Fall 2001   Spring 2002   Summer 2002   Fall 2002   Spring 2003 Fall 2003   Spring 2004 Spring 2004 Technical Uplink Information - Teaching NOW! 101-108 - March 24, 2004 Professional Development Series Features Palms, Digital Textbooks, Electronic Portfolios & More Teaching NOW! looks at the relationship between education and technology.  The series explores the issues, ideas, and strategies of technology integration by presenting K-12 and postsecondary case studies from across the nation. Funding is provided by the U.S. Department of Education.  We invite you to record and broadcast this series. Teaching NOW! (CC) Rights:  Perpetuity DOWNLINK INFORMATION Event:   Teaching NOW! block feed -- eight programs #101-108 (Titles, Descriptions, and Lengths listed below) Date:             Wednesday, March 24, 2004 Time:             Test: 13:45 - 14:00 pm ET Programs: 14:00 - 18:00 pm ET (14:00 #101, 14:30 #102, 15:00 #103, 15:30 #104, 16:00 #105, 16:30 #106, 17:00 #107, 17:30 #108) Satellite: Galaxy 11/ K12 Orbital Slot: 91 degrees West Bandwidth: 36 MHz Downlink Freq.: 11942 (Vertical) Trouble number: 800-489-3773 Teaching NOW! #101-108 (Titles, Descriptions and Lengths) Teaching NOW! #101: "Handhelds In Omaha" features Nebraska Technology Teacher of the Year Tony Vincent and his students using Palms in every curriculum area.  It's almost like having a laptop for every student.  (29:18) Teaching NOW! #102:  "Priority:  Technology & Inclusion" is part one of a two-part feature on Schaumburg School District #54 in Illinois where state test scores have increased through the use of technology and inclusion. (29:33) Teaching NOW! #103:  "Digital Text" is part two of our feature on Schaumburg School District #54. We see how they digitized their middle school social studies text thereby enabling teachers to manipulate the material to meet individual students reading levels. By combing this digital text with digital readers they changed the learning atmosphere in their classrooms. (29:24) Teaching NOW! #104:  "Landmark: A Special Needs College" takes us to Putney, Vermont, to the Landmark College campus to see how assistive technologies help struggling college students be academically successful. (28:02) Teaching NOW! #105:  "Microsoft's Backyard" features one of the top 10 Microsoft Schools in the nation located in Redmond, Washington.  Lake Washington School District is one of the most information rich in the country.  The program explores their online report cards and class server system. We see how long range planning led to infrastructure, access, professional development for teachers, and community support. (28:02) Teaching NOW! #106: "Virtual Chem Lab" takes us to Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, where they have developed a virtual chemistry lab.  This software is changing the way chemistry is taught at the university and at local high schools. (28:50) Teaching NOW! #107: "Electronic Portfolios" visits Purdue University and the University of Washington to see their electronic portfolio systems for education majors.  We explore the different uses for these student portfolios and the challenges of implementation.  (29:44) Teaching NOW! #108: "IUP and Deaf Education" goes to Indiana University of Pennsylvania where they are preparing teachers to work with students who are deaf and hard of hearing.  The pre-service teachers use technology for classroom observation, parent education, and portfolios. (28:51) Fall 2003 Technical Uplink Information - Teaching NOW! 101-104 - November 19, 2003 1445- 1500 ET - Test 1500-1700 ET - Teaching NOW #101-#104 (Titles Below) WHRO Ku-band analog uplink Satellite space: SBS 6/ 4 Teaching NOW! (CC) Teaching NOW! #101: "Handhelds In Omaha" features Nebraska Technology Teacher of the Year Tony Vincent and his students using Palms in every curriculum area. It's almost like having a laptop for every student. Teaching NOW! #102: "Priority: Technology & Inclusion" is part one of a two-part feature on Schaumburg School District #54 in Illinois where state test scores have increased through the use of technology and inclusion. Teaching NOW! #103: "Digital Text" is part two of our feature on Schaumburg School District #54. We see how they digitized their middle school social studies text thereby enabling teachers to manipulate the material to meet individual students reading levels. By combing this digital text with digital readers they changed the learning atmosphere in their classrooms. Teaching NOW! 104: "A College For Special Need Students" takes us to Putney, Vermont to the Landmark College campus to see how assistive technologies help struggling college students be academically successful. Spring 2003 Technical Uplink Information- PT3 NOW! 201-208- March 19, 2003 PT3 NOW! Programs #201-208 Feed Information (PLEASE NOTE: This is a re-feed of programs 201-204 