Ld fly in cde16 presentation - the journey toward digital content and curriculum - gary weidenhamer

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Top-performing urban school district in Florida Palm Beach County Schools Providing Digital Curriculum and Support with Blender

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Top-performing urban school district in Florida

Palm Beach County SchoolsProviding Digital Curriculum and

Support with Blender

Top-performing urban school district in Florida

Digital Course Companion for Teachers

A web-based organizer designed to be a “course specific one-stop shop” of instructional references and digital resources

A truly collaborative effort of Educational

Technology, Elementary & Secondary Education,

Career Ed, Multicultural Education, Exceptional

Student Education, Library Media Services,

Instructional Materials and Information Technology

Top-performing urban school district in Florida

• Support EVERY SDPBC TEACHER• Place high quality digital resources at the teachers

fingertips• Provide guidance and suggested best practices • Promote learning gains through digitally enriched

classroom instruction • Save Instructional Materials budget

WHY

Top-performing urban school district in Florida

Equitable and easy access

During our first year of implementation between Aug – February of this school year:

550,000 logins of 9619 unique users who loaded 950,000 course pages and 725,000 lessons

Top-performing urban school district in Florida

Our users can expect

At every possible level:

Content Area Course Unit Lesson

• Digitally Enriched Content

• Instructional Guidance & Support

• Opportunity to provide feedback

217 active courses in Blender for

use in preparation and instruction

Top-performing urban school district in Florida

Courses

Lessons

Top-performing urban school district in Florida

Differentiation

Top-performing urban school district in Florida

And, increasingly, direct access to key performance data for their own classes

Top-performing urban school district in Florida

Supporting the Entire Instructional Cycle

In SDPBC we are working to support and coach all of our teachers to effectively establish objectives, plan, instruct, reflect and adjust to meet the individual needs of every student.

Blender is integral to that goal

Program and Technical QuestionsGary Weidenhamer

Director Educational Technology

School District of Palm Beach County

561- 434-8499