1. Tech Vision (Draft)
1.1. “ engage students in standards-based educational and technical programs that focus on developing essential 21st Century skills: Communication, Critical-Thinking, Problem Solving and Creativity.”
1.1.1. Use of the TTHS Conference center for doe programs as PR to middle school kids
1.2. Goal: connect ISTE Standards to promising practices and strategize to make part of the core curriculum.
2. G Suite Student Use 9-12
2.1. Get Accounts in 9th
2.2. Accounts are introduced by teacher currently using Chromebooks, Drive and Classroom
2.3. Goal: est a Frosh cohort programming to get up to speed uniformly on g Suite account and classroom basics to get that out our the way.
2.4. Pain Points
2.4.1. Tech Support for creating accounts has been interrupted (teachers have stepped up to manage accounts)
2.4.2. Inconsistent rollout based on what classes/teachers students have
2.4.3. Students arriving with different background experience with tech
2.4.4. Limited access to Chromebooks
2.4.5. need updated osis based usernames for single sign on
3. G Suite Staff Collaboration
3.1. Google Drive Deptmental "Shared Drives" for living curriculum development
3.1.1. Google Shared Drive Routines
3.1.1.1. Agree on Naming Conventions
3.1.1.1.1. UNIT PLANS
3.1.1.1.2. RESOURCE NAME
3.1.1.1.3. CURRICLUM MAP?/SYLLABUS?
3.1.1.2. Creating Google Groups @transittechhs.org
3.1.1.3. Check the sharing settings on folders
3.1.1.4. Department PD/Workshops time to populate the folders and update resources
3.1.2. How the folders are organized
3.1.2.1. Gr9 Subject
3.1.2.1.1. Gr9 Subject Unit Title
3.1.2.1.2. Curriculum Map/Syllabus...
3.1.2.2. Gr10 Subject
3.1.2.2.1. Gr10 Subject Unit Title
3.1.2.2.2. Curriculum Map/Syllabus...
3.1.2.3. Gr11 Subject
3.1.2.3.1. Gr11 Subject Unit Title
3.1.2.3.2. Curriculum Map/Syllabus...
3.1.2.4. Gr12 Subject
3.1.2.4.1. Gr12 Subject Unit Title
3.1.2.4.2. Curriculum Map/Syllabus...
3.1.2.5. AP Subject
3.1.2.5.1. AP Subject Unit Title
3.1.2.5.2. Curriculum Map/Syllabus...
3.1.3. idea: add a Google Site portal for tech resources/software with a timeline of what is in use when.
3.2. Wells St. Journal: Daily Announcements, Tech Support, PD Surveys...
3.2.1. Tech Support Form
3.2.2. PD Survey links
3.3. Creating template gallery for department tools
3.3.1. Cornell Notes (annotation)
3.3.2. Argumentative Paper
3.3.3. Pacing Calendar
3.3.4. Student Reflections
3.4. Goal: cement tech practices by integrating into the whole-dept. plans (not intermittent use)
3.5. Goal: Career plan managed in Drive/Classroom
4. Parent/student/community communication
4.1. Brochure Website driven by staff
4.2. Social media aggregated by website
4.3. Goal: get students involved creating content integrate daily announcements, social media and showcase projects on kiosk mode on hallway smart boards
4.3.1. Working with TEQ to create a Kiosk Mode on the smartboards to keep them on
4.3.2. Reaching out to MTA to get mentors that work on their kiosks in subway stations.
4.4. Pain Points
4.4.1. Need a commitment from kids and regular time for them to produce.
4.4.2. Need teachers to be aware of this resource and share good works and info on the boards/website through student/staff point people
