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FUTURE READY SCHOOLS-NJ (FRS-NJ)

Educational Technology

NJ School Boards Association &

Office of Educational Technology

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2016

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Outcomes

1. Understand digital learning and its purpose

2. Understand that Standard 8 requires thinking differently for most teachers and students, such that for every solution there is another solution (viable or not). Effective implementation relies on developing computational thinking skills that leads students toward; a) sustaining our world, b) creating the "best" long term solutions, and c) meeting a real-world need.

3. Understand that when implemented, Universal Design for Learning (UDL) can improve and optimize learning for all students

4. Review policies and practices for safe and secure learning environment

5. Understand that NJTRAx Technology Readiness and NJTRAx DL’s intended purpose

6. Develop goals, objectives and next steps for Future Ready planning and implementation

UNDERSTAND DIGITAL LEARNING AND

ITS PURPOSE

Outcome 1

Future Ready District

Future Ready School

Digital Learning

Environment

Why?

Digital Learning must be an integral part of your district goals

Digital Learning must be an integral part of your district goals to:

• support the notion that technology is an integral part of our world

Everyone is using

technology!

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What is 21st Century Education?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ax5cNlutAys

Where the Jobs Are

Sixty-one percent of online job openings for college grads are

in white-collar professional occupations (33%) and STEM

(28%) occupations, which together account for 1.1 million job

openings advertised online.

The most in-demand white-collar professional jobs are

accountants and auditors (with 49,000 advertisements) and

medical/health services managers (47,000).Learn more in a Georgetown University report, Where the Jobs Are.

Digital Learning must be an integral part of your district goals to:

• support the notion that technology is an integral part of our world

• ensure systemic implementation and avoid reinventing the wheel,

• ensure students meet standard 8 through their work across all content areas,

• provide strategies that help students learn

Digital Learning must be an integral part of your district goals to:

• support the notion that technology is an integral part of our world

• ensure systemic implementation and avoid reinventing the wheel,

• ensure students meet standard 8 through their work across all content areas,

• provide strategies that help students learn

• ensure students acquire the necessary skills over time to effectively and responsibly use technology

• prepare students for positive life outcomes (college & careers)

We are currently preparing students for jobs

that don’t yet exist…using technologies that

haven't been invented… in order to solve

problems we don’t even know are problems yet.

David Warlick “Redefining Literacy for the 21st

Century”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyIvSIY0MTM

https://youtu.be/d59eG1_Tt-Q

GUIDING VIEWING:

What is a digital learning environment?

DIGITAL LEARNING GLOSSARY OF TERMS

Digital learning – Any instructional practice that effectively uses technology to strengthen a student's learning experience and encompasses a wide spectrum of tools and practices, including -

(A) interactive learning resources, digital learning content (which may include openly licensed content), software, or simulations, that engage students in academic content;

(B) access to online databases and other primary source documents;

(C) the use of data and information to personalize learning and provide targeted supplementary instruction;

(D) online and computer-based assessments;

(E) learning environments that allow for rich collaboration and communication, which may include student collaboration with content experts and peers;

(F) hybrid or blended learning, which occurs during direct instructor supervision at a school or other location away from home and, at least in part, through online delivery of instruction with some element of student control over time, place, path or pace; and

(G) access to online course opportunities for students in rural or remote areas. (Source: Every Student Succeeds Act, 2015, www.ed.gov/essa)

Located at: http://www.state.nj.us/education/techno/glossary/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xGoBlI_fdg--//cew.georgetown.edu/report/the-online-college-labor-market/

GUIDING VIEWING:

How does digital learning prepare students for positive live outcomes?

TECHNOLOGY Levels the “playing field” for all students at both ends of the learning spectrum

http://iste-ten.weebly.com/

Digital Learning must be an integral part of your district goals to:

• support the notion that technology is an integral part of our world

• ensure systemic implementation and avoid reinventing the wheel,

• ensure students meet standard 8 through their work across all content areas,

• provide strategies that help students learn

• ensure students acquire the necessary skills over time to effectively and responsibly use technology

• prepare students for positive life outcomes (college & careers)

• meet Student Learning Standard 8.0: Technology

UNDERSTAND THAT STANDARD 8 REQUIRES THINKING DIFFERENTLY FOR

MOST TEACHERS AND STUDENTS, SUCH THAT FOR EVERY SOLUTION

THERE IS ANOTHER SOLUTION (VIABLE OR NOT).

EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION RELIES ON DEVELOPING COMPUTATIONAL

THINKING SKILLS THAT LEADS STUDENTS TOWARD;

1) SUSTAINING OUR WORLD,

2) CREATING THE "BEST" LONG TERM SOLUTIONS, AND

3) MEETING A REAL-WORLD NEED

Outcome 2

WHAT IS THE GOAL OF EDUCATION?

We are SIXTEEN years in to 21st century learning!

We need to facilitate leading students into learning on their own!

Twitter in the Classroom

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LmhYtIPUWk&feature=player_embedded

Computational Thinking

Is what?

We want to students to use technology in a way where he or she is actively engaged with the technology.