and a new feed of programs 205-208.) Series Title: PT3 NOW! Feed Date/Time: Wednesday, March 19, 2003, 1400 to 1800 ET Time Program Title 1400 ET 201 Overview Of A Statewide System (28:51) 1430 ET 202 GLOBE (28:36) 1500 ET 203 GIS (29:00) 1530 ET 204 Field Placement (28:47) 1600 ET 205 Teaching Content with Technology (29:28) 1630 ET 206 Methods To Classroom (29:00) 1700 ET 207 Observation From A Distance (28:43) 1730 ET 208 A New Kind of Quest (27:48) Test Signal: A test signal begins 15 minutes prior to the program feed (1345 to 1400 ET.) Please have the satellite technician use this time to check satellite receive equipment. Program Length: 30 minutes each (exact times appear above and below) Satellite: AMC 3/K19 (formerly GE 3) Ku-band Orbital position: 87 degrees West Downlink Freq: 12080 (H) Audio: 6.2 & 6.8 Technical Help: 202-639-1400 (Globecast uplink) Rights: Perpetuity PT3 NOW! #201 Overview of a Statewide System (28:51) This program features Louisiana and how it has changed technology integration in K-12 classrooms and Colleges of Education across the state. It first explores statewide technology planning including faculty training, infrastructure and collaboration among K-12 schools, state universities and the Department of Education, all beginning from a small single NSF grant. The program also explores how the state has used a PT3 grant to set up their QUEST training labs for practical faculty technology training. We see how federal money was used to seed and innovate, with state money being used to disseminate, build infrastructure, and sustain. They started small with five pilot regions across the state. They worked out bugs, built trust, stayed the course, and gave everything a chance to work. As a result, they progressed as a group from one funding opportunity to the next. PT3 NOW! #202 Globe (28:36) In this program we meet teachers and students from Montana involved in GLOBE. GLOBE is an online worldwide science project. We hear what GLOBE is and go in the field with two middle school classes to collect data and then back to the classroom to upload the data. The fieldwork and follow-up analysis in the lab took place in a 90-minute block period. PT3 NOW! #203 GIS (29:00) In this program, we visit a high school in Mississippi using Geographic Information Systems as part of a Technology Innovation Challenge Grant. We see what professional development is needed for teachers who are using GIS/Arcview in their classrooms and how student mentors are used in the process. We also experience teaching and learning with GIS through two multidiscipline classes using GIS/Arcview in an AIDS project and community atlas project. PT3 NOW! #204 Field Placement (28:47) Field placements are a critical part of the teacher education program, yet field placement is perceived as the most disconnected piece of the teacher education program. The disconnection is between theory and practice and it is very difficult to control. It involves relationships between the university and the K-12 school, the Methods teachers, the student teachers and the supervising teachers. It is now more complicated because of technology. In this program we visit the University of Mississippi and see the 'Ole Miss' approach to field placement. We hear how they used their PT3 grant to provide technology integration training for both faculty and supervising schoolteachers. We also meet a supervising teacher, his principal and his student teacher, and join him as he teaches a lesson on the Dustbowl. PT3 NOW! #205 Teaching Content with Technology (29:28) In this program we visit two methods classes at Louisiana Tech. The methods professors are modeling how to teach language arts and math content to their pre-service teachers. In the reading methods course at Louisiana Tech, pre-service teachers have been working with emergent readers at local K-12 schools. They are using technology to make a rebus - a miniature picture embedded in a sentence instead of a written word. In the math methods classroom, technology activities are being linked to the power of the content. In this particular case, we see a lesson addressing geometry standards using tessellations - repeating patterns like what we see in M.C. Escher's artwork PT3 NOW! #206 Methods To Classroom (29:00) In this program we visit two student teachers from Louisiana Tech and explore the different relationships they have with their cooperating teachers. In the first segment we visit Lisa Coy, a Louisiana Tech student teacher who is doing a Dino Quest with her 2nd grade students and helping her cooperating teacher learn technology skills. In a 5th grade class, we see another student teacher and cooperating teacher from Louisiana Tech who are sharing technology skills. PT3 NOW! #207 Observation From A Distance (28:43) In this program we take a look at a different way of providing