4.5. Hallway smartboards as kiosks (promote awareness and interest in transittechs.org
5. TTHS Current State
5.1. Promising Classroom Practices
5.1.1. Online Discussions, Feedback, Collaboration, Reflection & Annotation
5.1.1.1. Classroom threaded discussios
5.1.1.2. Blogs: Threaded literature reading responses and reflections (blogs, Padlet, within Google Docs)
5.1.1.3. Shared Group Docs for note taking
5.1.1.4. Reflections (Screencasts, Google Drive Comments) (early stages)
5.1.1.4.1. Reflecting on science lab work
5.1.1.4.2. Peer review and feedback discussions
5.1.1.5. Digital Annotations
5.1.1.5.1. Google Drive highlights & comments
5.1.1.5.2. Peer annotation & individual note-taking (cornell notes template)
5.1.1.5.3. Chrome extensions for PDFs: Kami
5.1.1.6. Padlet for Collaborative goal setting & reflections
5.1.1.6.1. Period 2 Fall 2019
5.1.1.6.2. My Reflections
5.1.2. Career Planning in Google Classroom/Drive per cohort 9-12
5.1.2.1. building a living document that grows over time
5.1.2.2. working towards accessibility for all teachers through Classroom
5.1.3. PupilPath/Google Classroom Self-regulated Academic Check-in
5.1.3.1. Students use laptops to check their grades on PupilPath
5.1.3.2. Students complete makeup work via Google Drive and Classroom as needed.
5.1.4. Differentiation & Review Strategies
5.1.4.1. Lab Simulations: Students work through an online lab such as a PHET simulation.
5.1.4.2. Kahoot unit summaries in Science classes
5.1.4.3. PHET Labs
5.1.4.4. Gather and Share "playlists" of differentiated content in Google Classroom; scaffolded student inquiry
5.1.4.5. Khan Academy/Youtube Content
5.1.4.5.1. YouTube: Students watch an informational video (adjusting the playback speed and closed captioning to suit their individual needs).
5.1.4.5.2. Khan academy in 9th grade algebra to meet different student levels
5.1.5. Tools for ELLs
5.1.5.1. quill
5.1.5.1.1. Text read aloud functions for students with low reading levels, and allowing students who struggle with writing by hand to type their responses in a Word processor.
5.1.5.2. Google/MS Translator
5.1.5.2.1. Live translation of conversations
5.1.5.2.2. MS Translator "Conversations" can translate a lecture live
5.1.6. CTE specialized classes
5.1.6.1. A+ certification
5.1.6.2. Computer tech track
5.2. Strategies for 5-10 chromebooks
5.2.1. Station Rotation (all computers at 1 or 2 "stations"
5.2.1.1. Stations are set with tasks and student groups rotate through
5.2.1.2. 1 or 2 stations involve an online lab, research task, response question, review quiz, etc.
5.2.2. Group work with point person on computer (3-6 kids per computer)
5.2.2.1. Give students software options and project goals, then have them make decisions as a group to use tech to serve their project, and reflect on their tech tool decisions and how they fit the project goals
5.2.2.2. Shared Documents for Group Notes
5.2.2.3. Group media productions (Adobe Spark, Google Slides) using shared computers
5.2.2.4. Shared Google Sites deconstructing poems
5.3. Goal: Cementing promsing practices into whole-dept. initatives
5.3.1. Document processes
5.3.2. Showcase through school-wideshare fair PD & Intervisitations
5.3.3. Departmental best practice share sessionss
5.3.4. Roll out and fine-tune practices with support from consultant/specialists
5.3.5. DIIT can help get Cisco switches and systems to expand certification courses
5.4. Goal: Scope and Sequence for tech skills & ISTE Standards
5.4.1. Account for where/when students are learning to access G Suite accounts, typing review, research basics, access to Skedula, etc.
5.4.2. Account for where/when introduction to skills & software to make use of tech more coherent and efficient.
5.5. Pain Points:
5.5.1. Inconsistent access to tech keeps teachers from relying on tech systems day to day.
5.5.2. Only a few classes have dedicated carts
5.5.3. Student access at home is unreliable.
5.5.4. Keeping bandwidth up with demand of more devices.
6. Hardware
6.1. Chromebooks
6.2. Classroom Interactive White Boards (Smartboards)
6.2.1. Ample
6.2.2. Mostly flat panel
6.3. Conference center
6.3.1. Lots of Smartboards
6.3.2. Great for presentations
6.3.3. Break out meetings
6.3.4. Need camera for virtual meetings
6.4. Goals
6.4.1. Keep acquiring more class sets of Chromebooks (use in Lab Classes with clear plans for use)
6.4.2. Boost to 10 Chromebooks per class
6.4.3. DOE job listings in electrical fields being given to.
6.4.4. DIIT can use Title 4 funding to get more Chromebooks offsetting the Tech Champion's salary
6.5. Pain Points
6.5.1. "Currently, we generally have access to between 5 and 10 laptops for our class, so we have students work in groups of 3-6. The ideal situation for all of these activities would absolutely be to be 1:1, though!"
6.5.2. Teachers pool and schedule shared laptops. Limits daily commitment to Classroom as an organizing and extension tool.
6.5.3. Inconsistently in tech support position.
6.5.4. Phone use in school is a tough decision -- class mgmt is not an issue, but student access to materials via phone at home is difficult to troubleshoot.