Engineering byDesign

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Engineering byDesignA National Standards-Based
Solutionfor DeliveringK-12 Technological
Literacy
S.T.E.M. Education Improving Collaboration in
Anderson, Oconee, and Pickens Counties The
Partnership for Academic Career
Education September 14, 2006
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Begin with the End in Mind
Steven Covey, Habit 2

• What is Engineering byDesign
• What is the EbD Network?
• What is eTIDEonline?
• Where can I find the EbD Resources?
• What are the 9 Defining Features of
  Standards-based Programs that deliver
  Technological Literacy
• How can I get this going in South Carolina?

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We Have a Very Tough Job!

• Currently there is not a standard curricula being
  implemented nationwide
• Supervisors find that teachers (generally) are
  teaching only to their expertise not the
  curriculum
• Can we tell Boards of Education if students are
  becoming technologically literate?
• Can we explain the value-added to the business
  and academic community?

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So Where Do WE Start ??!

• We must standardize what is taught and maintain
  teacher flexibility
• Districts are provided quality, ongoing
  Professional Development
• Assess a students ability to be technologically
  literate, and to
• Use the assessments to inform instruction and
  increase student achievement in STEM

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A National Standards-based Model For Teaching
Learning STEM
Science Technology Engineering Mathematics
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A National Standards-based Professional
Development Model For Teaching Learning EbD
Engineering byDesign Network
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Do We Teach engineering or Engineering?
engineering little e used as a verb to
teach all students to think or learn to engineer
or use engineering concepts Engineering big
E used as a noun prepare students to be
Engineers career oriented
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What Is Engineering byDesign?
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Engineering byDesign is Built on Nine
Defining Features
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• Rigorous Standards-Based Curriculum
• Research-Based Instructional Strategies
• Articulated Program K-16
• Professional Learning Community

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Defining Features
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• Facilitative Learning Environment
• Work-based/Career Opportunities
• Staffing Organization
• Standards-Based Assessment
• Community Involvement

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Organizing Principles Engineering byDesign
Program

1. Technology affects everyday life
2. Technology drives invention and innovation
3. Technologies combine to make systems
4. Engineering through design improves life
5. Technology creates issues
6. Technology has impacts
7. Technology is the basis for improving on the past
   and creating the future

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S.T.L. Standards and Benchmarks K-2 3-5 ET II TS FoT TI I of T TD ADA ATA ED Science Math
5 Understanding the effects of technology on the environment 4 8 8 4 9 4 21 6 19 13 13 11 Science Math
A Some materials can be reused and/or recycled. 4                  
B Waste must be appropriately recycled or disposed of to prevent unnecessary harm to the environment.   4                
F Decisions to develop and use technologies often put environmental and economic concerns in direct competition with one another.     4 3 2          
G Humans can devise technologies to conserve water, soil, and energy through such techniques as reusing, reducing and recycling.             4 3 2 2 3  
H When new technologies are developed to reduce the use of resources, considerations of trade-offs are important.             3 4 2 3 4  
I With the aid of technology, various aspects of the environment can be monitored to provide information for decision-making.             4 2     9/S21/L33/J
L Decisions regarding the implementation of technologies involve the weighing of trade-offs between predicted positive and negative effects on the environment.           3 3 4 4 3 9/S21/L33/J, 62/H
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Standards-Based Model Grades K-12
K-2 1 Integrated concepts lessons
3-5 2 Integrated concepts lessons
6 MS-1 Exploring Technology 18 weeks
7 MS-2 Invention and Innovation 18 weeks
8 MS-3 Technological Systems 18 weeks
9 HS-1 Foundations of Technology 36 weeks
10-12 HS-2 Impacts of Technology 36 weeks
10-12 HS-3 Technological Issues 36 weeks
10-12 HS-4 Technological Design 36 weeks
11-12 HS-5 Advanced Design Applications 36 weeks
11-12 HS-6 Advanced Technological Applications 36 weeks
11-12 HS-7 Engineering Design (Highly Rigorous) 36 weeks
proBase an NSF funded project at the Illinois
State University
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Horizontal and Vertical Articulation
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Alignment with STEM IT Career Clusters
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Course Guides
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Professional Development Creating a Community of
Learners
Expert/Enrichment
Engagement
Exploration
Explanation
Extension
Evaluation
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Creating a Community of Learners
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• Partnership between ITEA-CATTS and Valley City
  State University
• Online portal
• Video and audio conferencing/collaboration
• Foundations of Technology course guide
• Invention and Innovation course guide

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Professional Development EbD
Engineering byDesign Network

• 2006 - 2007
• 19 Schools in 11 states
• Invention and Innovation (Grade 7)
• Foundations of Technology (Grade 9)

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Creating a Community of Learners
Student Exemplars

• Teacher Resources
• Worksheets
• Preparation Materials
• PowerPoint
• Research

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Assessment
Student Exemplars

• Teacher Resources
• Worksheets
• Preparation Materials
• PowerPoint
• Research

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Professional Development EbD
Engineering byDesign Network

• 2007
• Enrollment started in 11 states
• Exploring Technology (Grade 6)
• Engineering Design (Grade 12 - Capstone)

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The 7 Secrets to SUCCESS! Engineering byDesign
Program

1. Smaller Schools and School Reform IS Better
   Understand the Concept
2. (NO-BRAINER) Get to Know Your Principal and Your
   Community!
3. Commit to a Standards-Based Model Engineering
   byDesign
4. Embrace Design through T.I.D.E. (Technology
   Innovation, Design, Engineering) as the
   organizer for your teaching
5. Organizing Around Career-Themed Academies is Your
   Ticket to Ride
6. Form a Collaboration Committee for Technological
   Literacy
7. Get Involved Stay Involved!

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Consistency!

• How does the Engineering byDesign Network
• Curriculum
• Using the curriculum guide as it has been
  developed
• Content delivered without modification beginning
  September 06
• Instruction
• Team training provided at ITEA Conference
• Teachers participating in eTIDEonline to develop
  resources and examples of student exemplars
• Assessment
• Student participation in the online EbD
  Technological Literacy Assessment
• Sharing of student data
• EbD Collaboration Team Program Evaluation

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How Can I Get the Resources?

1. www.iteaconnect.org - Purchase individual copies
   of the curriculum
2. District Licensing Agreement Based on of
   teachers
3. CATTS Consortium Unlimited access to all
   curriculum with a 3 year commitment

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Can I Become Part of the EbD Network?

1. CATTS Consortium
2. Small Fee entitles you to the curriculum and
   access to the EbD Network

Consortium States Florida Missouri Ohio Georgi
a Illinois Pennsylvania Kentucky North
Carolina Texas Maryland North Dakota
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Resources for Implementation

1. CATTS Consortium
2. Curriculum and Standards Specialists

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Resources for Implementation

1. Curriculum Specialists

Amy Gensemer HS Engineering Teacher Montgomery
County, MD
Dan Caron HS Aerospace Tech Teacher Wolfeboro, NH
Aaron Gray MS Technology Teacher Howard County, MD
Jenny Daugherty NCETE Fellow Illinois State
University
TBD
TBD
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bburke_at_iteaconnect.org Barry Burke
www.teachstem.net
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www.engineeringbydesign.org