field experiences in diverse settings. We see how Purdue University uses Internet-based video conferencing for field observations by connecting with a low socioeconomic inner city school in East Chicago. Students at Purdue typically observe the second grade students in East Chicago. Here, the pre-service teachers lead their first mini-lesson with full two way audio and video over the Internet. PT3 NOW! #208 A New Kind of Quest (27:48) In this program we explore new applications for WebQuests. Many districts are engaging in professional development that model technology. Here, we visit a New York City graduate course at City College that's teaching teachers how to design and implement Culture Quests. We also visit a magnet school in Harlem where a teacher who took the graduate course is implementing his Culture Quest with a focus on nutrition. He won't receive credit for the graduate course until he shows successful implementation in his classroom with his students. TOP Fall Semester 2002 Technical Uplink Information- PT3 NOW! Programs #201-204 - October 23, 2002 Feed Date/Time: Wednesday, October 23, 2002, 1500 to 1700 ET Time Program Title 1500 ET # 201 Overview Of A Statewide System (28:59) 1530 ET # 202 GLOBE (28:38) 1600 ET # 203       GIS (29:00) 1630 ET # 204 Field Placement (28:47) Test Signal: A test signal begins 15 minutes prior to the program feed (1445 to 1500 ET.) Please have the satellite technician use this time to check satellite receive equipment. Satellite: AMC 3/K18 (formerly GE 3/K 18) Ku-band Downlink Freq: 12060 (V). Technical Help: 757-226-3026 Rights: Perpetuity Closed Captioned PT3 NOW! 201 Overview Of A Statewide System This program features Louisiana and how it has changed technology integration in K-12 classrooms and Colleges of Education across the state. It first explores statewide technology planning including faculty training, infrastructure and collaboration among K-12 schools, state universities and the Department of Education, all beginning from a small single NSF grant. The program also explores how the state has used a PT3 grant to set up their QUEST training labs for practical faculty technology training. We see how federal money was used to seed and innovate, with state money being used to disseminate, build infrastructure, and sustain. They started small with five pilot regions across the state. They worked out bugs, built trust, stayed the course, and gave everything a chance to work. As a result, they progressed as a group from one funding opportunity to the next. Segments: Technology Planning 6:25                   The QUEST Lab 10:46 The studio panel points out factors that made this state system successful including a single goal, a shared vision and widespread commitment from the governor and other agencies, all resulting in a true K-16 collaboration with each entity having leadership roles. Best practices cited include preparing faculty, teaching K-16 faculty to be self-reliant, providing individualized training curriculum, modeling good instruction and leadership participation. The panel also discusses the scalability of this model and concludes that in a changing political and funding environment collaboration is still needed so that funding and professional development can continue. Being nimble and creative is necessary to keep this vision alive. PT3 NOW! 202 GLOBE In this program we meet teachers and students from Montana involved in GLOBE. GLOBE is an online worldwide science project. We hear what GLOBE is and go in the field with two middle school classes to collect data and then back to the classroom to upload the data. The fieldwork and follow-up analysis in the lab took place in a 90-minute block period. Segments: GLOBE Explained 6:59                   Hands-on Science 9:50 The studio panel points out that these teachers are the inheritors of 20 years of wisdom on collaborative projects like GLOBE. Hands-on science isn't new, but today the technology component is being added. Funding sources included a Technology Innovation Challenge Grant that provided equipment and training, as well as teacher spaghetti nights that raised money for the GLOBE kits. The panel addresses the typical barriers that teachers bring into the mix including classroom management issues, school schedules, access to technology, and access to fieldwork. The panel provides suggestions for implementation in various school and pre-service settings. PT3 NOW! 203 GIS In this program, we visit a high school in Mississippi using Geographic Information Systems as part of a Technology Innovation Challenge Grant. We see what professional development is needed for teachers who are using GIS/Arcview in their classrooms and how student mentors are used in the process. We also experience teaching and learning with GIS through two multidiscipline classes using GIS/Arcview in an