TIES E2T2 Grant Project Technology Integrationist Community of Learning (TICL)

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TIES E2T2 Grant ProjectTechnology
Integrationist Community of Learning (TICL)
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Project TICL Overview

• Technology Integrationist Community of Learning
• Professional development project for technology
  integrationists
• 9 TIES Districts and one private school partners
• 100,000 over two years

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Partner Districts

• Bloomington School District 271
• Brooklyn Center School District 286
• Hastings School District 200
• Hinckley-Finlayson School District 2165
• Hopkins School District 270
• Northfield School District 659
• South St. Paul School District 006
• St. Francis School District 015
• St. Michael-Albertville - District 885
• St. Pius X Holy Family School private school

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Project TICL Mission Statement

• The TICL project will deliver a professional
  development and support program to enhance the
  technology integration and teaching skills of
  teacher-leaders, in the middle grades (grades 5
  through 9), who influence their peers and can
  blaze the trail for improved teaching and
  learning.

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Goal 1

• Create a replicable technology integration model
  based on development of technology
  integrationists supported by a local teams.
• Research-based best practices
• Standards-based
• Collaborative
• Incorporating lessons from previous projects
• Supported by school administrator

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Goal 2

• Create a collection of exemplary student projects
  and/or products and digital stories that share
  best practice experiences.
• Project evaluation process
• Portfolios
• Publish on web to share

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Goal 3

• Create a technology integrationist network based
  on the Key Instructional Contact (KIC) model of
  sharing ideas and challenges across district
  boundaries.
• Build on current network
• Leading edge tools
• Share with integrationists statewide

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How fund will be used

• Develop or purchase curriculum
• Release time or stipends for teachers
• Deliver 60 hours of instruction
• Monthly school visits
• 1000 to each teacher for supplies
• Online sites for cadre and network
• Management and evaluation

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Benefits to TIES Districts

• Participating districts will have a highly
  qualified technology integrationist on staff to
  raise the level of technology integration with
  improved instruction.

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Benefits

• TIES will offer technology integrationist
  training to other districts using the curriculum
  developed or purchased.

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Benefits

• Minnesota teacher-leaders will have a sharing
  network for integration in content areas.

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Benefits

• Students will have improved opportunities to
  learn with technology.

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Outcomes for Integrationists

• Able to employ
• National, state, and local standards around
  technology (NETS, MEMO, 21st Century Skills,
  Spectrum of Learning,Range of Use)
• Research-based best practices in pedagogy
• Techniques for collaboration with content area
  teachers
• Examples of integration of instructional
  technology

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Support team members

• Planning committee representative
• 4 meetings over 2 years
• Input for curriculum, delivery methods, support
  issues
• Support team makeup
• Support/encourage integrationist
• Create school team to extend the capabilities

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Tech integrationist profile

• Teacher-leaders who influence their peers
• Work with grades 5-9
• Formal or informal responsibility for helping
  classroom teachers integrate technology in their
  building/district
• May be media specialist, technology coordinator,
  or a classroom teacher

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Communication formats

• Integrationists
• Face to face
• Online, webinars, wikis,blogs, discussion forums,
  listserv
• Network that includes others outside of project
  districts
• Support team
• Explore ways to communicate

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Expectations

• Attend all training sessions
• Create PLP with realistic goals
• Explore ways to work with teachers on student
  projects integrating technology
• Meet monthly with TIES coach
• Share experiences with TICL peers
• Contribute ___ student projects for the database
• Share experience at TIES Conference

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Professional development

• 60 hours between July 2007 Dec 2008
• Face to face days, online modules, webinars,
  videoconference, school visits
• Stipends for summer
• Substitute time during school
• 1000 for tools to assist you
• Personal learning plan based on your needs
• Personal coach and experts to assist you

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Questions?

• Greg Bartley
• Greg.Bartley_at_ties.k12.mn.us
• Marla Davenport
• Marla.Davenport_at_ties.k12.mn.us