Agenda+&+Assignment

=**Development and Planning of Curriculum and Assessment II/Module IV Technology Integration**= //**A Work in Progress Check Back Often**// Mon. 8/30
 * Fall 2010 - EDU584/EDU580 (Module IV) Cohort 3 - University of Maine Farmington**
 * **--Session--** || **--What We Will Do in Class--** || //**--What You Need To Have Done Before Coming to Class--**// ||
 * **Class 1**
 * Excel**
 * Multiple Measures of Data**

Mon. 9/13 Mon. 9/20
 * 9/6 Labor Day**
 * No Class** || # Contacted student through email (see below) and provided them with assignments (buy textbook, read syllabus, explore wiki links and create graphic philosophy).
 * 1) Sharing of graphic philosophy
 * 2) Course overview/Syllabus/snow day process/Skype Buddy Program
 * 3) Look ahead at dates for Book Talk presentations and work session
 * 4) Required software (make sure your computer for this year has correct versions of Excel and Word)--deadline 9/20/2010
 * 5) Map out the timeframe for teaching your integrated unit (student products must be finished before 11/15/2010)
 * 6) Data collection of a unit - assessment timeline
 * 7) Powerpoint Chapter 2
 * 8) Multiple Measures of Data Activity (ACTCreat.pdf page 2)
 * 9) Sharing interest and concerns of Chapters 1, 2 (3 is next week)
 * 10) Take Mid Survey
 * 11) Resources for practicing and learning Excel skills || * **__Read__:** Syllabus
 * **__Read__:** //Using Data to Improve Student Learning// chapters 1, 2, 3 and be prepared to share a list of the things that interested or concerned you from your readings.
 * **__Due:__** Create a [|wordle] graphic of your EDU 581 philosophy paper and post the URL to artifacts page. ||
 * **Class 2**
 * Demograhics** || # Student Information
 * 1) Horizontal teams selection
 * 2) Date selection (11/01, 11/08, 11/15) of student product presentations
 * 3) Learning styles inventory
 * 4) Discuss age-appropriate learning style inventories
 * 5) Downloading files from Victoria Bernhardt's CD
 * 6) Powerpoint Chapter 3 Slide 22
 * 7) Sharing interest and concerns of Chapter 3 (CSIPlang.pdf)
 * 8) Chapter 4 - Who Are We? Complete the three study questions at the end of the chapter in your individual teams.
 * 9) Start searching for your district and school demographic data Resources for finding data
 * 10) Introducing the LPLC and the Curriculum Strand task
 * 11) Work session: Getting ready for Excel || * **__Read:__** //Using Data to Improve Student Learning// chapter 4
 * **__WIP:__** Required software installed on your laptop
 * Align your unit assessment timeline to a calendar and bring to class.
 * **__WIP:__** Reading your book. ||
 * **Class 3**

Mon. 9/27 Mon. 10/4
 * Demograhics** || # Sharing of Learning Style inventories
 * 1) In-Class work session: Demographic Profiles
 * 2) Resources for finding data
 * 3) Meet with your booktalk team Booktalk Checklist || * **__Due:__** Required software installed on your laptop
 * **__Bring:__** Learning Style instrument to share with your horizontal teams.
 * **__Bring:__** Demographic Data of your school
 * **__WIP:__** Reading your book.
 * **__WIP:__** LPLC and Curriculum Strand ||
 * **Class 4**
 * Book Talk** || # LPLC status and Curriculum Strand
 * 1) [|Evaluating_Web_Sites_TeacherUse.doc]
 * 2) Intellectual property
 * 3) [|Creative Common Video]
 * 4) [|Fair Use Guideline]
 * 5) Status of your School Data Profile (including Excel Document)--cleaning up the profile; clarifying questions; renumbering the Figures; completing the study questions at the end
 * 6) In-Class Work Session: book talk teams || * **__Due__:** Finish reading your book and bring ideas for your book talk presentation.
 * **__WIP:__** School Data Profile
 * **__WIP:__** LPLC and Curriculum Strand ||
 * **Class 5**
 * Perception**

