7. The clear answer is “YES”
The great part… it is cost effective too!
8.
9. Pilot use of personal
response systems in 10
High School Classrooms
Cost per class - $3750
Assess growth on MAP
1 Year from now –
evaluate
10. Response systems improve
student learning
primarily by increasing
engagement, increasing
positive attitudes
regarding school by both
staff and students, by
and allowing for
immediate feedback
(Penuel et. Al., 2007).
11. Faculty at UC Santa Barbara – Student Response Systems
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-TVRsbsbdo&feature=related
12. “Concern for man and his fate
must always form the chief
interest of all technical
endeavors. Never forget this
in the midst of your
diagrams and equations. “
Albert Einstein
Editor's Notes
NOTE: This will be the MOST important aspect of this assignment, since you will be graded primarily on the CONTENT and ORGANIZATION OF THAT CONTENT within your PowerPoint presentation.
Maximum of 12 slides. If you include more than this, you will receive a 0 for this part of the assignment. I am interested to see how you organize materials for a CONCISE, persuasive presentation.
Opening slide must contain your full name.
Be sure to include speaker notes on EACH slide within PowerPoint, showing the detail that you intend to include when you actually speak. The slides themselves should contain short phrases and keywords -- NOT entire paragraphs that you'll read aloud to the audience. The speaker notes area within PowerPoint (go into NOTES view to see the area you can type) will give me an idea of what you intend to say and the evidence you intend to highlight from your readings along with those brief ideas on the slide itself.
Be consistent in your background and font choices so that the look is professional.
Follow the guidelines for effective PowerPoint presentations (do a Google search to find these types of tips) in terms of contrast, choice of color, use of graphics and animations, etc.Don't overdo it! I'm usually not impressed with presentations that have too many animations/special effects, but little cohesive content.
You MUST include a menu that allows you to navigate from one section of the presentation to another:
tutorial on how to do this in PowerPoint 2003
tutorial on how to do this in PowerPoint 2007
Do NOT use the bulleted list layout for more than 3 slides. Using one layout gets very monotonous for the audience. There are a variety of other slide layouts to choose from (2-column for comparisons, graphs, etc.) that can and should be used for 9 of the 12 slides.
Grading Rubric: PowerPoint
PowerPoint(35 pts)
(20 pts) Content
Highlights effect of technology on student achievement, with evidence from the articles to support your arguments
Speaker notes
(5 pts) Navigation -- Buttons / menu items
(10 pts) Mechanical
<= 12 slides
Consistent background, font
Variety of slide types for 9/12 slides -- don't use a bulleted list for the majority of your slides!
Posting on Slideshare and
embedding on our wiki
(15 pts)
Publish your slideshow on SlideShare by following the steps below:
Go to http://www.slideshare.net
Apply for an account
Click on Upload (near the top) to upload your PowerPoint presentation
(must be in PwrPt 2003 format -- cannot upload a PwrPt 2007 to SlideShare)
Choose category to be EDUCATION
Indicate PRIVACY LEVEL to be "PUBLIC" (note -- if you'd rather not have it publicly available to everyone, you'll need to establish a contact list and put me on it so that I can see the presentation).
When the upload is complete, click on the name of the presentation, and look for the "EMBED CODE" -- use your mouse to select the line of code and COPY it (to the clipboard).
Embed your presentation into the ED 633 wiki at http://ed633rf.wikispaces.com
1. You'll receive an email invitation to our class wiki.
In the http://ed633rf.wikispaces.com class wiki, there's a page called PowerPoints. This is where ALL of you will put your embed code.
In the left navigation area,
Click on the page named PowerPoints.
Make sure that your opening slide in your PowerPoint presentation shows your full name!
click on "EDIT" .
Find your cell in the table and click your mouse into that cell.
Click on WIDGET and paste your embed code into the text area.
Save.