Computational thinking and coding can do for the classroom. It can develop more engaged and highly active learners.

Coding is one form of computational thinking

PART OF “THINKING” IS THE

UNDERSTANDING THAT IT IS OKAY AND

IMPORTANT TO FAIL

First Attempt In Learning

FMI: http://www.onlinecollege.org/2010/02/16/50-famously-successful-people-who-failed-at-first/

J.K. Rowling:

12 publishers

rejected her

manuscript.

Jerry Seinfeld:Booed off stage his

1st time at the

Comedy Club.

Col. Hardland

Sanders:His recipe rejected by

1009 restaurants.

Clint Eastwood: Fired by Universal

execs as Adam’s

apple too big

Steven Spielberg: USC rejected him

two times.

Stephen King:

1st book, Carrie

was rejected 30

times.

GUIDING VIEWING:

Why is it okay to fail?

WHAT OTHER CONTENT AREAS MAY BE

ADDRESSED IN THE ACTIVITY JUST

COMPLETED?

Digital empowerment

Get swift educational reform through digital empowerment.

Give kids access to learning and create content.

Digital empowerment – the great equalizer

Using technology tools isn't about funding, it's about vision, ideology and identifying priorities.

ACCESS

Definition from Google

UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN IMPLEMENTED, UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING

(UDL) CAN IMPROVE AND OPTIMIZE LEARNING FOR ALL STUDENTS

Outcome 3

EDUCATIONAL BARRIERS?

http://schoolsleuth.org/watch-videos/video/the-expert-files-richard-culatta/ #6

Barriers to Students – sometimes those labels placed upon students are barriers themselves to content.

Inclusive environments are successful because digital learning levels the playing field.

Barriers to Teachers – teachers may be empowered to improve their ability to facilitate digital learning in the classroom. Levels of Teaching Innovation (LoTI) - (http://www.loticonnection.com/)

Personalized professional development suggestions for individuals — Each participating

teacher and building leader will receive a free report that includes their individual survey results

and recommended resources consistent with the U.S. Department of Education's Future Ready

Schools initiative and aligned to the LoTI (Levels of Teaching Innovation) and H.E.A.T. (Higher

order thinking, Engaged learning, Authentic connections, Technology use) Frameworks, Digital

Age Best Practices, the ISTE Standards for Teachers and Administrators, and related frameworks.

Individual results include links to suggested professional development and instructional resources

that are personalized based on your survey results.

Barriers to Digital Learning – may be components like infrastructure…but often, it is the mindset of some

that hinder advances for digital learning in the school.

One framework to fill some gaps at the curricular level and instructional level is …

How does technology fill the teaching and learning gaps?

UDL at a Glance

http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDvKnY0g6e4

Universal Design

“Consider the needs of the broadest possible

range of users from the beginning”

Architect, Ron Mace

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The Center for Universal Design, NC State University

Universal Design is the design of

products and environments to be

usable by all people, to the greatest

extent possible, without the need for

adaptation or specialized design.

Definition of Universal Design

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A UDL Curriculum•Is designed, developed

and flexible from the start.

•Has built in supports.

•Is designed to maximize options for students and

teachers

•Meets the needs of all learners.

•Is under the auspices of

general education.

Center for Applied Special Technologies www.cast.org

IT’S NOT AN INTERVENTION!

Universal Design for Learning

The ultimate goal of applying UDL to instruction is

to help all learners to develop into expert

learners—learners who can assess their own

learning needs, monitor their own progress, and

regulate and sustain their interests, effort, and

persistence during learning tasks.

•CAST 2012

Philosophy - Learner Variability

...all learners develop into expert learners

All learners are unique

universal does not mean “one size fits all”

Variability Matters, a presentation delivered by Todd Rose

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)

UDL & ESSA

We want students to have (as John King, Secretary of Education says,) “a genuinely well-rounded

education – the kind of education that engages and intrigues kids, and allows them to discover their

interests in the arts, in science, in the world languages and so much else.)

REVIEW POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR SAFE AND SECURE

LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

Outcome 4

Consider policies and practices for safe and secure learning environments

1. Part of Title IVA in the ESSA legislation

2. Cybersafety

a) historical relevance-information remains online that is ‘deleted’

b) Predators -seek to exploit vulnerable children or adolescents for sexual or other abusive purposes

c) Phishing - the activity of defrauding an online account holder of financial information by posing as a legitimate company

d) Malware – harmful software to the device

3. CIPA

Note: A device does not need to be compliant if used outside of school network

Consider policies and practices for safe and secure learning environments

UNDERSTAND THAT NJTRAX TECHNOLOGY READINESS AND

NJTRAX DL’S INTENDED PURPOSE

Outcome 5

•Infrastructure, Teaching and Learning needs assessment, investigation and identification

•Resources:; NJTRAx Digital NJTRAx technology readiness Learning Surveys, etc.