AIDS project and community atlas project. Segments: GIS Training 11:30                   Teaching & Learning With GIS 11:30 The studio panel discusses the complexity of training teachers on sophisticated technology such as GIS. Not only is it necessary for teachers to engage in sophisticated technology use, teachers also need to have deep content knowledge. There also needs to be commitment from the school administration. To make a GIS lesson a powerful learning experience, it takes time for the teachers to learn how to incorporate this software into the classroom experience in meaningful ways. GIS software is used in professional environments; it was not designed as an educational tool. The educational pricing for the software is attractive, but the investment in professional development is high. For students, GIS offers dynamic data and an ongoing discovery process for students. PT3 NOW! 204 Field Placement Field placements are a critical part of the teacher education program, yet field placement is perceived as the most disconnected piece of the teacher education program. The disconnection is between theory and practice and it is very difficult to control. It involves relationships between the university and the K-12 school, the Methods teachers, the student teachers and the supervising teachers. It is now more complicated because of technology. In this program we visit the University of Mississippi and see the 'Ole Miss' approach to field placement. We hear how they used their PT3 grant to provide technology integration training for both faculty and supervising schoolteachers. We also meet a supervising teacher, his principal and his student teacher, and join him as he teaches a lesson on the Dustbowl. Segments: Field Experience 7:39                   The Dust Bowl 6:27 The studio panel discusses the 'Ole Miss' model for compensating teachers for their professional work with their students and the implications it can have on a university's budget. They point out other options used for teacher compensation. They analyze the content, modeling and technology aspects of the Dustbowl Lesson, and provide feedback on how to embellish the lesson. TOP Summer Semester 2002 Technical Uplink Information - June 19, 2002 Wednesday, June 19, 2002 9:45 a.m. ET - 12:00 p.m. ET Test Feed 9:45 a.m. ET AMC 3/K18 (formerly GE 3/K 18) Ku-band Downlink Freq: 12060 (V). 10:00 a.m. ET PT3 NOW! #109 Digital Diagnostic Portfolios (28:55) 10:30 a.m. ET PT3 NOW! #110 Assessment in Action (27:27} 11:00 a.m. ET PT3 NOW! #111 The Lewis and Clark Rediscovery (28:39) 11:30 a.m. ET PT3 NOW! #112 Assistive Technologies and Universal Design (28:18) Rights: Perpetuity Closed Captioned In Digital Diagnostic Portfolios, we take our first look at how technology is used to evaluate pre-service teachers at Alverno College in Wisconsin through the use of digital diagnostic portfolios. Digital assessment and non-graded environments are used as evaluation tools in Alverno's education curriculum. Key teaching performances, self-assessment, video clips, lesson plans, reflections and teacher feedback are kept in student electronic portfolios. This evaluation tool provides a means for students to reflect, analyze and build upon past work throughout their college career. In Assessment in Action, we return to Alverno College to explore how video is used in student assessment. Education students are videotaped by faculty throughout the education program during field work and student teaching for self-assessment, self-analysis of teaching skills and nuances, and documentation of their progression as teachers. In our visit we explore the videotaping and assessment of Mrs. Oberle's class. In Lewis and Clark Rediscovery, we go to Montana to see a multidisciplinary and collaborative approach to teaching with technology made possible by a US Department of Education Technology Challenge Grant. The PT3 Golden Triangle Project uses technology to teach about the Lewis and Clark expedition. First we visit a middle school class presenting their research using Inspiration software, databases, spreadsheets, and PowerPoint. Next we see how student teachers from the University of Montana use a Lewis and Clark WebQuest in a fifth grade classroom. In Assistive Technologies and Universal Design, we learn about assistive technologies for students with special needs and the concept of universal design. We visit the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and discover how graduate students in the department of exceptional education have used different assistive technologies and common software programs for students with learning differences. A faculty member joins in to discuss the idea of universal design, that all curriculums should be changed to accommodate students with disabilities. TOP Spring Semester 2002 Technical Uplink Information - January 23, 2002 Wednesday, January 23, 2002 9:45 a.m. ET - 12:00 p.m. ET Test Feed 9:45 a.m. ET AMC 3/K18 (formerly GE 3/K 18) Ku-band Downlink Freq: 12060 (V). 