1. Welcome to An Expansion of TIPS: Teaching Interdisciplinary Problem Solving through Educational Technology

2. Please turn off your cell phones.

3. TIPS Was
Created by:
Jim Carroll
Joe Montecalvo

4. TIPS Is Our Vision for Transforming
Teaching and Learning

5. During the 2009—2010 school year, Jim Carroll, Fern Eisgrub, & Yonkers Public Schools’ staffers wrote a successful Learning Technology Grant (LTG)

6. TIPS/LTG Staff: Jim Carroll, Director Joe Montecalvo, Asst. Director
Fern Eisgrub, Executive Director, Curriculum Instruction Assessment

12. Facing the rear of the ship: An Overview of…
Project LEGAL

13. Project LEGAL Overview

14. Project LEGAL
Created in 1976 by Director, Jim Carroll, Ph.D.

15. Project LEGAL
New York State validation in 1979

16. Project LEGAL
USDE validation in 1982, 1992 & 1996

17. Project LEGAL Has been implemented in thirty four states
Hungary, Croatia, and the US Virgin Islands

18. Project LEGAL
Since 1983, adoption schools in over 1500 school districts

19. Project LEGAL’s Validated Objectives
Significant student growth in knowledge and comprehension of the U.S. Legal/Judicial System.
Significant student growth in law-related problem-solving and critical thinking skills.

20. Facing our deck chairs forward:
Transforming Teaching and Learning at
Martin Luther King Jr. High Tech Magnet School
&
PEARLS Hawthorne School
Andalusia School

21. Our Vision for Transforming
Teaching and Learning
Students learn by constructing their own knowledge through The Public Policy Analyst.

22. Our Vision for Transforming
Teaching and Learning
Teachers serve as co-learners, mentors, coaches and resources to engage students to use technologies to solve problems, think critically and answer their own questions.

23. Our Vision for Transforming
Teaching and Learning
Curriculum is restructured to engage students in solving real-world problems that relate to state standards. In-depth knowledge, analysis and application of major concepts are emphasized.

24. Our Vision for Transforming
Teaching and Learning
Classrooms have Internet connectivity and can collaborate on common problems.

25. Our Vision for Transforming
Teaching and Learning
Performance-based assessment of student products published on the world wide web; also, self-assessments and monitoring of progress toward improvement on state content standards.

26. Our Vision for Transforming
Teaching and Learning
Our website contains numerous applications, links, collaborations, and virtual reference desks that support research, analysis, problem solving and communications, and these electronic resources will expand under TIPS.

27. After today’s workshop…
There will be one more workshop
T.B.A.

28. After today’s workshop…
You will be expected to develop a WebQuest that will be due by October 1
Ongoing help from staff developers & directors in developing your WebQuest by , listserv & phone
(toll free )

29. How Will the
TIPS/LTG Project
Benefit You?

30. In Closing

31. Keep Your Deck Chairs Facing Forward!!!