•Requires equitable access in adopted technology based instructional models

•Three-year Action Plan with indicators including the following cyclical process:

• Pedagogy-UDL-TPCK-SAMR

• Professional Learning Coaching

• Evaluate Indicators

• Reflect & Adjust

www.state.nj.us/education/techno/localtech/tpdl/

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NJTRAx

www.njdigitallearning.org

• NJTRAx supports digital learning!

• NJTRAx rates a district or school in the following categories:

• Overall Technology Readiness

• Device Readiness

• Network Readiness

• Digital Learning Readiness

Leadership

Procurement of tools and methodologies/strategies for adoption

All (especially students) need to know how to choosethe right educational technology tool when needed and

use it in the most effective and efficient way

http://schoolsleuth.org/watch-videos/video/the-expert-files-richard-culatta/ #2

http://vimeo.com/62470169

Leadership

Responsibility to engage all stakeholders in creating and implementing a vision that empowers staff and students to prosper in digital environments.

Develop a technology plan for digital learning (including procurement plans)

Maximize teaching and time spent teaching (i.e., using devices for PARCC and digital learning)

Transformative budgeting considerations

http://schoolsleuth.org/watch-videos/video/the-expert-files-richard-culatta/ #10

Overview of Resourceshttp://www.state.nj.us/education/techno/s8at/

Overview of resources including digital tools that can assist students

and teachers in removing barriers within the curriculum, lesson plan

and classroom; and engaging students such as CADs, S8AT process,

instructional apps for students and teachers, and administrative

apps.

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Technology Planning for Digital Learning

“You plan for success or are willing to take less.” -Sue

•Federal government no longer mandates technology plans.

• New Tech Plan guidance offers a greater degree of flexibility.

•Technology Planning Guidance http://www.state.nj.us/education/techno/localtech/tpdl/

DEVELOP GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND NEXT STEPS FOR FUTURE READY PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION

Outcome 6

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CONSIDERATIONS for digital transformation

– Consider NJSBA policy guidance

– Results of Future Ready National District Report-Community

• Effective communication with municipalities and police

– Results of NJTRAx DL report, if completed

– Cultural competence

– Parental involvement -support at home

• Community and online mentoring and guidance for students at home

• Future Ready Grant program-districts will share the process in developing an effective mentoring partnership for digital learning

• Examples of effective collaborative district relationships

– Homework Gap (digital divide)http://schoolsleuth.org/watch-videos/video/the-expert-files-richard-culatta #5

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Technology is a tool, not a learning outcome

Concentrate

on the verbs,

not the

nouns

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• Digital Learning focuses on utilizing the power of technology to change the way students learn and teachers teach.

• There are specific strategies, practices and tools that increase learning.

• It is not the “stuff” in the room that help students and teachers, but the way the “stuff” is utilized by all.

Pedagogy, Technology & Content

These components cannot be taken separately; they have to overlap. This is when good

teaching happens.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=OFLQMK7EsUc

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There is a lot of work to be done, but it can be done as a community as a team! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qzzYrCTKuk&feature=related

TEAM ACTIVITY

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• Choose a recorder, time keeper

• Each team consider building or enhancing the district’s strategic planning goals, objectives and action plan.

Step 1: Answer the following questions:

A. Who needs to be part of the digital transformation conversation?

B. Who are your resources?

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Step 2: As a team, list one goal, objective and three action steps on chart paper that will lead the school or district to digital learning.

• Post paper

• Use post-its and post comment of praise, constructive criticism or any other reaction to other teams goals, objectives and or action steps.

Step 3: When all done – retrieve the team’s chart paper and determine if revisions are needed

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Step 3: When all done – retrieve the team’s chart paper and determine if revisions are needed. Note: Does the team need to consider revisions to the new district goals-objectives in the 2016-2019 Technology Plan?

Step 4: Post team’s (revised) chart paper back on wall.

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RESOURCESResisting Technology Is Soooo 20th Century, by Peter DeWitt

Education Weekhttp://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/finding_common_ground/2012/10/resisting_tec

hnology_is_soooo_20th_century.html?cmp=ENL-EU-VIEWS2

A dynamic document with resources developed for NJ educators that is continually being updated!http://tinyurl.com/viewtools

Resources

•Teacher Collaboration (teams) -TEAM WORK is important!! Use video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qzzYrCTKuk&feature=related (1:11)

•Basic UDL Information - http://www.wix.com/monicabraat/smartinclusion#!universal-design-for-learning

•Resource list for K-12 Computer Science:

•http://www.thecslist.com/

•https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14Wuv4FWMGHhLwcmuzVMNc_6gnguNT4TQonkC5SSIAOU/edit?pref=2&pli=1#gid=0 (Google account necessary)

•http://www.thecodingcorner.com/

•For teachers –

•http://smartinclusion.wikispaces.com/Smart+Inclusion+Home

•http://smartinclusion.wikispaces.com/Smart+Inclusion+Pedagogy

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• Laurence Cocco, Director

• Linda Carmona-Bell

• Christopher Cox

• Sandy O’Neil

• Joseph Seaman

• Sue Sullivan

• Sue Pancoast, Sec. Assist.

[first name.last name@doe.state.nj.us]

Educational Technology Office