Russian Education and New Media Visitors Tuesday April 3, 2012 The University of Chicago Joseph Regenstein Library

1. We are guilty of many errors and many faults, but our worst
crime is abandoning the children, neglecting the fountain of life.
Many of the things we need can wait. The child cannot. Right now
is the time his bones are being formed, his blood is being made,
and his senses are being developed. To him we cannot answer
‘Tomorrow,’ his name is today.
- Gabriela Mistral (Chilean poet, 1889-1957)

2. A discussion on the use of
technology in the public schools
The University of Chicago
April 3, 2012

3. Donald G. York, Horace B. Horton Professor of Astronomy and
Astrophysics and Director of CUIP
Neighborhood Schools Program (NSP)
Shaz Rasul, Director
Katie Schilling, NSP Student
Chicago Public Schools
Cheryl D. Watkins, Principal, Pershing West Middle School
Jelena Zivko, Technology Coordinator, William H. Ray Elementary School
CUIP Staff
Mitch Marks, Technology Coordinator
Russ Revzan, Technology Resource Advisor
Tremayne Baker, Technology Resource Advisor
Julia Brazas, Curriculum Specialist
Christie Thomas, Digital Library Specialist

4. • Issues
• Broadly speaking, students are falling behind in
public education.
• There are many reasons for this, including societal
changes, family structures, financing, etc.
• On the other hand, there are new technologies that
can make learning more efficient and interesting.
• CUIP set out to counter the first two issues by
dealing with the third, in 24 schools near campus, 17
years ago.

5. • What we did
• Power
• Wires
• Recycled computers (1300 to start)
• Teacher professional development (Web
Institute for Teachers)
• Principal leadership
• Work one on one with teachers
• Create learning environments (the content
initiatives Chicago WebDocent and eCUIP
Digital Library)

6. • What we do now
• Work in 20 schools, they pay us $5,000-$10,000.
• One-on-one with teachers
• Principal leadership
• Fix things (NSP students, CUIP Technology
Coordinator and Team)
• Act as a bridge when CPS puts new software in
place
• Help with teacher/parent communication pages
and blogs
• Recycle computers

7.  Problems
• Long range planning to address my first points
are forcing major changes to the system that will
take decades to have an impact.
• Funds are being drained away that should go
into technology (<2.5% of budget, including
EVERYTHING). Very short-sighted.

8.  Problems
• Raising funds requires showing outcomes and
success, but all we have is stories. Quantitative
evaluation is difficult because there are so many
factors at play in the life of a child.
• The main issue remains unaffected by the influx
of more sophisticated teachers: there is little
time to replace outdated presentations with new
ones that challenge the students with the riches
of web resources.

9. The University of Chicago
• Problems of Civic Engagement
Office
2008
• Long range planning to address my first points
are forcing major changes to the system that will
take decadesdefine aan impact. for how a
Mission: To to have new model
• Funds are academic and away that should go
premier being drained research institution
located within a world class city should
into technology (<2.5% of budget, including
interact in a meaningful way
EVERYTHING). Very short-sighted.

10.  Connects the University of Chicago to Chicago (and more broadly
connecting the Mission of the University to Local, National and
International Efforts)
 Areas of Focus: Relationships with the City of Chicago, Local
Communities, Community & Economic Development, Education
Outreach, Public Safety, Enhancing Community Amenities, Real Estate,
Collaborative Partnerships Across the University
 Example projects: 53rd Street Revitalization, “Future of the City” Series,
55th Street Arts Incubator Project, Partnerships with Urban Education
Institute, Urban Health Initiative, etc.
Notes: “Local” Neighborhoods are presently defined as Hyde Park, Kenwood, Oakland,
Woodlawn, and Washington Park. We work with the Alderman in the 3, 4, 5, and 20th
Wards.

11. • The biggest program that sends students into the community
– last year 330 students working in 50+ sites devoted 34,000+
hours of support to classrooms.
• Manages relationships with schools and community orgs.
Well regarded in the community, perhaps more well-known
outside of the University than inside it
• Also supports other programs - Student Internship Programs
for Office of Civic E in Government Offices, JUMPSTART, and
GEAR UP Programs
• Conduit for engagement of other units in the University with
the local schools – Faculty, Staff, Students

12. • Partnership with CUIP allows
(Ms. Watkins)
University of Chicago
students to receive
specialized training and
coaching to help support our
community partners in
technology
• University of Chicago
students are paired with a
school in the role of Assistant
Technology Coordinator and
help with hardware, software,
and training projects.

