Making a Difference in YOUR District

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Making a Difference in YOUR District!

• 2009 MAME Conference
• Grand Traverse Resort
• Barb Fardell fardellb_at_michigan.gov
• MDE Ed.Tech Consultant

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Reality

• Little gain in student achievement
• Disengaged students
• High dropout rates
• Less FTE this year
• Next year will be worse
• No easy solution
• Layoffs in our future

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Dealing With It!How You Can Make a Difference

• Resources for teachers aligned to content
  expectations
• 21st Century Skills (METS-S)
• Reducing cost with digital content
• Online learning
• Teacher Training
• Increasing Student Count

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MMC Digital Content Coming Soon!

• 24 Two Semester Courses
• Algebra I
• Algebra II
• Geometry
• Pre-Calc
• Calculus

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MMC Digital Content
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• 24 Two Semester Courses
• English I, II, III, IV
• Biology
• Physics
• Chemistry
• Marine Science
• World History, American History, Global Studies

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MMC Digital Content

• 24 Two Semester Courses
• Spanish I, Spanish II, Spanish III
• Latin I, Latin II
• Earth Space Science, Web Design I
• Web Design II
• 16 Honors Courses

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Lets Take a Look!

• Content currently on Genesee ISD Servers
• Announcements will come via techplan.org,
  michigan.gov/edtech, through statewide
  organizations, MACAE, MAISA, MACUL, REMC, MEIM,
  etc.
• Lets take a look!

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More Free Content

• Hippocampus check out new mini-sites!
• Captioned Media
• Big Deal Books
• MIT Opencourseware
• Algebra I Credit Recovery Aventa
• For access contact GISD at [phone], Option
  4

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Even MORE Free Content!

• Annenberg Media Learner.org
• World Languages!
• SAS Curriculum Pathways
• MORE (Michigan Online Resources for Educators)
• Enterzon.com
• MeL.org

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PD for Teachers

• Facilitate a Learning to Teach Online course
• MORE Portal Technology Integration Training
• Contact REMC or Karen Hairston at
  hairstonK_at_Michigan.gov
• MI Champions Grant watch MACUL site
• Online Training
• example

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Seat Time Waivers - Update

• Who can get one?
• Any high school grades 9-12 (if your ISD signed
  up!)
• How many students?
• 10 of an ISD Region, no more than 25 of a
  district
• What classes can they sign up for?
• See the GenNET Portal
• How many online classes can they take off site
  without a waiver? TWO
• How many online courses can a student take?
• ANY AMOUNT ON SITE

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Thanks!

• Questions?
• Contacts
• Barb Fardell fardellb_at_michigan.gov
• Deb Biggs Thomas BiggsThomasD_at_michigan.gov
• Genesee ISD Helpdesk - helpdesk_at_geneseeisd.org
• Call Genesee ISD 810-591-4436