Units of Study for TAHOE Plus

Our Task

Our task is to provide an education for the kinds of kids we have, not the kinds of kids we used to have, or want to have, or the kids of our dreams.

-K.P. Gerlach

ISTE Publications, Resources for Student Assessment

Kentucky Legislated Requirements

Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990 Kentucky Revised Statute (KRS) 158.645 and KRS

158.6451 Basis for instructional programs in Kentucky public

schools Academic Goals and Expectations Administrative Regulations Required by KRS 156:160,

KRS 158:6451 and 704 KAR 3:305 Courses of study for the different grades Minimum requirements for high school graduation (Class of 2012)

*2006 Kentucky Program of Studies

Program of Studies

Required Administrative Regulation is the Kentucky Program of Studies

Implemented by 704 KAR 3:304 Received Final Approval August 2006 Included Requirements for the minimum

content standards for all students before graduating from Kentucky public high schools.

Specifies the content standards for the required credits for high school graduation and the primary, intermediate and middle level content standards leading up to these requirements.

Program of Studies

Scope and Purpose is to ensure that Kentucky’s students are prepared for the 21st Century

Ensures that all students throughout Kentucky are provided with common content and opportunities

Provides local school districts with a basis for establishing and/or revising standards-based curricula and instruction

Local Responsibilities

Instructional programs must: Emphasize the development of

students’ abilities to acquire, apply and integrate knowledge, skills, and understandings in real-life contexts and to problem-solve, make decisions, and think critically and creatively

Assist students in connecting learning to the world beyond the classroom by exploring and investigating real issues and problems of communities, states, the nation, and the world

Local Responsibilities

Instructional programs must: Recognize the diversity of students

and how children learn, construct knowledge and acquire skills and concepts of the disciplines.

Schools and school districts are also responsible for coordinating curricula across grade levels and among schools within districts.

2006 Program of Studies Mandates

*Our task is to provide an education for the kinds of kids we have, not the kinds of kids we used to have, or want to have, or the kids of our dreams.

-K.P. Gerlach**Technology Competency

*ISTE Publications, Resources for Student Assessment**US Dept of Ed, http://www.ed.gov, Animation by Forest Park High

School, VA

Catalysts for 2006 POS Mandates

Federal Education Policy and Assessment

Eighth-Grade Technology Literacy Requirement No Child Left Behind Act of 2001

Primary Goal: To improve student academic achievement through the use of technology

Additional Goals: Ensure that every student is technology literate by the time he/she finishes the 8th grade

Encourage effective integration of technology

resources and systems

Connecting Curriculum and Technology

Collaboration Tool for Technology Integration Planning

Using the KY Technology Program of Studies, teachers will integrate technology skills into classroom lessons and activities in order for students to demonstrate technology competency

Tools for Implementation

POS Technology Mandates

Organized by Grade Spans

• Primary

• Intermediate

• Middle

• High

Technology Goals

Organized Around 3 Big Ideas:Information, Communication and

ProductivitySafety and Ethical/Social IssuesResearch, Inquiry/Problem-Solving

and Innovation

Look at the POS

2006 Program of Studies

Program of Studies

Assessing the Technology Literacy of K-12 students

National/State Assessment Certiport SkillCheck

Technology Assessment in the Classroom Benchmarks

Kentucky Technology Program of Studies ISTE

Other Assessments

ISTE/Microsoft Assessment

ISTE has collaborated with Microsoft in the development of the NETS Online Technology Assessment

Other Resources

Kentucky Curriculum ResourcesKDEKATEKET-Encyclomedia

ISTEMarco PoloIntel

Units of Study

Technology Components

AssessmentsOnline ToolsReal-World “Authentic”

Assessments