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Final Race to the Top Criteria
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  • 38. Web Page Web 2.0: Read Write Web Copyrighted by Edvibes.com is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 US License Audience/ Author Audience/ Author Audience/ Author Audience/ Author Bottom Up Model: Producer + Consumer = ProSumer http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=190705&title=Web2_0&ref=Ehaines24
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  1. Call 800 Surgery in London First Recommendation was pipeline Is this just another report?? Sputnik, A Nation at Risk, Before It’s Too Late G &amp; T Advisory Board Update 12/2009 Donna Watts (dwatts@msde.state.md.us)
  2. The Way We Were World is Flat – Thomas Friedman -- Death of Distance Other countries are catching up to us Working together meant – be in the same room. Barely able to have a multi-person long distance conference – to instant dialogue and pictures
  3. Largest RTTT pot of funds – 4 billion Two states awarded – another round for June 2010 STEM only 15 points but must permeate throughout document Office of STEM Education Develop integrated STEM lessons UTEACH - STEM Career changers
  4. STEM has many definitions and some say it has no definition But it is NOT a thing Science – grow seeds and vary the amount of water vs design a watering system to water appropriately Theories Technology – it is more than the Toys in the classroom vs how tech is used Math – find answer vs
  5. Engineering Careers – mechanical, chemical Sloan Career Center – over 100
  6. I was good at science and math Combine the two but how? And we don’t know tomorrow’s fields Engineers: 4 year degreed Technician: 2 year certification/ AA degree Operator: High School Diploma plus visual acuity and manual dexterity
  7. In the one room school house – reading, writing, arithmetic Not for today nor tomorrow
  8. Dr. Hairston’s Plans G &amp; T Advisory Board Update 12/2009 Donna Watts (dwatts@msde.state.md.us)
  9. 48 states led by NGA, CCSSO, ACT, College Board, Achieve, NASBE, State HE Ex Officers First --- College and Career Ready Standards
  10. Don Thomas – lots of engineers got him into space but for every engineer – many/many technicians STEM is problem based learning – critical thinking – media literacy – collaborative skills G &amp; T Advisory Board Update 12/2009 Donna Watts (dwatts@msde.state.md.us)
  11. . Ill-structured problems, on the other hand, are messy like the problems that are faced in everyday life and in professional practice Students may need to draw from multiple disciplines
  12. Teacher has already taught the material that will be covered on the test It’s all about the teacher
  13. Students learn the material as they need it working through the problem It’s all about the student
  14. Research shows that the most successful middle school teaching model uses these strategies which also happen to be strategies employed in PBL
  15. PROJECT BASES LEARNING and PROBLEM based learning are similar, and the terms are sometimes used interchangeably. Both are based on a method inquiry into an authentic problem or question. Problem based learning is a term more commonly used in colleges and universities, while Project Based Learning is a term used in K -12 education in the United States. Outside the United States, problem based learning or ‘project work’ is the more common term for PBL. Project learning is often initiated with a Driving Questions whereas Problem-based learning begins with a problem, not just a question Seymour Papert is an MIT mathematician, computer scientist, and educator. He is one of the pioneers of artificial intelligence, as well as an inventor of the Logo programming language.
  16. * Problems are deliberately written to engage stu interest.PROJECT BASEd LEARNING and PROBLEM based learning are similar, and the terms are sometimes used interchangeably. Both are based on a method inquiry into an authentic problem or question. Problem based learning is a term more commonly used in colleges and universities, while Project Based Learning is a term used in K -12 education in the United States. Outside the United States, problem based learning or ‘project work’ is the more common term for PBL. Seymour Papert is an MIT mathematician, computer scientist, and educator. He is one of the pioneers of artificial intelligence, as well as an inventor of the Logo programming language.