Looking Back – Moving Forward

1. Looking Back – Moving Forward CaMSPLearning Network Conference February 27 & 28, 2012

2. Using Online Resources to Improve Teacher Learning ALGEBRAIC Project Cohort 7 Kelli Wise, Lake Elsinore USD Nadine Bezuk, San Diego State University

3. What online resources does your project use?

4. ALGEBRAIC Project Description • Partnership between: • Lake Elsinore Unified School District • Temecula Valley Unified School District • San Diego State University – CRMSE

5. ALGEBRAIC Project Description • Project consists of: • 40 hour summer training (intensive) • Two rounds of Lesson Study during the school year • Grade level specific content & research lesson planning day • Lesson taught, debriefed, revised, and cycle repeated • Participate with another group’s lesson • Follow up time • Share Out Session/Celebration

6. Online Resources • Moodle – SDSU’s Professional Development Collaborative (PDC) • WordPress – follow-up lesson study activities, including teacher-developed lesson plans, videos of research lessons, and teacher discussion boards • Wiki – information sharing, including details of upcoming project events.

7. SDSU PDC Site • Contents of the site: • videos of complete summer training • materials used for summer training • teacher response opportunities or requirements

8. SDSU PDC Site • Purpose of the site: • Supports the intensive learning portion of the grant • Improving teacher content knowledge • Teacher pedagogical content knowledge • Provides sustainability

9. SDSU PDC Site • Uses of the site: • Part of the make up opportunities for the summer session • Review content from the summer • Refresh memory on activities that might be useful teaching tools

10. SDSU PDC Site

11. Word Press Site for Lesson Study Videos & Collaboration • Contents of the site: • Edited videos of the lesson study • Lesson plans • Considerations for revisions • Teacher interaction opportunities • Suggested resources that support the lesson content • Links to the other project web sites

12. Word Press Site for Lesson Study Videos • Purpose of the site: • Supports the follow up learning portion of the grant • Improving Teacher Content Knowledge • Teacher Pedagogical Content Knowledge • Provides opportunities for continued collaboration to foster sustainability • Opportunities for use for local evaluation • Supports collaboration between LEA’s and IHE

13. Word Press Site for Lesson Study Videos • Uses of the site: • Part of the make up opportunities for the lesson study portion • Review lessons given and the decisions made in the process of reflecting on the lesson results • Opportunities to learn from others experiences • Build on activities that might be useful teaching tools • Opportunities for teacher collaboration • Provides video clips for SDSU to enhance some of their classes • Local evaluator can use information from the site

14. Word Press Site

15. Wiki Spaces • Contents of the site • Information sharing including: • Description of the grant • Details of upcoming project events • Resources such as: • Links to CaCCSS for math • Links to previous web sites • Links to other web sites • Lists of books that might be helpful • Course Credit Information • Information for the teams • Media release forms

16. Wiki Spaces • Purpose of the site: • Supports: • Organization • Centralized Communication for the participants • Provides: • Resources • Information

17. Wiki Spaces • Uses of the site: • Verify calendar dates • Share resources • Locate other teams when needing to make up lesson study days • Access media release forms • Connect to other project web sites

18. WIKI Spaces

19. Questions ?

20. A Special Thanks! • Grad Students • Bridgette Druken • Mike Fredenberg • Partner District Liaison • Donna Lione • SDSU Co-Director • Susan Nickerson

21. Contact Info • Kelli Wise Project Director kelli.wise@leusd.k12.ca.us 951-253-7000 ext. 5339 • Nadine BezukIHE professional development leadernbezuk@mail.sdsu.edu619-594-3971