R. Aleman, B. Becker, K. Dawson, A. Jumonville

Come and Tech It!Campus PD

Texas State Elementary• Title I campus • Located in the center of

urban Austin, TX• 800 students ranging from

grades PK through 5• 53% Hispanic, 22% African American,

20% White, and 5% Asian/Pacific Islander

• Approximately 57% of the student population is considered Limited English Proficient (LEP)

• 23% transit/mobility rate with the majority of students coming from a mobile home community and some from the condominiums located close the school

• 73% of that population being considered at-risk

• 87% economically disadvantaged students

• Acceptable rating from TEA• 30 teachers

• 12 teachers have less than 5 years of teaching experience

• 15 have 5 to 15 years

• 3 are veteran teachers with more than 15 years experience.

• 75% female educators

• 25% male educators

• 55% are Hispanic

• 35% are White

• 10% are African American

Professional Development Purpose

• Empower teachers with a variety of technological tools• Integration of technology in the

classrooms• Enhancement of classroom

instruction and student learning

• Create a campus that supports and practices the advancing technological world • Enables the campus to use

these new applications with ease and confidence.

• The Main Purpose is:

Creation of superior lessons that enhance and maintain a higher level of student learning

• Fun • Creative• Challenging• Differentiate

instruction

Purpose Continued…

• Directly impact teacher performance

• Providing them with a way to organize their time

• Assists in building stronger relationships with co-workers, administrators, community members, students and parents

• Accessible through electronic communication

• Flexible scheduling opportunities

• Showing them how to organize their time through various computer applications

•  Teacher confidence with these technological skills will lead to decreased stress level and increased availability in their busy lives

• Teacher mentor

• Exposed to this type of technology • Can naturally integrate it into their

everyday teaching and planning • Exposing the new teacher to the skill

set as they guide them through the school year

• New teacher to see the ease of use

• The reason for their implementation

• Viewing them as an asset and adopting them as a way to assist them in their struggles through the first year of teaching

Objectives

• To learn the use technology-based applications, such as interactive videos, games, presentation tools, and organizers, as part of my instruction

• To use applications such as Nearpod, Exit Ticket, Kahoot, Promethean ActivInspire Software, and Stick Around to develop and deliver lessons and assessments

• To incorporate the use of technology into student work using applications such as Google Apps for Education (GAFE), Aurasma, iMovie, Book Creator, Popplet, Educreations, Kidblog, virtual manipulatives, and Thinglink

Awareness Activities

• Provide adequate information from the teachers perspective and how it can positively impact their teaching and student learning outcomes

• Technology professional development needs assessment survey and we will link their needs to the program

• We will follow the meeting with an e-invite (email invitation) to invite teachers to the various types of training activities that will allow them to fill their technology tool box

Awareness

Activities

• “Come and Tech It” Social

• Kick off our program at Chipotle in August

• E-invite to the training• First 10 that sign up and attend will

receive a $10 Starbucks gift card• After that all that sign up and attend

will get a $5 gift card• Will collect upon arrival of the training

Incentives/Rewards

• Attendees are rewarded with the resources that they need in order to implement what is learned throughout the technology training

• And they include, but are not limited to the following:• iPads, new mac laptops, ceiling projectors, promethean boards,

computer audio equipment, and smart board projectors

• Everything is bluetooth so extra wiring will not be needed. Anything associated with the hook up of these items, including construction, will be funded through the district technology department

• Funded through a technology grant and a capital outlay approved request received at the closing of the fiscal year

PD Frameworks

• Technology workshops will be conducted through a series of rotations

• Staff members will be divided into 2 major groups

• PK-2 will attend the morning session

• 3rd through 5th grade teachers will attend the afternoon session

• Content presented will be grade level focused, and will provide age appropriate apps

• First two hours • provide training and

demonstrations of different apps related to their grade level and technological equipment

• Last two hours- the teachers to participate in “App Smashing”.

• Each teaching group will roll two dice, one will contain all the different apps presented and the other will contain the different types of equipment.

• Teaching groups will then be asked to use the app and equipment rolled in a lesson

• After given time to create the lesson, then the teachers will present to the other teacher groups

• Digital Literacy Representatives (DLR)

• Teacher Leaders• Be nominated• Minimum of three years of

experience• Application of intent to show that

they accept the nomination

• The job of a DLR

• Provide teachers support in integrating technology into their lessons

• Lead Lunch and Learn• Assist the aforementioned trainings• Responsible for researching different

apps and equipment• Writing a Tech Tip newsletter

monthly• Submitting grants to increase

technological equipment in classrooms

• Community partnerships• Google, Samsung, and Dell• The students and teachers benefit from

this partnership by gaining experience through Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) lessons

• Businesses benefit • Teaching students certain skill sets

that will later benefit them in higher education and employment.