In this presentation, I will be discussing the positive influence that technology can influence in our ability to deliver sound curriculum that will help students understand and apply the material from a specific curriculum. We will discuss a brief historical overview of technological tools used in education, followed by ways to apply technology using research proven methodology, an assessment of research on how technology influences student performance and knowledge, and then concluding with a specific proposal that staff in the district are seeking regarding technology.
INTRODUCTION – Hypothetical questions – Who in here remembers using paper in your education? Books? Pencils? Electricity? All of these things are technology that were new to someone at one point in time.
Without the Chinese, we wouldn’t have paper… how would our society and school system be different without paper?
Without the invention of the printing press and Johan Guttenberg, we would not have the widespread nature of books and information…how would our society and school system be different without books and the spread of information that coincided with the invention of the printing press?
As you can see, these technologies, which were “new” at some point in history, are essential in our education process today. At one point in time, these were viewed as innovative. Now they are taken for granted because they are so widespread. Many of the technologies we use in schools today were innovative and new less than a decade ago. We need to be willing to incorporate these new technologies to enable students to develop into productive citizens and prepare them for the workforce in the 21st century.
With the invention and development of radio, television and the ability to play movies in class, teachers in the mid through late 20th century were opened up to a new world of educational possibilities. Yet, at one time, even these technologies which many of you were exposed to frequently in your classrooms were cutting edge. During my time in secondary education, we were just beginning to use the internet and computers on a wide scale. Now, these tools are ingrained in virtually every classroom, and when used systematically and effectively, have proven there value in increased student performance.
For example, Spencer (1999) discussed the role that media and computers play in improving student knowledge and performance. He found that, in an analysis of students performance in reading and spelling, computer assisted instruction and computer learning simulations produced an effect size of .29 and .49, respectively. These results, as you can see, proved technology to be more effective than traditional methodology, such as assigned homework and visual-based instruction.
Marzano, in his seminal work on classroom practices, identified the 9 strategies that have the largest positive effect on student learning. These are…
Identifying Similarities and Differences
Summarizing and Note Taking
Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition
Homework and Practice
Nonlinguistic Representations
Cooperative Learning
Setting Objectives and Providing Feedback
Generating and Testing Hypotheses
Questions, Cues, and Advanced Organizers
All of these learning tools can be implemented easily using technology… (Brabec, Fisher and Pitler, 2004).
The examples above are a few simple examples of ways that technology can enhance research based instructional practices. Other research, much of it carried out at McREL, points to the effectiveness and importance of using technology in education. A variety of resources for professional development and application are also readily available, and many other schools are using technology to enhance these practices (Brabec, Fisher and Pitler, 2004).
A variety of studies have pointed to the effectiveness of educational technology. When assessing the value of a practice, educators often go to what is called a “Meta-Analysis.” These summaries of research clearly point that technology is effective when implemented correctly, and it is cost effective in that you get a large “bang for your buck.”
Schater, in his meta analysis of the value of technology in education, found that when compared to control groups, technology imporved student performance at a variety of levels. As you can see above, student gains as measured by a percentile increased from a high of 22 and a low of 9.
West Fargo High School would like to pilot the use of personal response systems, or voters. These could be implemented in 10 classrooms with a class size average of 25 students and a cost of $15 each voter for a total of $3750. After a year of application, student growth on the MAP test will be assessed to determine the effectiveness of this proposal. We will evaluate the success of this program in one years time.
In the journal article “Teaching with student responses systems in elementary and secondary education settings: A survey study,” personal response systems, review of previous literature and a survey of 584 classrooms showed that personal response systems were effective at increasing student engagement, increasing positives attitudes regarding what goes on in the classroom for both the students and faculty, and helping to facilitate immediate feedback and reflection, which are all items that are correlated with increased student performance (Penuel et. al., 2007).
VIDEO – 3 minutes – Faculty at UC Santa Barbara discussing ways to use personal response systems.
Our endeavor here, and everything we do, must always be student-centered. I believe that this technology will aide in student growth and learning, or I would not be presenting to you today. I hope you will see the value in this and support us in this endeavor. Thank your for your time.
