1. Preparing Students for Technical Skills Assessments using Blended Learning

2. 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

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

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

5. 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

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

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

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

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

10. 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

11. 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

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

13. 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

14. Regional Improvement Plan  Perkins Core Performance Indicators 2S1 Technical Assessments – 90% state minimum at 50% Regional Composite at 40.7% for 2013-14 2014-15 composite not available yet 90% State minimum for 2015-16 at 54%

15. 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

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

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

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

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

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

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

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

25. 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!