1. Technology Enhanced Education
Lisa-Dai Keen Venker
ISTC 651

2. Question… Can education be enhanced with technology?
How do you include technology in education?
What differences does it make?
How does problem base learning enhance learning?
How do you make time for problem based learning in a lesson?

3. The Search Used TSU Cook Library EBSCO Databases
Took a long time to find the right study.
Found articles from other
countries none from US

4. Paper Found
ED485022
Implementation of technology-enhanced problem-based learning curriculum: A year-long study of three teachers
Authors
Sung Hee Park
Peggy Ertmer
Jeff Cramer

5. Introduction -Facilitate student-centered learning environment
-Shift from teacher to learner
-Invite learner to take
active role in learning
-Use PBL-Problem Based
Learning
Introduction

6. CBL-calculator based interface
Technology includes…
Internet
Computer
CBL-calculator based interface
Scientific Equipment

7. What is PBL? Students take an ill-structured problem situation
that is complex
Students required to
develop expertise in information
Seeking and making
decisions to solve problems

8. Specific tasks in a problem-based learning environment include:
determining whether a problem exists;
creating an exact statement of the problem;
identifying information needed to understand the problem;
identifying resources to be used to gather information;
generating possible solutions;
analyzing the solutions; and
presenting the solution, orally and/or in writing.

9. PBL----Students
Students must…
Understand
Define
Solve the problem

10. PBL---Students Develop their own approaches Set their own goals
Students must
Develop their own approaches
Set their own goals
Then they
Inquire
Investigate
Plan their activities

11. PBL-Teacher Teacher is a guide Teacher is a coach
Howard Barrows:

12. Technology in School Current increase in computer usage in schools
99% of schools have computers
95% have internet connectivity
70% teachers still don’t feel comfortable using computers
Currently more professional
development created for
technology
Those who receive instruction
felt more prepared

13. PBL’s in Schools Effective way to integrate technology
“experiential learning, organized around the investigation and resolution of messy, real-world problems” Sage (2000)

14. PBL & Technology is critical for…
Information seeking
Modeling task
Content decision making
Presenting solutions during PBL activities
Technology integration with PBL can be meaningful learning experience for both teachers and students.

15. So why study this?
What are perceptions of pedagogical beliefs of technology-based PBL?
What kinds of barriers and support do teachers encourage while implementing technology-based PBL?
What strategies are perceived as being most in developing teachers’ ability to implement technology enhanced PBL?

16. My Background Used PBL models in classroom.
Used Jamie Mc Kenzie’s Slam Dunk…
webquest/PBL “like” model.
Have developed my own Webquest for unit on Chesapeake Bay.
Have taken classes on technology integrations.
Place technology in wherever I can.
I feel very comfortable with technology.

17. MSDE Curriculum Alignment
Recognize and compare how different parts of the world have varying amounts and types of natural resources and how the use of those resources impacts environmental quality.
Identify and describe problems associated with obtaining, using, and distributing natural resources.
Identify possible solutions to problems associated with obtaining, using, and distributing natural resources.

18. National Science Standards
Science in Personal and Social Perspectives, Content Standard F
Students should develop understanding of: Populations, Resources, and Environments
When an area becomes overpopulated, the environment will become degraded due to the increased use of resources.
Causes of environmental degradation and resource depletion vary from region to region and from country to country.

19. National Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning
The student who is information literate:
-Accesses information efficiently and effectively.
-Evaluates information critically and competently.
-Uses information accurately and creatively.
The student who is an independent learner is information literate and strives for excellence in information seeking and knowledge generation.
The student who contributes positively to the learning community and to society is information literate and:
-Practices ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology.
-Participates effectively in groups to pursue and generate information.

20. National Technology Education Standards for Students
Students are proficient in the use of technology.
Students use technology to locate, evaluate, and collect information from a variety of sources.
Students use technology
tools to process data and
report results.

21. Alignment BCPS Curriculum
Standard 6.0 Environmental Science: Students will use scientific skills and processes to explain the interactions of environmental factors (living and non-living) and analyze their impact from a local to a global perspective

22. 6.0
1. Recognize and explain how human activities can accelerate or magnify many naturally occurring changes.
a. Based on data from research identify and describe how natural processes change the environment.
Cyclic climate change
Sedimentation in watersheds
Population cycles
Extinction
b. Identify and describe how human
activities produce changes in
natural processes:
Climate change
Loss of habitat
Introduction of nonnative species
Cycling of matter

23. Research Scenario from BCPS Curriculum
Residents along the Chesapeake Bay have witnessed some profound changes in the quality of their environment over the years: the water is not as clear as it once was, fish and shellfish populations are dwindling, and algae blooms occur more frequently. Concerned local residents have joined together to form the Coastal Residents' Alliance, a community organization whose goal is to restore and protect the Chesapeake Bay and its natural resources. This group needs expert help to fully understand the environmental issues affecting the Bay, so that they can design a community action plan to address those issues. With these goals in mind, the Alliance has hired your environmental research team, Bay-Watchers, Inc., to investigate the impact of human activities on the Chesapeake Bay.

24. FOCUS
How does our use of natural resources impact the quality of the environment?

25. Link to Technology Based Research

26. Implementing Propose change in curriculum
Inform department chair of changes
Present plan
Divide teachers =
½ original curriculum,
½ with PBL based learning

27. Implementations Conduct survey of students knowledge of technology
Conduct survey of teachers knowledge of technology
Rate students understanding of curriculum unit topics
Conduct lessons (curriculum/PBL)
Rate students understanding of
curriculum unit topics post lessons

28. Prospective Outcome Increase in administrative support
Increase in comfort/confidence with technology by students and teachers
Increased active participation of students in their learning

29. Prospective Outcomes Increase use of technology
by teachers during other
curriculum lessons
Increase in knowledge
learned through PBL
based lessons

30. What to do next ? ? ? Lots to do…
Refocus and analysis study plans to make sure this is what I should and how I should complete my study.
Set plan into action
Develop survey sheets
Find subjects
Implement lessons
Lots to do…

31. Bibliography
Park, Sung Hee, Ertmer, Peggy, & Cramer, Jeff (2008). Implementation of a technology-enhanced problem-based learning curriculum: A year-long study of three teachers. Association for Educational Communications and Technology