The Technology Model Schools Program Results from West Virginia’s EETT Grant Program

Summary The Technology Models School program is successfully: Communicating 21 st Century skills to teachers and students Transitioning to the support of middle and high schools

Contents Teachers – beliefs, computer use Students – beliefs, computer use 21 st Century skills for teachers 21 st Century skills for students

Two changes to EETT for Emphasis on 21 st Century skills for teachers and students Grants to middle and high school Capacity-building through specialty-trained “Technology Integration Specialists” in 16 schools.

TISs  Teachers  Students As the TISs grow the enthusiasm, mastery and use of computer-related technology in school faculties, the teachers grow those same attributes in their students. The relation between faculty technology- related component measures and student enrollment-related component measures is.768 (p =.0001).

The Technology-Related Components for Teachers

A sense of mastery among teachers that grew over the year: – I learn new technology easily – I have enough professional development to use technology – I can explain technology and software to other teachers – I can use technology independently – Technology does not take a lot of extra work

A vote of teacher confidence in the TMS/TIS process: – 22 of 26 teacher computer-related beliefs grew positively (directionally) between the Fall and Spring.

TechSteps Teachers said it was easy to use for: – Assessing students – Analyzing group student performance – Analyzing individual student performance – Reporting to administrators – Reporting to parents

IWBs Used about once a week (median 1 day, mean 2.2 days). Teachers strongly agreed that students liked it when IWBswere used IWBs were reliable IWB’s helped improve student basic skills performance

The Technology-Related Components for Students

Student enthusiasm “It is important for me to learn how to use a computer” “I can learn many things when I use a computer” “Computers are helpful for doing assignments on my own” “I like to learn new things” “Computers make school more fun”.

Students at the end of the TMS school year “My concentration is better when I’m working on a computer” “I would work harder if I could use computers more often” “…(T)he more teachers use computers, the more I enjoy school” “Computers are helpful for working with other students” and “I enjoy lessons on the computer”

Increases in student computer use “Have you worked with particular computer applications ‘in the last five days’?” For 10 of the 13 applications, students reported increases 4 X week - web resources and internet research 3 X week - practice tests, tests, multimedia, artwork, graphs and charts and videos

Student computer use by class 4 X week - electives and “computer lab” 3 X week – English, Math, Science and Social studies/history 2 X week - foreign language class

Teachers and 21 st Century Skills 21 paired statements – 21 st Century or Conventional Schooling The average TMS teacher selected the 21 st Century item 70% of the time – Inquiry-based teaching and learning – digital or web-based resources and – “evidence-based teaching” And, 21 st Century use grew from Fall to Spring in both middle and high schools.

Students and 21 st Century Skills 59% of TMS school student responses were positive about 21 st Century skills EOY – “I will be able to get a good job if I learn how to use a computer” – “Instead of just copying things, I use computer technology to make original work” – “I use computer technology to think about the future” Students say teachers expect them to do inquiry-based work.

Students and Churches’ Digital Taxonomy Students and the hierarchy of digital skills from most to least demanding “I have done the following this year at school…”SpringFall 1. Mashing5% +3% 2. Wiki-ing or video casting20% +14% 3. Twittering or annotating9% +4% 4. Blogging18% +17% 5. Posting35% +24% 6. Networking27% +20% 7. Uploading or sharing35% +24% 8. Linking or tagging34% +18% 9. Running or loading51% +40% 10. Googling or favoriting84% +72% 11.Searching94% +90% 12. Bullet pointing or highlighting65% +47%