• Utilize the data collected in their research labs

• Provide free parent classes• Parents learn how to support their

students technological needs for assignments

• How to utilize technology for educational purposes at home

PD Frameworks

Formative Program Evaluation

Follow-up Meetings

•Every 4 weeks •Teachers discuss and provide feedback with their cohort about how the program is going

•Supervisors and program instructors attend this meeting• Review the implementation of

these new skills• Gain insight about what

happening in the classrooms• They will also assess student

learning outcomes

Tech Blog

• A type of journaling• Share their experiences throughout

the implementation • After every training and workshop

the teachers will be asked to use the newly learned skill in their classroom and then they will write a short reflection on how the process went

• Teacher’s complaints and success to be heard promptly, especially if a struggle takes place

• Provides support through reflection as they can review it for themselves and make adjustments accordingly

• Assist them seeing their progression throughout the program

Observations and Evaluations• The teacher participant will schedule various times for

observations • Other teachers in the program and the supervisor assigned can see them

teaching a lesson using one of the technology skills learned throughout the program’s trainings and workshops

• Meet• Discuss the lesson focusing on the strengths and weaknesses, • Address any concerns or problem areas, that the teacher would like assistance

on.

• Designed to build confidence with  the new skill set learned at the training.

• Evaluation tool for administrators overseeing how the program is running.

• Technology instructors will be asked to provide their feedback about the processes and implementation of the program via google forms

Formative Program Evaluation

Provisions• Issues

• Depends on where the problem first was detected• Handled by the lowest level possible

• Students• Teachers• Tech Instructor• Supervisor

Formative Program Evaluation

Summative Evaluation

Digital Portfolio• Include their blog entries

• Evaluate the lessons learned and the benefits of the program

• Insert pictures, videos, and files of student work that was collected during the program

• Meet with their cohort • Will present their digital portfolio • Share what they have learned• Supervisors

• Gather notes, feedback and information applicable to the program

• Assist in continued successful implementation

Classroom Observations • Year-end observation • Peer-teachers and the supervisor

watch a lesson using one of the technology skills

• Meet with the supervisor • Discuss the lesson • Strengths and weaknesses• Provide detailed information about the programs

effectiveness• At this time, the supervisor can gain great insight

about the overall productiveness of the program• Thank the teacher for volunteering • Ask for ways that the program can be better in the

future

Summative Evaluation

Summative Evaluation

Student and Parent Interviews

• Collect data from different perspectives

• Allowing the students and the community to voice their opinion about the things they like and disliked about the program

• Written questionnaires and surveys

• Video recorded interviews and conversations

• Select and survey students (and their parents), that were in these technology advanced classrooms• benefited from and utilized the

new resources• were able to gain extensive

knowledge about the program • How we can improve it

• Students (and their parents) not in the program• What they have heard of the

program• What they know about it • How they feel about being in one

in the future• How we can improve it

Timeline

Timeline

Date Objective Activity Evaluation

August 2015

To learn the use of technology-based applications, such as interactive videos, games, presentation tools, and organizers, as part of my instruction.

Professional Development session using technology based applications for PD instruction. Integrating technology into daily instruction.

*Walkthroughs in classrooms to observe technology being used for instruction. *Check-ins/blog

December 2015

To use applications such as Nearpod, Exit Ticket, Kahoot, Promethean ActivInspire Software, and Stick Around to develop and deliver lessons and assessments.

Technology workshop with tech stations for teachers to become familiar with applications. Develop lessons and assessments to be implemented in their classroom as the outcome of the PD.

* Lesson and assessments using these applications will be a part of the tech portfolio. *Follow-up meetings * Reflection on tech blog

March 2016

To incorporate the use of technology into student work using applications such as Google Apps for Education (GAFE), Aurasma, iMovie, Book Creator, Popplet, Educreations, Kidblog, virtual manipulatives, and Thinglink.

Develop a student project incorporating one or more of the educational applications as part of the learning process that covers TEKS of a subject area you teach.

* Lesson and assessments using these applications will be a part of the tech portfolio. *Follow-up meetings * Reflection on tech blog