A report given by the Technology Integration Coach of a Pennsylvania School District to members and guests the local School Board.

1. TechnologyIntegrationCoach ReportJanuary 2010 The State of 21st Century Teaching and Learning at Whitehall

2. An Old Job in a new EraThe Role of aTechnologyIntegration Coach

3. The TechnologyIntegration Coach… Assists classroom teachers to successfully integrate the use of effective 21st Century teaching strategies and multiple technologies Provides “just in time,” embedded and ongoing professional development for teachers, staff, and administration

4. The TechnologyIntegration Coach… Facilitates school-based high quality professional development, working with teachers (in teams or individually) Models the effective use of technology integration strategies and multiple technologies into curriculum Co-teaches in order to help teachers using new strategies and technologies

5. the TIC Helps Teachers keep One of these… FROM BECOMINGA very Expensive… … One of these!

7. Presenter

8. Developer

9. Dreamer

10. Long-range Planner

11. Demonstrator

12. Facilitator

14. 21st Century Teaching and Learning promotes skills necessary for survival in a global technological economy… Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Collaboration across Networks and Leading by Influence Intellectual Agility, Flexibility, andAdaptability Initiative and Entrepreneurialism

15. 21st Century Teaching and Learning promotes skills necessary for survival in a global technological economy… Effective Oral and Written Communication Skills Ability to Access and Analyze Information Authenticity – working on real problems using real data to find real solutions Curiosity and Imagination

16. And more… Hardware knowledge Network navigation skills Ability to synthesize ideas from huge amounts of raw information Database skills Vetting skills – is it or is it not valid information Cultural awareness and interaction skills

18. Navigating through, participating in, and creating content for global social networks

19. Strong video, image, and audio production skills

20. Working for a world-wide audience instead of a teacher or a boss

22. Mash-ups

23. Blogs

24. Wikis

25. VoIP

26. A host ofWeb 2.0 + tools

27. Global resources

29. Solid Curriculum Flows From the Standards PDE’s Standards Aligned System is making the curriculum creation and improvement cycle more efficient and effective every day!

30. pdesas.org

31. Building Curriculum with 21st century tools

33. How important will traditional skills actually be inthe 21st Century… keyboarding for example!

35. Things Happening www.wcsd.wikispaces.net Purchase of Wikispaces Private Label account 9/09 Includes Administrative oversight of all wikis and users 56 Teacher Wikis as of 1/8/10 1, 356 users registered as of 1/8/10 Wikis are being used for everything fromclassroom wikis/web pages to Zephyr Radio and Club Wikis

42. Things Happening Moodle.CLIU.org Moodle = Modular Object Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment Excellent platform for integrating 21st Century Teaching and Learning! Currently have 99 course spaces for many grade levels at Moodle.CLIU.org Moodle is being used for everything from providing links to Web 2.0 tools to preparing for and administering final exams!

47. Other Things Happening Laptops, Smart Board, and two projectors utilized heavily in the High School Library Computer carts based in TIC office used daily Computer carts and other technology scheduled completely online Numerous hardware and software trainings offered in groups and individually

48. Other Things Happening Classroom Performance Systems (the clickers) are being used more frequently More teachers engaging in self-directed training such as webinars Teachers throughout the district are working to incorporate 21st Century teaching techniques into their lesson plans

50. On the way…

51. On the way…

52. On the way… Wow! Do you see future discussions here?

53. A walk throughThe high SchoolOne day Last Week

69. http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/JxD9b5DH_P8FQ6CeNV8BTw