Integrating the Ohio Academic Content Standards for Technology into the Delaware City Schools

Integrating the Ohio Academic Integrating the Ohio Academic Content Standards for Content Standards for

Technology Technology into the Delaware City Schoolsinto the Delaware City Schools

Bob Claymier

District Technology Center

Delaware, Ohio

Purpose of StandardsPurpose of Standards

Provide a set of clear and rigorous expectations.

Provide clarity to Ohio teachers of what content and skills should be taught at each grade-level.

However, how the material will be taught is a local school district decision.

View of the StandardsView of the Standards

A minimum level; e.g., least amount necessary to survive.

~vs~

What students deserve; e.g., needed for full, successful daily and work life and options open.

Mandates that the State Board of Education adopt content

standards that “specify the academic content and skills

that students are expected to know and be able to do at

each grade level.”

-link to Senate Bill 1 and Bill Analysis

-http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=124_SB_1

-Sec. 3301.079

-June 12, 2001

Ohio Senate Bill 1

http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=124_SB_1

Process for Developing Process for Developing Academic Content StandardsAcademic Content Standards

Assemble an Advisory Committee

Identify Writing Team Compile Resources to

Draft Standards, Benchmarks and Indicators

Convene Writing Team

Seek Focused Input Engage the Public Revise Draft

Standards & Benchmarks

Adoption of Academic Content Standards by the State Board of Education

No Child Left BehindNo Child Left Behind

ESEA/NCLBAll students will become technology literate by

the end of 8th grade.

OhioBasic skills, introductory and foundation level

courses taught by the end of 8th grade.No Statewide Tech Achievement Test

Technology ACSTechnology ACSCross-Standard ConnectionsCross-Standard Connections

Overarching Themes

COMPUTER LITERACY

INFORMATION LITERACY

TECHNOLOGICAL LITERACY

Technology ACSTechnology ACSCross-Standard ConnectionsCross-Standard Connections

Standards FrameworkStandards Framework

Standard

Benchmark

Grade-Level Indicators

Ohio K-12 Technology StandardsOhio K-12 Technology Standards

1. Nature of Technology

2. Technology and Society Interaction

3. Technology for Productivity Applications

4. Technology and Communication Applications

5. Technology and Information Literacy

6. Design

7. Designed World

# 1: Nature of Technology# 1: Nature of Technology

Technology extends human potential by allowing people to do things more efficiently than they would otherwise be able to do.– Characteristics – Systems– Processes– Devices– Connections to other fields

#2: Technology & Society#2: Technology & Society

Interactions among technology, society, and the environment to form foundation for responsible and ethical use – Citizenship – Environment – History – Intellectual Property – Acceptable Use

# 3: Technology & Productivity# 3: Technology & Productivity

Use appropriate tools and technology resources to complete tasks and solve problems. – Basic Concepts & Operations– Problem-solving Tools– Productivity Tools– Selecting the Appropriate Tool for the Need– Curricular Connections

#4: Technology & Communication#4: Technology & Communication

Communicate with multiple audiences, acquire and disseminate information– Media Formats – Design Elements – Multimedia Applications – Publication – Evaluation of Media– Electronic Communications

# 5: Technology & Info Literacy# 5: Technology & Info Literacy

Information literacy, Internet use, and technology tools to answer questions and expand knowledge.– Understanding Information – Primary/Secondary Sources– Internet Concepts– Searching – Web Site Evaluation – Research Model

#6: Design#6: Design

Nature of engineered design, role of engineering and design assessment. – Technical Problem-solving– Technical Communication – Innovation and Invention – Design Process – Research and Development – Testing the Solution – Technology Transfer

# 7: Designed World# 7: Designed World

Physical, informational and bio-related technological systems– Energy and Power – Transportation – Manufacturing – Construction – Information and Communication – Medical– Agriculture and Related Biotechnologies

Next Steps:Next Steps:Technology Curriculum ModelTechnology Curriculum Model

6/2005 Anticipated Adoption (Set 1)