Mon. 10/18 Mon. 10/25
 * 10/11 Columbus Day**
 * No Class** || # Book talk presentation (2)
 * 1) Chapter 5 - How Do We Do Business?
 * 2) Surveying (Student, Staff and Parents) Institutional Review Board (IRB)
 * 3) In-Class work session to start your perception survey - Design student perception survey for your integrated unit - feedback will be completed in class; add to your assessment timeline
 * 4) Quick chat about Chapter 6 - Research terms and Reporting category. || * **__Read:__** //Using Data to Improve Student Learning// chapter 5
 * **__Due:__** Book talk presentation - Change Process -- //Leading Change in Your School// (Lyndsay, Heather, Jennifer), and Data-Driven Decision Making -- //Results: The Key to Continuous School Improvement// (Zach, Tara)
 * **__WIP:__** LPLC and Curriculum Strand
 * **__WIP:__** School Data Profile ||
 * **Class 6**
 * Student Learning** || # Book talk presentations (1)
 * 1) Resource Wiki Project
 * 2) Share Drafts of Student Perception Survey
 * 3) Google Docs - Forms
 * 4) Student products check-in
 * 5) Chapter 6 -Where Are We Now?
 * 6) Work-session to start Learning Data Profile - School Student Learning Data Profile (El/MS grade level); use your NECAP State Data Summary Report (1 years); select one reporting category to include in the profile. (HS) use your SAT State Data Summary Report (3 years); select one reporting category to include in the profile. || * __**Due:**__ School Data Profile & Excel Document - upload your documents on the class wiki
 * **__Read:__** //Using Data to Improve Student Learning// chapter 6
 * **Bring:** Drafts of Perception Survey.
 * **__Due:__** Book talk presentation - Technology Literacy -- //Redefining Literacy 2.0// (Megan, Abby, Peggy)
 * **__Due:__** Book talk response - Change Process, and Data Decision
 * **__Due:__** Determination of LPLC and selection of Curriculum Strand
 * **__Bring:__** pdf file of School Summary Reports
 * Elementary (NECAP) 2009
 * Middle (NECAP) 2009
 * High (SAT) 2010, 2009, 2008
 * **__WIP:__** Administer your questionnaire to your students after the integrated unit is completed. ||
 * **Class 7**

Mon. 11/1 || # Presentation of student products - (15 min. each) Heather, Tara, Lyndsay Mon. 11/8 || # Presentation of student products - (15 min. each) Jen F., Abby, Jen B., Myrna Mon. 11/15
 * School Process** || # Book talk presentations (1)
 * 1) Work-Session School Student Learning Data Profile
 * 2) Chapter 7 - What are the Gaps and What Are the Root Causes of the Gaps? These are the details for PLC to explore and to determine the resource needs to assist in student learning.
 * 3) Chapter 8 - How Can We Get to Where We Want to Be? Notice the observable and mesurable aspects of the plan in Figure 8.1
 * 4) In-class resource wiki work session Resource Wiki Project
 * 5) [|Wikispaces Tour]
 * 6) From now until December 6, work with colleagues in your LPLC and work on Resource Wiki Project. || * **__Due:__** Book talk response - Technology Literacy
 * **__Due:__** Book talk presentation 21st Century Thinking -- //A Whole New Mind// (Jennah, Jen, Myrna, Linnea),
 * **__Read:__** //Using Data to Improve Student Learning// chapters 7, 8
 * **__Due:__** School Student Learning Data Profile - Graphs
 * **__Due:__** Gather at least ten web resources that specifically address the target curriculum strand.
 * **__WIP:__** Administer your questionnaire to your students after the integrated unit is completed.
 * **__Select__:** Three or more colleagues in your local educational community who will partner with you to create a Local Professional Learning Community. If you are already part of a LPLC, determine a way that you can enhance what already exists.
 * As a leader, work with the LPLC to identify a curriculum strand that needs improvement or enhancement OR present your findings to your LPLC of a curriculum strand that should be targeted after reviewing sate and national standards ||
 * **Class 8**
 * 1) Chapter 9 (MS/HS)/10(Elem) - Conclusions and Recommendations
 * 2) Discussion Demographics, Student Perception, and Student Learning data of your class.
 * 3) Build (or finish building) spreadsheet for gathering/entering demographic data on your students in your class from your integrated unit (gender, ethnicity, free & reduced lunch, identified disability, ELL, G/T, Title IA, learning styles and grade level if appropriate).
 * 4) Overview of Classroom Profile [[file:Classroom Profile Checklist.docx]]
 * 5) In-class work session - Start Classroom Profile. Analyze (count, percentage) demographic data of your class and create the Demographic section (including charts/tables, graphs, and narratives) of your Classroom Profile. || * **__Due:__** First round of student products
 * **__Due:__** Book talk response - 21st Century Thinking (Sparks)
 * **__Read:__** //Using Data to Improve Student Learning// chapter 9 for MS and HS, chapter 10 for elementary
 * **__Due:__** School Student Learning Data Profile - upload your document on the class wiki
 * **__Due:__** Gather class demographics (where possible without violating FERPA) - total number of students in class, grade level, gender, ethnicity, free & reduced lunch, identified disability, ELL, G/T, Title IA, learning styles--start putting the information in a spreadsheet
 * **__WIP:__** Resource Wiki
 * **__WIP:__** Administer your questionnaire to your students after the integrated unit is completed. ||
 * **Class 9**
 * 1) Clean up your School Data Profile and School Learning Profile
 * 2) Review Classroom Profile (Demographic) document and Excel File
 * 3) Build spreadsheet for gathering student learning data related to your integrated unit and discuss correlation.
 * 4) In-class work session - Add to Classroom Profile. Analyze (averages, totals, counts, and correlations) student learning data of your unit for your class and create the Student Learning section (including charts/tables, graphs, and narratives) of your Classroom Profile. || * **__Due:__** Second round of student products
 * **__Due:__** Finish gathering demographics— total number of students in class, grade level, gender, ethnicity, free & reduced lunch, identified disability, ELL, G/T, Title IA, learning styles and insert data into your Excel Spreadsheet and create your Class Data Profile.
 * **__Due:__** Gather your unit data -- formative and summative data from your integrated unit.
 * __**Due:**__ Check your assessment timeline on the EDU 583 artifacts page and update it to reflect your best unit
 * **__WIP:__** Administer your questionnaire to your students after the integrated unit is completed.
 * **__WIP:__** Resource Wiki ||
 * **Class 10**

