Think Outside the Book

Thinking Outside the Book

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

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SECTIONA1.AA, Subchapter A, Chapter 31, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 31.004 to read as follows:

…the district provides each student with textbooks, electronic textbooks, or instructional materials that cover all elements of the essential knowledge and skills adopted by the State Board of Education for that subject and grade level.

Texas

1082 (1) DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD —The district school board has1083 the duty to provide adequate instructional materials for all1084 students in accordance with the requirements of this part. The1085 term “adequate instructional materials” means a sufficient1086 number of textbooks or sets of materials that are available in1087 bound, unbound, kit, or package form and may consist of hard1088 backed or soft-backed textbooks, consumables, learning1089 laboratories, manipulatives, electronic media, and computer1090 courseware or software that serve as the basis for1091 instruction for each student in the core courses…

Florida


Where’s the book?

Seriously, where’s the book?

What if the internet goes down?

What if all my students

don’t have a computer?

What about literacy?

Does it support ELL?

What if our teachers aren’t ready for this

kind of change?

It’s digital? So, no hands-on

activities?


28 states/provinces1,400 schools

400,000+ students23,000 teachers


http://www.onlineeducation.net/digital-textbooksWednesday, October 17, 2012

http://www.onlineeducation.net/digital-textbooks

http://www.onlineeducation.net/digital-textbooks

Why?


Why?

What is it?


Why?

What is it? (What do you want it to be?)


Why?

What is it? (What do you want it to be?)

How do we make it work?


R U havN trouble rEDN DIS? iz it makin U :-||, ^set, Grr? DIS iz d way kds TLK. CreslE. It iz EZ 4 dem. dey luv it. dey luv it mo wen U spk thR lngwij. @ lEst a ltl bit.


Are you having trouble reading this? Is it making you mad, upset, angry? This is the way kids talk. Seriously. It is easy for

them. They love it. They love it more when you

speak their language. At least a little bit.


"The inventor or introducer of the system deserves to be ranked among the best contributors to learning and science, if not among the greatest benefactors of mankind."


1809Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Without my SMART board I am a boring teacher.


What is text?


http://thankstextbooks.tumblr.com




Context embedded

Cognitively undemanding

Talking on the playground

Context reduced

Cognitively undemanding

Talking on the phone

Context embedded

Cognitively demanding

Using manipulatives to solve a word problem

Context reduced

Cognitively demanding

Lectures about abstract concepts

Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills (BICS) vs. Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency (CALP) (Jim Cummins)


What do you want it to be?


Or...


Platform agnostic


Platform agnostic

Cost effective


Platform agnostic

Cost effective

Works with any technology set up


Accessible24/7


Support different learning styles


Current


Embedded assessment


Hands-On Digital


Meets students where they are ready to learn


Professional Development


Changes the paradigmWednesday, October 17, 2012

The ShiftInformational larger than literature

50% of text read should be informational by 4th grade

55% by 8th grade70% by 11th grade

Career and college ready

Writing, Reading, Media and Arguments


At the Core

Complex textsRange of disciplines

Getting to KnoweBooks

Reading Passages

Wide-ranging vocabulary Interactive glossary

Self-directed Assignments

Seeking out resources to assist them Student Center


Evaluate

Engage

Explore

Explain

Elaborate


Parent advocates


Parent advocates

Franklin Community Schools, IN

Grades 1-8116 teachers

3,036 students

Parent decision for adoptionCuster of computers in each

classroom


Not a technology initiative



Center Grove, IN


3,586 students

Pilot in 2010 - teachers drove decisionCG went against board’s decision to purchase1:1 in grades 3-5 and have laptop carts in 6-8

PD is focused on instructional strategy



Center Grove, IN


3,586 students

Pilot in 2010 - teachers drove decisionCG went against board’s decision to purchase1:1 in grades 3-5 and have laptop carts in 6-8

PD is focused on instructional strategy

Ridgefield, CT


1324 students

BYOD


Community


Community

Mansfield, TX

Grades 5-89,942 students107 teachers

Collier, FL

K-830 ES11 MS

29,641 students1,130 teachers


DiscoveryEducation.comhttp://tinyurl.com/BeyondTT

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