.)
Pre-service
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Key role of
Community College
in teacher
preparation
Pre-service
collaborative projects
Creation of preservice Savvy Cyber
Teacher® workshop
College Faculty Program
Background:
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MDCC has approximately 5000 early
childhood and elementary education majors
All of them receive their math and sciences
education at MDCC before transferring to an
upper division University
College Faculty Program
Background:
 Elementary and Middle School teachers take
only education courses after graduating from
MDCC
 In the Fall 2003, MDCC will offer a four year
degree in math and science education.
 Press Release:
M-DCC WINS APPROVAL TO OFFER BACCALAUREATE DEGREE
http://www3.mdcc.edu/press_releases/4yr_degree2.htm
College Faculty Program
Purpose:
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Faculty from the Alliance Plus program are
training MDCC faculty teaching math, Sciences
and EME to elementary and middle school
education majors in the unique and compelling
uses of the Internet in the classroom, to widen
their knowledge in the areas mentioned above.
College Faculty Program
The units of the program include:
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Information Management
Searching Strategies
Inquiry-based Learning
Telecollaboratives
Real Time Data Sites
Ask an Expert Sites
Primary Sources
Publication Protocol and Web Publishing
Leveraging the Internet for
21st Century Workforce Skills
Learning
Weather Data
Internet-based
Applications
Keypal/ePal Exchange
Student Web Page
Historical Diary
Voting
Records
Foreign
Newspapers
WebQuests
Research
Lesson
Plans
Online
Quizzes
Basic
Advanced
Higher-order Thinking Skills
Unique & Compelling
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Real time data:
http://www.k12science2.org/training/realtimedata/
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Communications tool
http://www.k12science.org/askanexpert.html
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Publishing student work
Access primary source materials
http://www.k12science2.org/cyberteacher/v2/primarysource2.htm
Unique & Compelling
Use of the Internet to Access Real-Time
Data
Students can access real-time information that can
dynamically enrich their science lessons and impact on
problem solving and critical thinking skills.
 Weather Satellite Images
http://www.k12science2.org/realtimedatasites.html
 Remote Sensing Data (e.g. Air Quality)
http://www.k12science2.org/nationalprojects.html
 Government
Databases
Unique & Compelling
Use of the Internet as a Communication
Tool
Students can use the Internet to communicate with
experts in various fields, or with other classrooms and
students from around the world.
 Ask-An-Expert Projects
http://mathforum.org/dr.math/
 Telementoring
http://www.k12science.org/tutorials/telementoring/
 Collaborative Projects
http://www.k12science2.org/training/water1995/
Unique & Compelling
Use of the Internet to Publish Student Work
Students can publish their work online where the whole world can
see it, comment on it, and interact with the students about it.
 Student
Presentations/Reports
 Integrates Reading, Writing and
Communications Skills
 Great Motivator!
Unique & Compelling
Use of the Internet to Access Primary
Sources
Students now have access to digitally archived historical
documents, from the Library of Congress and National
Archives.
 Diaries
 Historical Photographs
http://www.k12science2.org/cyberteacher/v2/primarysource1.htm
 Creates
Multidisciplinary Lessons