13. Site Partner Program Address
13th District Kwame Rahul A 1509 E. 53rd Street, 2nd Floor Chicago 60615
20th Ward Office/Willie Cochran A 6357 S. Cottage Grove Avenue
OCE Site Partners – NSP GEAR UP Jumpstart CUIP (Revised 10/27/2011)
25th District (H)/B. Currie A 1303 E. 53rd Street. Chicago, IL 60615
26th District Office A* 405 East 35th Street Chicago, IL 60616
3rd Ward Office/Pat Dowell A 5046 S State St. Chicago, IL 60609
4th Ward Office/ Will Burns A 435 E. 35th Street Chicago, IL 60616
5th Ward Office/Leslie Hairston A 2325 E. 71st St., Chicago, Il 60649
Akiba Schechter N 5235 S. Cornell Ave. Chicago, IL 60615
Programs Ancona Elementary N 4770 S. Dorchester St. Chicago IL 60653
N – NSP Tutors Ariel Community Academy N 1119 E. 46th St Chicago IL 60653
G – GEAR UP Canter Middle School N 4959 S. Blackstone Chicago, IL 60615
Carnegie Elem. N 1414 E. 61st Pl. Chicago, IL 60637
J – Jumpstart Comer Youth Center N 7200 S. Ingleside, Chicago, IL 60619
C – CUIP (Tech) Dulles Elem NCJ 6311 S. Calumet, Chicago IL. 60637
A – Admin Interns Dumas Elem. NC 6650 S. Ellis Chicago, IL 60637
•– New 2011-12 Dunbar High School NG 3000 S. King Drive, Chicago, IL 60616
Dyett Academic Center (HS) N* 555 East 51st Street, Chicago, IL 60615
Fermi Elem. NC 1415 E. 70th Street Chicago, IL 60637
Fiske Elem. NC 6145 S. Ingleside Chicago, IL 60637
Fuller C* 4214 S. St. Lawrence Avenue, Chicago, IL 60615
GEAR UP Office G 4351 S. Drexel Chicago, IL 60653
Hales Franciscan High School N 4930 S. Cottage Grove Chicago, IL 60615
Harte Elementary (Bret Harte) NC 1556 E. 56th Street Chicago, IL 60637
Hyde Park Academy NG 6220 Stony Island Chicago, IL 60637
Hyde Park Learning Resource Ctr N 5114 S. Dorchester Chicago, IL 60615
Hyde Park Neighborhood Club N 5480 S. Kenwood Chicago, IL 60615
Kenwood Academy NGA 5015 S. Blackstone Chicago, IL 60615
King College Prep HS NA 4445 S. Drexel Chicago IL 60653
Kozminski Elem N 936 E. 54th St. Chicago, IL 60615
Mollison Elem. NC 4415 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Drive 60653
Mt. Carmel N 6410 S. Dante 60653
Murray Elem. N 5335 S. Kenwood, Chicago, 60615
NSP Office A 5525 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637
Operation Push A* 930 East 50th Street, Chicago, IL 60615
OSP/College Prep N 1225 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637
Pershing West C* 3200 S. Calumet, Chicago, IL 60616
Price Elem NG 4351 S. Drexel Chicago, IL 60653
Ray Elem NC 5631 Kimbark Chicago, IL 60637
Reavis Elem NC 834 E. 50th St. Chicago, IL 60615
Robinson Elem NC 4225 S. Lake Park Ave. Chicago, IL 60653
Sexton Elem NC 6020 S. Langley Chicago, IL 60637
Shoesmith Elem N 1330 E. 50th St. Chicago, IL 60615
South Shore Fine Arts Academy N 1415 E. 70th Street Chicago, IL 60637
South Side Y J* 6330 S. Stony Island Avenue Chicago, IL 60637
St. Martin de Porres N 6423 S. Woodlawn Chicago, IL 60637
St. Thomas Elem N 5467 S. Woodlawn Chicago, IL 60615
Sue Duncan CC N 4225 S. Lake Park Ave Chicago, IL 60653
Till Elem. N 6543 S. Champlain Ave. Chicago, IL 60637
UC Donoghue Charter Elem. NC 707 E. 37th Street Chicago, IL 60653
UC Woodlawn Charter H.S. N 6420 S. University Chicago, IL 60637
UC Woodson Charter MS N 4444 S. Evans Chicago, IL 60653
Wadsworth Elem. NC 6420 S. University Chicago, IL 60637
Woodlawn Community School NC 6657 S. Kimbark Chicago, IL 60637
Woodson Elem N 4414 S. Evans Chicago, Il 60653

15. William H. Ray Elementary School
Mrs. Živko with students:
Curriculum integrated Research and evaluation of online resources:
project creations with:
Digital storytelling: Digital citizenship:

16. William H. Ray Elementary School
Mrs. Živko with teachers, administration, & staff:
Collaboration to implement the National Technology integration to enhance
Educational Technology Standards curriculum:
(NETS):
Software training, equipment Professional development workshops on
maintenance, and assessment: 21st Century Learning Skills:

17.  Examples of technical and instructional support
activities, drawing examples from recent activity at
the schools represented here today.