Mon. 11/29 || # Presentation of student products - (15 min. each) Peggy, Linnea Mon. 12/6 || # Presentation of student products - (15 min. each) Megan Mon. 12/13
 * 11/22 Thanksgiving**
 * No Class** || # Presentation of student products - (15 min. each) Jennah, Zack
 * 1) Review Classroom Profile (Demographic, Student Learning) document and Excel File
 * 2) In-class work session
 * Analyze (count, percentage, correlations, etc.) your student perception questionnaire results and create the Perceptions section (including charts, graphs, and narratives) of your Classroom Profile
 * Bernhardt graph of perceptions[[file:Perception Survey Gender.xls]]
 * Process - UbD and Type II Technology
 * Draw conclusion (what are the gaps and root causes) make recommendations using the chart. [[file:Classroom Profile Analysis Chart.docx]]
 * Use Resource Wiki Project Rubric to self-evaluate your Resource Wiki. || * **__Due:__** Third round of student products
 * **__Due:__** Finish gathering your unit data -- formative and summative data from your integrated unit
 * **__Due:__** Bring your student perception questionnaire results.
 * **__WIP:__** Resource Wiki ||
 * **Class 11**
 * 1) Reflection on teaching of integrated unit - post on Blog and use the collaboration label.
 * 2) Final Reflection Statement
 * 3) [|MyCampus] Test password for TK20
 * 4) In-class work session
 * 5) Updating your Integrated Unit Plan to reflect improvements, notes, changes, etc.
 * 6) Wiki Resource Project **Due 12/6**
 * 7) Evaluation Document - Create a zip file of the following five documents. **Due 12/13**
 * School Data Profile
 * School Student Learning Data Profile
 * Classroom Profile (demographics, student learning, perception data Process and Conclusion)
 * Integrated Unit Plan (Word document)
 * Assessment Timeline (.pdf of the wiki page) || * **__Due:__** Fourth round of student products
 * **__Due:__** Classroom Profile (Demographic, Student Learning, Perception Data, Process and Conclusion) - Upload the document to the class wiki for feedback.
 * **__WIP:__** Clean up your School Data Profile and School Learning Profile ||
 * **Class 12**
 * 1) Share resource wikis
 * 2) Technology Workshop 5:30-6:30
 * 3) Back up wiki to a zip file.
 * 4) Upload Resource Wiki Project wiki zip file and URL to TK20
 * 5) [[file:Student Instructions Updated TK20 Fall2010.doc]]
 * 6) Discuss 'Celebration?' for next class
 * 7) Update your technology log for EDU 580. || * **__Due:__** Fifth round of student products
 * **__Due:__** Resource wiki - Post link on artifacts page of class wiki and self-assess your Resource Wiki Project using the rubric and bring the hard copy to class.
 * **__Due:__** Reflection on teaching of integrated unit - Post on Blog and use the collaboration label.
 * **__WIP:__** Finish cleaning up your School Data Profile, School Learning Profile and Classroom Profile
 * **__Due:__** Finalized Integrated Unit Plan ||
 * **Class 13**
 * (Finals Week)** || # [|iBand] This is a Christmas surprise so don't open until Monday night's class.
 * 1) Follow-Up Survey
 * 2) [|Cool Site] Great resources to explore.
 * 3) Double check TK20 & uploaded evaluation documents
 * 4) Share final reflection
 * 5) UMF evaluation || * **__Due:__** Upload Evaluation Document zip file to the artifacts page of class wiki.
 * **__Due:__** Reflection Statement ||