Assessment+of+Project+Objectives


 * = Grant Overview ||=  ||= Professional Development Agenda ||=   ||= PD Goals and Objectives ||=   ||= PD Resources ||=   ||= Professional Development Projects ||=   ||
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Assessment:
Ongoing formative assessments (dipsticks) will be created by teachers to assess student growth and project effectiveness. This includes software specific measurement tools/techniques and/or teacher-created tools administered at intervals throughout the course of the program. || || Completion of collaborative tool to function as a resource for the global community Developing apps, describe what the app can do, promoting the product || Pre and Post tests – writing samples reviewed by science coordinator Documentation that students create as they plan, compose, and explain their application Adequately follow storyboard process ||
 * **Project Objectives:** || **Measurement Tools/Strategies:** ||
 * Improve student **critical thinking and problem solving**  skills through the use of effectively integrated technology into curricular areas of science, math, and language arts || Pre and Post tests – scored using CMT rubric. Compare scores and chart growth
 * Encourage **collaboration**  between science, math and language arts teachers: provide opportunities for systematic professional development and collaboration for teachers to develop technology-rich curricula. Promote student **collaboration**  via virtual learning environments/social networks and face-to-face interactions. Partnerships with Norwich Public Utilities’ scientific experts **lead by influence**  as they provide professional development for our teachers and share their knowledge with our students. || Online collaborative space - wikispace, VoiceThread, Google Docs - are monitored weekly and feedback is immediate. Document vists from engineers from Norwich Public Utilities who meet regularly with the students and teachers and participate in PD activities, field studies, and classroom visits.
 * Provide increased opportunities to use technology as a learning tool: increase student awareness of the value of educational technology as they **quickly adapt** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> to the appropriate learning tool for the task at hand. || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Conduct pre-survey to determine how students use technology in the classroom and if they do, how they decide what to use. Ask students to provide examples of how they use technology. Administer similar post test. ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Increase student <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**initiative** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> through productivity in multiple disciplines with a variety of current technologies: afford students the opportunity to work at their individual skill levels using technology tools that assist in the <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**development of a sense of belonging** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> to the global community, for altruistic goals as well as for <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**commercial enterprises** || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Use of online collaborative Web 2.0 tool – Wikispace – to develop writing activities across language arts, science and math
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Increase deep understanding of scientific terminology: further develop the students’ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**oral and written communication skills** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> in multiple disciplinary areas || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Electronic portfolios
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Create learning environments that foster <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**data collection, analysis** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, synthesis, and evaluation to enable them to develop higher-level thinking skills || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Consistent use (2 – 3 times per week) recorded in log. Data collected and analyzed. Response to intervention and scientific research based intervention processes used to improve education of all students. Student Response Systems collect data in real time ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Promote student <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**curiosity and imagination** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> by making 21 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 6.6pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: super;">st <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> century technology readily accessible || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Access to technology motivates students and reflects the world that they live in. ||