Preparing Students for Technical Skills Assessments using Blended Learning

Welcome  Andrew Maurer Instruction, Resource and Cluster Development Consultant (5 weeks) CAD/Architecture/Engineering teacher for 17 years at Avondale  Session Participants Name, School, Subject/Position MSU or U of M or Neither

Outcomes & Agenda  Understanding of regional improvement plan  Awareness of available Learning Management Systems (LMS)  Exploration of LMS tool for blended learning

Like Me Inclusion Activity  Stand if the following statement applies to you: The school year started and I was full of energy and excitement

Like Me Inclusion Activity  Stand if the following statement applies to you: The school year started and I wondered why school was starting in July

Like Me Inclusion Activity  Stand if the following statement applies to you: Falls days are perfect for walks in the park

Like Me Inclusion Activity  Stand if the following statement applies to you: Fall days are perfect for watching football on the couch

Like Me Inclusion Activity  Stand if the following statement applies to you: For dessert, the more chocolate the better

Like Me Inclusion Activity  Stand if the following statement applies to you: For dessert, I prefer something with fruit

Like Me Inclusion Activity  Stand if the following statement applies to you: Apple products are cute but the real work is done on a PC

Like Me Inclusion Activity  Stand if the following statement applies to you: I use a PC when I am forced to, but Apple makes my work fun

Like Me Inclusion Activity  Stand if the following statement applies to you: My spring break plans are already set and I will be traveling

Like Me Inclusion Activity  Stand if the following statement applies to you: Do not ask me about spring break. I am not even sure what I am doing next weekend

Regional Improvement Plan  Perkins Core Performance Indicators 2S1 Technical Assessments – 90% state minimum at 50% Regional Composite at 40.7% for composite not available yet 90% State minimum for at 54%

Regional Improvement Plan  Improvement Plan focus on Marketing & Finance Marketing Scores ○ County – 23.3% of students met cut score ○ State – 25% of students met cut score Finance Scores ○ County – 2% of students met cut score ○ State – 4.6% of students met cut score

Learning Management Systems  Moodle  Edmodo  Schoology  Modern Teacher  Google Classroom  Blackboard  CourseSites

Learning Management Systems  Moodle Supported by Oakland Schools A little clunky Version 2.9 to be released next Friday

Learning Management Systems  Google Classroom Students already have accounts at Google schools Integration with Google Docs and Drive Limited tools

Learning Management Systems  CourseSites Free service based on Blackboard Robust set of tools Students join class created by instructor

Blended Learning to Support CTE Technical Skills Assessments  Develop online tests/quizzes to assess student learning Instant feedback for teacher and student Teacher can review specific content that students need additional support

Blended Learning to Support CTE Technical Skills Assessments  Opportunity to develop shared test bank of questions at the County level Teachers submit questions to shared Google drive for use by others to develop assessments in LMS Questions organized by NOCTI standard Need teachers willing to develop questions

Demo of CourseSites  Adding/Inviting students Teacher Page – awmaurer.coursesites.com Click Accounting I under “My Courses” Select Self-Enroll – access code is “oakland” Select “I Need a CourseSites Account” Complete the New Student Account information

Demo of CourseSites  Course setup Managing Menu items Managing students Creating content

Demo of CourseSites  Test development Creating test questions Creating a test  Test implementation Taking a test Checking student results

Learning Log  Please add an entry to your Learning Log that reflects what you discovered today and how you can apply this to your classroom/school.  Thank you for attending!