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Pathways to Advance Virtual Education
2-8-2002
can provide more blunt answers
- technology proficiency institute
- administrators technology leadership institute
- masters online
directory, wrote a TIE grant, knew 'a systematic and systemic approach would be
needed to allow teachers and administrators the time and resources for this to
occur.' (Mark Gabehart)
- wanted to enable teachers to take courses focused on constructivist teaching
strategies
- How does technology fit into teaching and
- cut back but managed to get more teachers and administrators involved
- $1.07 million used to pay for tuition
- $141,000 for textbooks
- $769,980 for laptops and CD-writers for all PAVE participants
- rest is pent on grant eval, staff, supplies, stipends, PAVE web/ftp/database
servers
program
had to use CD writers
control!)
was a private company involved
Houston Baptist Univ was the accrediting institution www.hbu.edu
Northside ISD Instructional Tech Staff helped a lot also
- how can we enahce teaching learning and leadership
- better meet SBEC and ISTE calnllenges
- grow and get more accountable
(Dreamweaver and Fireworks - these were already included in the masters online
program)
you have lots of people on your waiting list
- they went thru all the people on Northside ISD
- if you drop out, you have to pay $1000
- was an investment of $8000 per participant in tuition and books, $2000 for
laptop and software: big investment
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major component
- tried to make 2 of the 5 days of training virtual
projects, training, etc. Due in June.
- master's online program not 100% online (if it was, dropout rate would be
much higher)
- look for programs that are NOT 100% online, or at least use a cohort model
(otherwise many more will drop out)
- 7 of classes are face to face, 4 are online (using Blackboard)
-- don't have to be online at the time of your class
-- you have deadlines for when you need to post questions that will facilitate
discussion
experiences with Blackboard)
- had a levels of technology servey (Developed by Dr Chris Morsh)
-37% are actually using what they are learning in classes now with students
already
- SBEC's technology standards
- ISTE's NET standards
- all mean that teachers need to know how to use technology in their daily work
- PAVE tries to address the basic ones (productivity tools) thru 8 tests in the
Technology Proficiency Institute
give but never give them anything back)
- setup 3 servers in support of grant, all students can ftp files to the
server, so they can access their work online wherever they are
- don't have to carry their laptop everywere
people enroll, print reports, etc
- entire campus did this as well
- compared what the administrator's perception of technology was, vs teacher's
- LOTI is about instructional practices as well as technology
- can get copies of those
was not available
to just prove if it did or didn't work
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(proficiencies) first, before they started Master's program
Virtual learning series includes a binder of resources and 4 CDs
- TCET's best practices with video clips of good tech integration
Levels of Technology Implementation (LOTI) - admins receive a CD with all the
resources used by Dr Moersch in his presentation, copies of LOTI reports
- grappling with accountability and TSSA survey, participating schools receive
a copy of Ms. Porter's book, 'Grappling with Accountability'
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