Table of Contents Objectives “The Machine is Using Us” (video) Student Directed Instruction Now…Do This Creating Customized Curriculum Steps for Curriculum Development Lesson Overview

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Objectives Reflect on what what we do. Consider how we might use other resources. Challenge our own thinking. Core values or belief statements. Are we willing? Empower others.

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Technology Information Automation

Using Technology to Bolster Student-Directed Instruction Shifting the responsibility for learning decisions from teacher to student Allowing students to access a world of information Utilizing authentic audiences Students become the source of instruction Teacher facilitates student creativity

How Is This Achieved? Effective Staff Development: Provides teachers with tools to implement engaging and challenging learning opportunities for students. Stresses that skillful instruction requires multiple approaches to teaching. Teaches how to group students for optimal learning.

Student-Directed Instruction (cont.) Using technology to supplement textbooks and other printed resources

Small Group Activity Activity One Question: What are some elements of a quality lesson? Discuss with your group and make a short list Time: 5 minutes Create a large group list

Does Your List Include? Standards-based Relevance Engages students Allows for reflection Assessment Promotes problem-solving Requires critical thinking Utilizes technology (information/communication)

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Small Group Activity Activity Two Question: What skills and interests do students demonstrate outside of school that can be brought into the classroom? Individually, make a list Time: 5 minutes

Can you add to this list? Personal computing computer games E-mail Instant messaging Cell phone Text messaging Ipod DVD Playstation/Xbox Internet internet search chatrooms/discussion boards purchasing goods Digital still/video cameras

Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity? Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way we're educating our children. He champions a radical rethink of our school systems, to cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple types of intelligence.

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Richard Baraniuk: Goodbye, textbooks; hello, open-source learning Richard Baraniuk is founder of Connexions, a free, open-source, global clearinghouse of course materials. People in some 200 countries tap into its vast store of texts on everything from engineering to ornithology to music, adapting the content as they see fit

Open Source Courseware Creative Commons Light and Matter

Building Capacity with Staff Utilizing technology Course development Creating engaging lesson plans Peer collaboration Bottom-up approach

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Identify target audience. Elementary Middle/High School students Special needs students Advanced Placement students Adult Education students

Determine how you want to use your curriculum? An entire course Thematic units Teacher professional development Interdisciplinary curriculum

Outline. What are the components the curriculum will contain? What resources will the curriculum need to meet desired goals?

Create, Mix, Rip, Burn Putting together the curriculum and other resource materials/creating interactive assignments and implementing exciting student resources.

Open Source Courseware

Course Assembly (cont.) Word processing/creating content

Course Assembly (cont.) PowerPoint/Curriculum presentation

Course Assembly (cont.) Assorted media/student engagement Examples: Hope Street Project with Israel Sightseeing in Topeka Project with Korea

Course Assembly (cont.) Authentic feedback Internet allows us to communicate with live, primary sources Examples: Marshall Stelzriede's Wartime Story War on Their Minds Sgt. William Heller's

Course Assembly (cont.) Formative assessments Both student and teacher track progress Self-checks/self-quizzes Reflection questions Multiple drafts of products Posts to blogs

Course Assembly (cont.) Summative assessments Understanding of learning objective is measured Projects Unit test Midterm Final State assessments

Curriculum Examples World History Biology

Why Create Your Own? Cost Ownership Customized Instruction Best Practices Cross-Curricular Student Engaging Easily Modified

Each Student Group Will Be Responsible for the Following: Conducting research on State Indicator to present to class. Dividing group responsibilities. Presenting information in a dynamic and interesting formats visual (PowerPoint, Excel, Publisher, Microsoft Word, posters, pictures) audio (speeches, eyewitness accounts, first-hand news reports).

Facts

Facts

Facts

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