WCMS Teacher Schedule: Past, Present, and Future
Posted by Gary on December 1, 2011 in Tools and Applications
Last year Seattle Schools selected School Fusion to host their new Web Content Management System (WCMS). This new web-presence provides the entire district with a new set of Web 2 tools for sharing information online. In addition to a new and revamped website for the district, each school received a new website, creating a more consistent and efficient information delivery system. Within school websites, classroom teachers also have new classpages for interacting and sharing information with parents and students.
The Instructional Technology Team is working with all classroom teachers Kindergarten through 12th Grade to increase teacher awareness and comfort levels with these new tools. The WCMS Teacher Classpage project started December 2010 and will be completed June 2012. The document below shows each school that has received or is scheduled to receive the teacher training component for their new website. (Note: A number listed after school name indicates that the training sessions were split into two section to accommodate a larger staff.)
Awardees for eReader Grant
Posted by Eric C. on November 17, 2011 in Grants
Color Nook
Broadview Thompson K-8
Garfield High School
Whittier Elementary School
Kindle
Bryant Elementary School
Pathfinder K-8
Chief Sealth High School
Congratulations to the awardees. Library Services and the Instructional Technology team look forward to working with you on your projects.
Eric Caldwell
Manager Library Services and Instructional Technology
Seattle Public Schools
eReader in the Library Grant
Posted by Eric C. on November 10, 2011 in Grants
10 Kindles
10 cases
1 wireless access point for library if needed
$200 credit for e-books
- Monday November 14th – 4-6pm Location TBD
- 2 follow up sessions to be scheduled during the 2011-2012 school year
Announcing 2011 Mobile Grant Recipients
Posted by Eric C. on June 3, 2011 in Grants
I would like to thank all of the teachers and administrators who applied for the iPod/iPad Cart – Mobile Grant. The Instructional Technology Team received over 50 applications for 8 potential grants, an overwhelming response. Right now is a very busy time for school staff and the application took a lot of effort to complete. It was heartening to see so many teachers with a deep interest in getting these tools in the hands of students committed to applying for the grants.
Due to the large number of strong applications and more than expected remaining funds from Title IID ARRA, the team will be able to award 2 additional grants to make a total of 3 iPod and 7 iPad Cart grants. Grant applications were scored and chosen based on complete and thoughtful answers to the questions asked in the application packet as outlined in the scoring guide.
The recipients of the grants:
| Names | Grade Levels | School | Project |
| iPod | |||
| Alexis Boeger Stevie Kramer Terry Kegel Clover Codd (P) |
K | Alki | Alki Kindergarten teachers will use iPods to facilitate and organize video portfolios as tools for assessment of and reflection on learning. Students will record videos of themselves reading books, reading their writing, singing word work and math songs, counting and explaining mathematical thinking. Giving every child access to a mobile learning device and supporting his or her self-assessment and reflection through video portfolios will inspire students to see themselves more clearly as active participants in their learning. For the “Kindergarten Film Festival”, each student will also choose a piece of writing to adapt to film and present for family and friends. |
| Julia Schumacher Zoe Manzo Dan Warren (P) |
2nd-5th | Sand Point | Students in two multi-age classrooms will use iPods during their literacy block to increase fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. One aspect of this process will be using the multimedia functions of the iPod to record students reading. Students will then keep on-line records tracking their reading fluency. Comprehension can be enhanced through interactive books and e-books that allow students to listen to words they need help with or entire stories. Once students have achieved a reading goal they will present and celebrate that accomplishment while showing others how they used the iPod to help them meet their goals. |
| Lisa Kelleher William Nelson Jeff Treistman Jeff Clark (P) |
8th | Denny | 8th grade science students will use iPods throughout the year to creatively present their results and reflections of their experiments. Students will take photos, make movies, use video clips and create podcasts to document their learning, thought process and reflections. As a result, students will be more proactive and engaged in developing their analysis and conclusions. This process will help improve 8th grade science fair projects by creating a deeper learning experience and by giving students creative ways to show their learning. When |
| iPad | |||
| Scott Rose Crissy Marshall Phyllis Campano Andy Darring (alternate) Thomas Martin (alternate) DavidDockendorf (P) |
K8 | Pathfinder | Pathfinder students in 4/5 classes will use iPads during week long “expeditions” studying salmon in local streams. Students will use the devices to make plans for their inquiry, gather and evaluate field data, create work to represent their learning, and share it with others. Student work, in the form of presentations, slide shows, videos, and interviews will demonstrate authentic learning about salmon. Modifications to implementation of the salmon connection materials for autistic students will include photo taking to replace note taking. Interview questions for community members can be developed and presented in picture and word form using symbols. |
| Kent Daniels Katherine Law William Butler Concepcion Pedroza (P) |
K8 | Orca | Orca students will exchange stuffed animals with a class in Egypt (within the IEARN network www.iearn.org) and then, as a class, document the activities of the class through the “eyes” of the stuffed animal. The project will include a first grade class, a 4/5 class and a 7/8th grade class. These classes will form buddies between classes and work together on the Writer’s Workshop based projects. Each class will also collaborate with an English Language School classroom in Luxor Egypt. The students will us the iPads to blog and videotape their activities. |
| Dustin Wood Anna Birinyi Brent Hinson Gregory King (P) |
