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Title: Making Cross Curricular Work


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Making Cross Curricular Work
  • Ben Smith and Tim Smith
  • Red Lion Area School District
  • Thursday, June 04, 2015

2
About Us
  • Ben Smith
  • Physics Teacher
  • K-12 Science Coordinator
  • Technology Resource Teacher
  • Keystone Technology Integrator
  • Doctoral Student in Instructional Technology
  • STAR Discovery Educator
  • ISTE Consultant
  • EdTechInnovators
  • Tim Smith
  • Government Teacher
  • BlendedSchools Consultant
  • AP Reader
  • STAR Discovery Educator
  • Masters in Educational Technology
  • Staff Development Trainer

3
Ready or Not . . .The World is Different
Then Now
telecommunications audio tapes video tapes simulations email web projects problem-solving multimedia hypermedia mobile access laptops (11 access) GIS/GPS systems instant messaging wikis / blogs MUVEs cell phones virtual reality
4
Our Vision
  • Students will use technology seamlessly as a
    regular part of their education
  • Each student will come to class with their own
    computing device
  • All of the computing devices will be
    interconnected
  • Teachers and Students will have the skills
    necessary to appropriately use the Hardware and
    Software

5
Taxonomy for Integration of Technology into the
Curriculum
  • Observing
  • Students are passive spectators of the technology
  • Incorporating
  • Students are leveraging technology to increase
    productivity
  • Producing
  • Students create a product with a single
    technology
  • Exploring
  • Students engage in discovery learning prior to
    formal instruction.
  • Collaborating
  • Students interact with peers, instructors, and
    outside resources
  • Applying
  • Students are guided to combine and integrate
    technologies
  • Creating
  • Students are making sound choices about the
    appropriate synthesis of content and technology
    into a final product

Created by Ben Smith and Jared Mader
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Integrating Technology into the Curriculum
7
National Educational Technology Standards for
Students
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Why Work Cross-Curricular?
  • Knowing Content is NOT enough
  • Students must be able to
  • Construct new understandings
  • Solve problems
  • Make decisions
  • Communicate and express themselves
  • Understand complex issues
  • Work collaboratively
  • Set goals and work to a timeline
  • Make ethical choices

9
Why Work Cross Curricular?
  • Makes for an authentic assignment
  • Students develop a deeper understanding of the
    content from each discipline
  • Students identify relationships among different
    and distinct subject areas
  • Students visualize the interconnectedness across
    curricular areas

10
Buzz Words - Making the Case
  • Knowledge and skills are Transferred
  • (Applebee, Langer, Mullis, 1989)
  • Raise the Level of Engagement
  • (Resnick, 1989)
  • Meet the needs of Diverse Learners -
    Differentiation
  • (Brozo Puckett, 2008)
  • Creates an effective Learning Environment
  • (Thaiss, 1986)

11
Handouts and Links
  • PowerPoint File and Related Links
  • www.edtechinnovators.com
  • Wikispace
  • http//redlionsssci.wikispaces.com

12
Why Wiki
  • Collaboration Opportunities
  • Ability to Include Rich Media
  • Embed Code for video and web 2.0 tools
  • Makes Communication Transparent

13
Elements of a Curriculum Project
  • Dynamic Material
  • User Created Content
  • Visible Communication
  • Grading Rubric

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Dynamic Content
  • Audio - Podcasts made with Audacity
  • Video - Use Photobooth or iMovie
  • Multimedia - Web 2.0 Tools
  • Animoto, OneTrueMedia, Google Timeline

15
User Created Content
  • Photobooth
  • Mimio
  • Wacom Tablets
  • Screenshots
  • Graphic Organizers
  • External Links
  • Web 2.0 Tools

16
Communication
  • Emails
  • CC the teachers
  • Discussion Tabs in wiki
  • Wiki page itself

17
Our Project
  • AP Government - AP Physics
  • Find areas of common ground
  • Examples
  • Ben Franklin
  • Isaac Newton - John Locke

18
Keys to Success
  • Be Vague
  • Give Time
  • Guide students through discussion
  • Be Flexible
  • Communication
  • Among Teachers
  • Among Students
  • Between Students and Teachers

19
Lessons Learned
  • Students can work at high level
  • Exposed the differences and similarities in the
    nature of each teacher and course
  • Communication and Monitoring is very important
  • Students may not understand the scope /
    requirements of the assignment

20
The Future
  • Add other content areas
  • Add other schools
  • Please contact us to get involved

21
New Possibilities
  • Embed Code for Wikis
  • Blabberize
  • VoiceThread
  • Animoto
  • OneTrueMedia
  • Graphic Organizers

22
Act 48 Credit
  • Session Number HL08Session
  • Title Making Cross Curricular Work
  • Act 48 Code HL081668

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Questions
  • Email
  • ben_at_edtechinnovators.com
  • smitht_at_rlasd.k12.pa.us
  • Website www.edtechinnovators.com
  • Click on PETEC link
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