18. Support CPS-Enterprise software
 Deep Freeze
• Install and manage at Pershing’s Media Center
• Help Ms. Zivko at Ray School install on new
computers in lab
• Acquaint teachers and students with special use
 Scantron, NWEA/MAT (standards), and
new Common Core assessment systems
 Antivirus and other remediation

19. Support CPS-Enterprise software, continued
 Help teachers with:
• Gradebook
• Network login
• Official email system
• CPS IMPACT tools
• Individualized Education Program (IEP) tools
• Remote login (from home, for example)

20.  Support
school-parent and public
communication initiatives
• Ray School website
 Support in-house Linux-based web server
 Assist Ms. Zivko in design and update of non-blog
sections of site, using Dreamweaver program
 Host Word Press Multi-User-based, blog-format
classroom pages
 Help teachers create, design, and update those
classroom pages

21. Ray School Website
Grade-level page
Front page
Classroom blog-
format page

22. Support school-initiated programs and
activities
 Ray example: Legacy Accelerated
Reader and STAR Reader suite
• Help maintain, clean, backup local-server-type
installation
• Help with client installation, e.g. on new
computers

23.  Pershing
example: Elevate Learning
math remote-tutoring sessions
• Help math coordinator and assistant set up
auxiliary devices at each computer in advance of
session
• Attend session, help students login and stay
connected on web and audio
• Identify computers with problems in session,
decide which can be fixed immediately and
which the students should move off of

24. Computer provisioning & setup and lab
management
 Schools obtain computers from:
• Preferred vendor purchase within CPS
• Donations or reduced-price deals within CPS
• Donations from University of Chicago, channeled
through CUIP
• Donations from other sources
 In all those cases, CUIP will help partner schools with
lab or classroom setup, physical and software.

25. Computer provisioning & setup and lab
management
Recent examples:
Ray bought updated computers for
teacher desks in classrooms, plus full set
for lab. CUIP + NSP helped with physical
and software setup in classrooms,
software setup in lab. (Vendor helpfully
did physical setup in lab.)
UChicago ITS recently gave CPS a batch
of used computers via CUIP. We installed
OS and configured CPS image, and
tomorrow will deliver to five schools,
including both Ray and Pershing West.

26. General Tech Support
 Assist tech coordinator, or act in
substitution for tech coordinator.
 Online or physical clipboard or book for
teachers to request help.
• Show teacher how to embed a You-Tube video in
Prezi presentation
• Resource room printer
• Ms. M’s computer display, splitter, Elmo and
Promethean setup

27.  Chicago WebDocent (CWD)
• Social studies and science for
grades 3 through 8
• More recently high school
science (astronomy)
• Standards-aligned, teacher
created, classroom tested
• Available on any Internet-
connected computer
• Features artifacts from 8
Chicago cultural institutions
and other image repositories

28.  Unique features of Chicago WebDocent
 Integrates museum collections into the curriculum
 Interpretation of object and images sharpens higher-order thinking
skills through observation and analysis.
 CWD uses a story-based model for curriculum development
 This model views lessons as good stories that can capture the
imagination to teach content more engagingly and meaningfully
(Egan 1988).

29. In Development:
20 standards-aligned
lessons on the history,
science, tools and impact
of multiwavelength
astronomy on our
understanding of the
Universe, as “told” by
leaders in the field.

30. Interactives

31.  eCUIP 1.0
• Comprehensive library of
high-quality digital
resources for independent
student inquiry and
curriculum support
 Digitization of teacher-
selected materials
 Link libraries
• Example: Chicago 1919

32.  eCUIP 2.0
• Content creation in collaboration with
teachers and scholars
 Digitization of teacher-selected
materials
 Example, Chicago: City of
Neighborhoods
 Presentation of unique scholarship
from the University community
 Example, Chicago World’s Fair of
1893
 Repackaging of university content
 Fathom

33.  eCUIP 3.0
• Integration of unique scholarship with teacher-created lessons and
interactives
• Ancient Mesopotamia: This History, Our History
• Science Fair in the City

34. Chicago Public Schools Integrated Library System
For Information access and discovery
Multiple modes of access for a large
population with varying needs.
Save and disseminate
curated lists of
resources.
Integration of local items
with electronic books and
research databases.

35. Donald G. York, Horace B. Horton Professor of Astronomy and
Astrophysics and Director of CUIP don@oddjob.uchicago.edu
Neighborhood Schools Program (NSP)
Shaz Rasul, Director shaz@uchicago.edu
Chicago Public Schools
Cheryl D. Watkins, Principal, Pershing West Middle School cdwatkins@cps.edu
Jelena Zivko, Technology Coordinator, Ray Elementary School JBZivko@cps.edu
CUIP Staff
Mitch Marks, Technology Coordinator mitch@cuip.net
Russ Revzan, Technology Resource Advisor russ@cuip.net
Julia Brazas, Curriculum Specialist julia@uchicago.edu
Christie Thomas, Digital Library Specialist clthomas@uchicago.edu