CM Advisory and Writing Teams

Exemplary Technology Model Lessons– Web-based

– Field-tested/Pilot Sites

Interdisciplinary Lessons & Best Practices– Technology connections to other academic content

standards

Ohio’s Technology Academic Content Standards online:

http://www.ode.state.oh.us/academic_content_standards/

• Fosters investigating, creating, planning, making, testing, improving, evaluating

• Encourages group interaction and cooperation, perseverance, resourcefulness, divergence, self esteem

• Involves reflective thinking and purposeful doing

- Children Designing & Engineering

The value of technology education in the elementary schools

• Builds upon the prior knowledge andexperience of all students

• Exercises a student’s right/need to fail and learn from failures

• Learning within meaningful activities is more productive, especially for girls

• Students gain more abstract knowledge



• Develops cross-curricular learning in primary school

• Students and teachers can learn project managementskills

• Teachers can reconstruct their knowledge of scienceand math



• Opportunities are present for higher order thinking and problem solving skills

• Improvement in students’ technical vocabulary

• Has obvious links with math

-Valerie Wilson and Marlene Harris Journal of Technology Education Vol. 15 No. 2, Spring 2004


Mission Statement For the

Delaware City Schools

To develop a technologically literate

and capable student population.

• Can use, manage, and understand technology

• Uses a systems-oriented approach to solving technological problems

• Will make successful contributions to a changing workplace

• Will make wise choices as consumers

• Will become informed citizens in our democracy

A technologically literate student:

• Employs problem solving skills using the design loop model

• Becomes an efficient technical reader, writer, communicator

• is capable of designing and producing products and systems


• Uses, manages, and assesses the impacts andconsequences of technology

• Understands the nature and history of technology

• Makes connections between technology and other fields


Strategies for Teachers

• Integrate technology skills, processes, and knowledge into the regular curriculum.

• Use the design loop model to teach problem solving

• Create lessons based on real-world problems

• Obtain insight into future employees needs from local businesses and industry

• Increase student awareness of the impact/history of technology

Technology Resources Collaborative

Constituents:

• Information Literacy (Library Media Specialist)

• Computer/Multimedia Literacy (Ed Tech Spec)

•Technological Literacy (Tech Ed Coordinator)

Purpose:

• Assist in district lesson studies

• Provide guidance for tech standards integration

Implementing the Technology Standards

Into Grades K – 8

• T3’s (Technology Teacher Trainers)

• Professional Development opportunities

• before/after school

• common planning time for teams, departments

• summer workshops

• Tech ed resources database, web sites (in CD)

Implementing the Technology Standards

Into Grades K – 8

Examples of Elementary Tech Ed Activities

Kindergarten

Habitat Mobile

Paper Engineering


First Grade

Magnetic ToysWind Powered Boats


Second Grade

One-String GuitarSun Clock


Third Grade

Folktale Technology

Native AmericanTechnology

Design an Insect


Fourth Grade

Balloon CarsWeather Instruments


Fifth Grade

Cold Weather Shelters Electronic Food Webs


Sixth Grade

Geometric ShapesWind Powered

Generators


Seventh Grade

Environmental Impacts Solar Cookers


Eighth Grade

Earthquake proof structures

3D Modeling Software

Elementary Tech Ed Resources

1. ITEA www.iteawww.org

2. TIES Magazine http://www.tiesmagazine.org/

3. Children Designing and Engineering http://www.childrendesigning.org/home.html

4. Technology and Children Magazine

http://www.iteawww.org/

5. ICON Innovation Curriculum Online Network http://icontechlit.enc.org/

6. James Kirkwood, Ball State University http://www.cs.bsu.edu/homepages/kirkwood/

7. Children’s Engineering Educators http://www.childrensengineering.com/

8. Schools-Planet Publishing www.schools-planet.com

Elementary Tech Ed Resources

http://icontechlit.enc.org/

http://www.cs.bsu.edu/homepages/kirkwood/

http://www.childrensengineering.com/

http://www.schools-planet.com/

Bob Claymier

District Technology Center

Delaware City Schools

621 Pennsylvania Avenue

Delaware, Ohio 43015

Ph: 740-833-1856

[email protected]

Integrating the Ohio Academic Content Standards for Technology into the Delaware City Schools

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