Kyrene Teaches with Technology Project

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MEC Conference March 13th, 2006
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• Presenters
• Mary Bittel Language Arts, Kyrene MS
• Jessey Johnson Math, Aprende MS
• Gina Meade Language Arts, Altadena MS
• Sharon Smith Social Studies , Aprende MS
• Laura Stoner Educational Technology Specialist

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• Kyrene Teaches With Technology Project (KTTP) is
  a strategic partnership between academic
  grade-level teams of teachers, school
  administrators, educational technology mentors.
• A middle school academic team consists of 4
  teachers (math, science, social studies, language
  arts) that share a common population of students.
• Kyrene middle schools have a 5 period day. The
  KTTP Learning Team has one common period each day
  is designed for teacher collaboration and
  planning.
• The focus of the KTTP Projector Project is on the
  learning team and not the equipment.
• Educational Technology Specialist serves as a
  mentor to support the learning team.

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• KTTP is not a technology project. It is a
  project aboutcurriculum and assessment with
  technology as the catalyst.
• Reflective dialog during monthly discussion
  focuses on goals and classroom experiences
• Educational Technology Mentor and Principal
  participate
• Provide classrooms with powerful, flexible
  technology tools
• Encourages further collaboration across content
  areas

Learning Team 6 7 Grades
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• Designated Learning Team Roles
• Thinking Question
• Personal and team Instructional Goals
• Monthly Focus / Reaction Log
• Principal and Educational Technology Specialist
  participate

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Sharon Smith, 7th Grade Social Studies
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Sharon Smith, 7th Grade Social Studies
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Jessey Johnson, 6th Grade Math

• Student learning teams
• Sharing ideas
• Student to student problem solving
• Assignments completed anywhere, anytime
• Virtual buddy classes
• Tapping into how students communicate

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Jessey Johnson, 6th Grade Math

• Sharing of student work
• Student driven instruction
• Modeling of authentic student thinking

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Mary Bittel, 6th Grade Language Arts
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Mary Bittel, 6th Grade Language Arts
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Mary Bittel, 6th Grade Language Arts
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Gina Meade, 8th Grade Language Arts
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• Kyrene Projector Site http//www.kyrene.org/edte
  ch/class_res/projectors/index.htm
• Kyrene Educational Technology Sitehttp//www.kyr
  ene.org/edtech/
• Asset http//www.asset.asu.edu/
• DuFour, Richard and Robert Eaker. Professional
  Learning Communities at Work - Best Practices for
  Enhancing Student Achievement. Bloomington,
  Indiana National Educational Service, 1998
• Presenter Contact Information Mary Bittel
  mbitte_at_kyrene.org Jessey Johnson
  jejohns_at_kyrene.orgGina Meade
  gmeade_at_kyrene.org Sharon Smith
  shsmith_at_kyrene.org Laura Stoner
  lstoner_at_kyrene.org