Elem | Lowell | Students in three pilot classrooms (1/2 split, 3rd, 5th) will develop multimedia news magazines (i.e. Time Magazine style) during the course of the year, which will integrate audio/visual and textual components and is decidedly student-centered in design. Utilizing the many features of the iPad within one project, students are allowed the opportunity to shape the culminating projects fashioned from their own imagination and creativity. Whether through science, social studies, math, etc., students will take their own ideas and run freely across disciplines with this dynamic device. |
| Kathleen Sherman Martha May Kristine McLane Christine Billroth RJ Sammons(P) |
Elem | North Beach | North Beach teachers and students will be working with the Nordic Heritage Museum to conduct an investigation into the history of Ballard and surrounding communities, specifically focusing on how the community has changed over time. The Nordic Heritage Museum will help with research, provide access to historical documents and photographs, and expert advice to connect students with community members that will be interviewed as part of this project,. Students will utilize iPads to access online resources for background information on the history of the Ballard area, as well as for note taking, photography, and conducting video interviews with area residents. As a culminating piece, students will create a multimedia presentation of their research to be shared through the North Beach web site and the Nordic Heritage Museum . |
| David Ellis Terri Stone Stacy Norman Denise Espania (AP) |
Middle | Eckstein | Eckstein teachers will be using iPads to support the Readers/Writers Workshop model and as a tool to support differentiation in common formative assessments.In the workshop model, the classes will begin with a mini-lesson and then the students will return to their work areas while the teacher conferences with individuals or small groups. The teacher will model using specific iPad capabilities or apps and the students will work with A/B partners using the same capabilities or apps. Staff plan to adapt existing units of study with both Readers and Writers components that have a non-traditional writing end-product such as a Character Unit or Africa Non-Fiction unit to build independent interactive modules in support of CFA outcomes. |
| Britta Culbertson Rachel Zupke Sarah Zietz Kristin Storey |
High School | The Center School | The Center School’s grant focuses on a collaborative, cross-disciplinary project that will engage up to 300 students. For this project the iPads will be used in an unit involving Science, Spanish and Humanities classrooms to collect, analyze, and report on data relating to real world issues ranging from simple science topics like cell division to larger world issues like poverty, infant mortality and environmental degradation. Student outcomes will include but would not be limited to multimedia presentations, collaborative and interactive research papers, and/or blogging to document learning. |
| Connie Lawrence Lauire Roseto Mary Gallagher-Cummings |
Elem | Kimball | The Kimball grant will support the “All About” literacy project. During this project students will read non-fiction text, collect data (digital images and voice recorders) and then using this material create and publish their own books. Students will publish their projects to the Kimball website to share with larger Kimball community. At our year-end family event, classrooms/students will present their digital projects. |
Grant recipients will come together at one of two sessions:
- iPod – August 8-11, Adminstrator 1/2 day August 11th in the afternoon
- iPad – August 15-18, Administrator 1/2 day August 18th in the afternoon
Again congratulations and we will post more details in the days to come…
Eric Caldwell
Mgr. Library Services and Classroom Technology
West Woodland Elementary is holding a Virtual Open House Friday June 3rd, 2011
Posted by Harvey on June 2, 2011 in Teacher Voices
Using the new teacher class pages in the WCMS provided by BTA III Levy, all certificated staff at West Woodland elementary created slideshows intended to provide parents with a window into the classroom as part of a virtual Open House. West Woodland is strongly committed to community engagement, and 100% of the teachers participated in creating slideshows to share student learning with families. (more…)
Mobile Learning Project Opportunity
Posted by Harvey on April 15, 2011 in Grants
The Instructional Technology team is interested in identifying the technology tools and instructional techniques that lead to transformation of practice and improvements in student learning. We believe that increased student access to mobile computing devices can play a major role in that transformation.
To that end, the Instructional Technology team is offering a learning opportunity for a few pilot classrooms in Seattle Public Schools that focuses on the role of iPods and iPads in the classroom. Throughout the 2011-12 school year the IT team will learn with pilot classrooms as they use iPod touch or iPad carts with their students.
Teams of teachers from Seattle Public Schools’ Programs are encouraged to submit proposals for projects. Participating teams will be selected through a competitive process. The projects selected will be supported with a professional development workshop in the summer of 2011, Instructional Technology support for the 2011-2012 school year, and either a iPad or iPod touch mobile learning cart with a classroom set of devices.
More information about the project is available in the application packet. mobile learning project application packet
Completed applications must be submitted by 5/20/2011 in order to be eligible to participate.
A Mascot for Sand Point Elementary
Posted by LeAnn on February 15, 2011 in Content Areas, Photo Story 3
Sand Point Orcas, Pilots, Seals, Sharks or Squirrels?
Students in Zoe Manzo’s 2nd-5th grade class at Sand Point took the lead in helping the school find a mascot. Students brainstormed and researched appropriate mascots and even had a visit from a Seattle Schools’ archivist. After narrowing the list, they formed groups to develop a presentation focusing on one of the mascots and why it would be a good choice for Sand Point. They used a planning sheet to record the reasons, write the script and assign parts before using Photo Story 3 to create their projects. Students compromised, practiced diligently, and persevered throughout their collaboration. Each student is very proud of his/her contribution to the final products and can’t wait to find out which mascot will win. Permission to post the students’ work online was received from all of the parents, so you can view their final videos and vote yourself by checking out Sand Point’s website (through 2/18). After viewing the videos there, scroll down to submit your choice on the embedded Google form which will tally and graph the results automatically!
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