Used with a TETC 2014 presentation April 2014

1. Tennessee Educational Technology Conference
April 14, 2014; Interest Session 3, 1:15-2:15pm
Room 106B
Julia Osteen
Technology Integration Specialist
Digital Learners ARE PARCC
Ready

2.  Analyze the technology proficiency needed to
successfully participate in the PARCC assessment
 Compare/contrast the skills needed with those
represented in the National Educational Technology
Standards for Students from ISTE
 Identify the types of experiences where digital age
learners thrive and devise a plan for reaching them
on a daily basis.
Session Goals

3.  ISTE Position Statement on the Common Core State
Standards - http://www.iste.org/standards/common-core
 Digital learning plays a central and substantive role
 Helps students meet and exceed the rigorous learning
goals of Common Core State Standards
 “With the advent of the 2014–2015 Common Core Online
Assessments it is imperative that students’ learning takes
place in a robust digital learning environment in order for
them to be successful on these new higher-order thinking
assessments.”
Digital Age Learning

4.  ISTE Standards for Students
 Standards for evaluating skills and knowledge students
need
 “Simply being able to use technology is no longer
enough. Today's students need to be able to use
technology to analyze, learn and explore.”
 Creativity & Innovation, Communication & Collaboration,
Research & Information Fluency, Critical thinking,
Problem Solving & Decision Making, Digital Citizenship,
and Technology Operations and Concepts
Digital Age Learning

5.  ISTE Standards for Students
 Take a look at the Standards
 Highlight the verbs
 Put this aside; we will come back to it.
Digital Age Learning

6.  Sample assessment items -
http://www.parcconline.org/computer-based-
samples
 Drag and drop
 Multiple select
 Text highlighting
 Equation builder
PARCC Tech Components

7.  Sample assessment items -
http://www.parcconline.org/computer-based-samples
 Try items in more than just one grade
 Range of rigor
 Item types and functionalities
 Work through a few items together and make a list of
verbs that represent what students need to be able to do
to be successful
PARCC Tech Components

8.  Look at the list of verbs you created for the PARCC
assessment
 Compare those to the highlights you made in the
ISTE Standards
 Use the Venn Diagram to support your comparison
and contrast
 What do you see?
Compare/Contrast

9.  Take a look at some of the resources
 Come up with a plan for reaching digital age
learners on a daily basis that also “preps” students
for the PARCC Assessment
 Share your plan in the Google doc -
http://tinyurl.com/josteenTETC2014
Design a Plan

10. http://www.schoollibrarymonthly.com/articles/Holzweiss2014-v30n4p13.html

11.  Animated Presentations and Videos - PowToon 4 EDU
http://www.powtoon.com/edu-home/
 Audio Creation and Editing Tools - Voki Classrooms
http://www.voki.com/classroom
 Bookmarking and Curating Tools – Educlipper
http://edutecher.net/educlipper/
 Blogging Tools – Kidblog
http://kidblog.org/home/
Resources to Explore
Share your plan in the Google doc -
http://tinyurl.com/josteenTETC2014

12.  Collaboration Tools – Google Docs
http://docs.google.com
 Digital Poster-Making Tools – Glogster EDU
http://edu.glogster.com/
 Digital Storytelling – Flipsnack EDU
http://flipsnackedu.com/
 Infographics – Piktochart
http://piktochart.com/
Resources to Explore
Share your plan in the Google doc -
http://tinyurl.com/josteenTETC2014

13.  What challenges/obstacles exist that could be barriers
to implementing your plan?
 How will you share what you have learned with your
colleagues?
Closing Reflection
Share your plan in the Google doc -
http://tinyurl.com/josteenTETC2014

14.  Contact Information –
Julia Osteen
julia.osteen@lipscomb.edu
615-066-5095
 Access the plans in the Google doc -
http://tinyurl.com/josteenTETC2014
Thanks for coming!