EDUC W200 Week 2 SOURCES OF CONFLICT
Jun 15, 2015
EDUC W200 Week 2
SOURCES OF CONFLICT
EDUC W200 Week 2
Teachers experience…
• A need to assure that students are learning to the expectation (in other words, the academic standards)o Indiana Academic Standards vs. Common Core State Standards o How to search or read standards?o Push from the top: NCLB / RTTT
• A need to accommodate the changing learning styles of the digital nativeso Digital Natives (Mark Prensky, 2001)o Millennials (Self-Test: How Millennial Are You?)
• A need to create innovative learning experiences—often discussed in association with technology. Why?
EDUC W200 Week 2
Let’s look at some details… (Things you may want to know, even remember…)
EDUC W200 Week 2
ACADEMIC STANDARDS
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WHY COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS?
• Preparation: the standards prepare students to be college- and career- ready upon completion of high school.
• Competition: the standards are internationally benchmarked to help ensure our students are globally competitive.
• Equity: Expectations are consistent for all – and not dependent on a student’s zip code.
• Clarity: the standards are focused, coherent, and clear. Clearer standards help student (and parents and teachers) understand what is expected of them.
• Collaboration: the standards permit unprecedented opportunities for collaboration across states and districts.
EDUC W200 Week 2
EDUC W200 Week 2
NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND (NCLB)
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KEY ELEMENTS OF NCLB
• States must develop their own accountability systems (largely standardized tests).
• Schools must make “adequate yearly progress” in standardized test scores. (Those that don’t are put on a published list of “failing schools,” and parents can transfer their students to another school.)
• All teachers must be “highly qualified” (by 2005).• Schools must use “scientifically based” practices
and methods.• Students must be “technology-literate” by eighth
grade.
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NCLB & ACADEMIC STANDARDS
• Main reasons for academic standards …• To make sure students are learning what they’re
supposed to learn at a particular level • To clearly measure student outcomes
o “The standards-based education reform, setting high standards and establishing measurable goals will improve students’ outcomes”
o “Whatever each state decides students will learn, each school must prove that students are learning it.”
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OBAMA AND NCLB
• The greater push is to hold schools accountable for student test scoreso Assessing student performance
• Indiana granted NCLB Waiver (May 2012)• What does this mean for Indiana?
EDUC W200 Week 2
EDUC W200 Week 2
TECHNOLOGY IN STANDARDS-BASED EDUCATION
• Administrators, parents and students have expectations about technology use in the classroom
• Your students need to meet state standards• It is important for you to know how to
integrate technology into your classroom based on the standards
• This is what w200 is all about!
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SOLUTIONS…
• But what about individualized learning and customized learning? How can you meet the standards and your students’ needs?
• Webquests are one solution.