CFI Team Presentation
November 4, 2008
Presenters
Laura van Keulen, AP Data & Technology
Emily Lawton, Mathematics
Alex Moore, English
Anne Pace, Science
Erik Sudduth, Social Studies
2008-2009 Projects
Continuing Projects from 2007-2008:
-Note Taking
-Writing Style Guide
-Technology
New for 2008-2009:
-Cross Curricular Collaboration
Note Taking: Further Development
 Skill
To Be Developed: ELA Writing
 Sub-skills
To Be Developed:
– Identifying salient ideas and keywords
in written materials
– Organizing information
– Synthesizing and summarizing ideas
Note Taking: Further Development
 Teacher:
Mr. Moore
 Student Population: 20 students
selected from E1
 Goal: Investigate how an English
instructor can benefit students by
using data as part of the decisionmaking process in an English class
Note Taking: Wider Implementation
 Skill
To Be Developed: ELA Writing
 Teachers: The Note Taking Team
(NTT)
– Two teachers from each of the following
departments:
 English
 Mathematics
 Science
 Social
Studies
Note Taking: Wider Implementation
 Student
Population: Students in the
Note Taking Team teachers’ classes
 Goal:
Investigate how an instructor
can benefit students by using data as
part of the decision-making process
across the curricula
Note Taking: Wider Implementation
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CFI Team will visit department meetings to
present information about last year’s
project and to elaborate on the process
the team used to implement it:
– Diagnostic assessment
– Creating a goal and define the target
population
– Ongoing assessment
– Revision of curriculum and pedagogy
Note Taking: Wider Implementation
 CFI
Team will solicit feedback from
teachers in department meetings
regarding future implementation of
teaching note taking skills
Writing Style Guide:
Further Development
Skill To Be Developed: Using a reference
guide
 Teachers: all teachers
 Student Population to be Followed:
students from classes within the following
departments:
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English
Mathematics
Science
Social Studies
Writing Style Guide:
Further Development
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E. Online Databases
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The LaGuardia High School community has free remote access to the following databases you can read full text articles from newspapers
and magazines from your home.
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1. BRITANNICA ONLINE: complete print encyclopedia with additional links to Internet resources, ANNALS OF AMERICAN HISTORY ONLINE:
documents in US history from 1493 to modern times and WORLD DATA ANALYST ONLINE: statistical portraits of the countries of the world
BRITANNICA ONLINE: Web address: http://search.eb.com
ANNALS OF AMERICAN HISTORY ONLINE: Web address http://america.eb.com
WORLD DATA ANALYST ONLINE: Web address http://world.eb.com
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Username: laguardia
Password: Highschool
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2. EBSCO HOST: magazine index with many full text articles
Web address: http://search.epnet.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip.uid&group=empire&custid=s8707912
User ID#: laguardiahs
Password: laguardiah
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3. GROVE DICTIONARY OF ART ONLINE: covers all aspects of visual art
Web address: http://www.groveart.com
Username: lhsart
Password: art
4. INFOTRAC: TWAYNE AUTHOR SERIES, HEALTH REFERENCE CENTER, BUSINESS AND COMPANY RESOURCE CENTER
Web address: http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/nysl_me_71_lhs
Username: empirelink
Location ID: nysl_me_71_lhs
5. LITERARY REFERENCE CENTER
Web address: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&group=empire&custid=s8707912
Username: laguardiahs
Password: laguardiahs
(This list is continued on the next page.)
Writing Style Guide: Further
Development
 Goal:
The CFI Inquiry Team will work
with teachers and administrators to
edit the guide and add more
information from all departments.
We will then encourage the use of
the guide in classrooms.
Cross Curricular Collaboration
 Skill
To Be Developed: Making
connections across disciplines
 Teachers:
– Two
– Two
– Two
– Two
teachers of American Literature
teachers of U.S. History
additional academic teachers
additional studio teachers
Cross Curricular Collaboration
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Student Population To Be Followed: TBD,
based on teacher involvement
Goal: The CFI Inquiry Team will
investigate possibilities of interdisciplinary
projects between studio and academic
classes, as well as multiple academic
areas. The team will articulate academic
expectations across curricula that will
enrich core knowledge.
Cross Curricular Collaboration
Nevinson, C.R.W. Returning to the Trenches (Troops Marching to the Front).
1916. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. 4 November 2008
<http://www.metmuseum.org>.
Cross Curricular Collaboration
Power, Cyril E. The Tube Train. 1934. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. 4
November 2008 <http://www.metmuseum.org>.
Technology
 Skill
To Be Developed: Technological
Literacy for staff and students
 Teachers: all teachers
 Student Population To Be Followed:
all students
Technology
 Goal:
The CFI Inquiry Team will
facilitate progress in instruction,
learning, and assessment through
the implementation of the following
technology initiatives:
Technology
 Create
staff development
opportunities by promoting
intervisitations in classes where
teachers are using technology;
facilitate follow-up discussions about
technology as a tool for effective
teaching
Technology
 Use
technology to increase
communication:
– Support the teachers through ongoing
PDs to develop subject-based web
pages
– Help teachers develop online discussion
forums for their students
– Increase communication via e-mail
between teachers and students using
the Daedalus system (PD)
Technology - Daedalus
Technology - Daedalus
THE END
Hollywood Today. 4 November 2008
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