10:00 a.m. ET PT3 NOW! #105 The Student Teaching Experience (29:49) 10:30 a.m. ET PT3 NOW! #106 A University & Rural School Division Partnership (28:52} 11:00 a.m. ET PT3 NOW! #107 INTIME - A PT3 Case Study (29:00) 11:30 a.m. ET PT3 NOW! #108 Mentorships (28:35) In #105 we visit student teacher Mindy Crum's third grade class and watch as she uses Hyperstudio to teach the students about Veteran's Day. We also hear from her principal, her master teacher, and one of her professors at California State-San Marcos as they address the need to support student teachers with technology training and technology rich environments in which to teach. In #106 we focus on a multi-dimensional partnership between Old Dominion University and Brunswick County Schools in Virginia. In this our first visit, we will hear about the paid internships verses unpaid student teaching assignments that their grant has made available. We find a very poor school division that is more technology rich than their University partner due to taking advantage of various state and federal initiatives. We also see one of the paid interns in action teaching an Edgar Allan Poe WebQuest using a wireless computer lab in his own classroom. In #107 we go to the University of Northern Iowa and hear about their digital library project - INTIME. First we will hear about the project and then we see it in action as their Student Teacher Coordinator uses INTIME during his Student Teaching Seminar class. Student teachers give us their opinions on this online resource. INTIME provides video case studies of Pre-K-12 teachers who effectively integrate technology. All of the case studies are based on and can be viewed according to the Technology as Facilitator of Quality Education Model they've developed. The model has students at the center of their own learning, surrounded by sound principles of learning, rich content standards, information processing, tenets of democracy, and a teacher who demonstrates strong pedagogy and effective use of technology resources to create the conditions that optimize learning. In #108 we hear about another project that paid K-12 teachers to be technology mentors to professors at George Mason University in northern Virginia. We meet Dr. Rebecca Fox, a world languages professor, and her mentor Laura Bachman. We hear how Laura helped Becky redesign her World Language Methods course to incorporate technology from the "get go" into the philosophy, the teaching, the learning and the doing from the "get go." We also visit Laura's French II Class at J.E.B. Stuart High School and see this mentor teacher leading her students through a WebQuest she designed. TOP Fall Semester 2001 Technical Uplink Information - August 15, 2001 PT3 NOW! Programs #101-104 Wednesday, August 15, 2001 14:30 p.m. ET - 18:30 p.m. ET Test Feed 14:15 p.m. ET AMC 3/K18 (formerly GE 3/K 18) Ku-band Downlink Freq: 12060 (V). 14:30 p.m. ET PT3 NOW! #101 Shared Vision - Beyond the Classroom (28:06) 15:00 p.m. ET PT3 NOW! #102 Click Here: Access & Technical Assistance (27:55) 15:30 p.m. ET PT3 NOW! #103 Tenure, Incentives & Partnerships (28:39) 16:00 p.m. ET PT3 NOW! #104 New Realities Of Teaching (29:33) In #101 we explore how administrators at Pepperdine University, the University of Northern Iowa, Somona State University and California State University became catalysts for change on their campuses. We also hear their thoughts on the critical success factors necessary to implement a vision of reform. In #102 we focus on how administrators can build a culture of technology at their institutions by providing faculty hardware, software, fast connectivity, support and just in time training. Administrators from the University of Virginia and the University of Northern Colorado join in the discussion. We also hear from faculty in the trenches that have learned how to handle the ambiguity of ever changing technology. In #103 we hear how Retention, Tenure, Promotion Committees struggle with how to judge faculty in this digital age. Deans of Education explain the various incentives they have developed to help faculty incorporate technology into the classes they teach. We also begin our look at the mission of colleges of education to partner with local schools. In #104 we discuss the expectation that our teachers will be able to teach children in very diverse classrooms where technology is just part of the learning. We visit Socorro Sanchez's Kindergarten class at Central School in Escondido California. We see how this very well prepared first year teacher moves from theory to practice and hear how this school district works with their local university to provide technology courses for their teachers at their school site.