CaMSP Learning Network Conference February 27 & 28, 2012

Using Online Resources to Improve Teacher Learning ALGEBRAIC Project Cohort 7 Kelli Wise, Lake Elsinore USD Nadine Bezuk, San Diego State University

• Partnership between: – Lake Elsinore Unified School District – Temecula Valley Unified School District – San Diego State University – CRMSE

• Project consists of: – 40 hour summer training (intensive) – Two rounds of Lesson Study during the school year • Grade level specific content & research lesson planning day • Lesson taught, debriefed, revised, and cycle repeated • Participate with another group’s lesson • Follow up time – Share Out Session/Celebration

• Moodle – SDSU’s Professional Development Collaborative (PDC) • WordPress – follow-up lesson study activities, including teacher-developed lesson plans, videos of research lessons, and teacher discussion boards • Wiki – information sharing, including details of upcoming project events.

• Contents of the site: – videos of complete summer training – materials used for summer training – teacher response opportunities or requirements

• Purpose of the site: – Supports the intensive learning portion of the grant – Improving teacher content knowledge – Teacher pedagogical content knowledge – Provides sustainability

• Uses of the site: – Part of the make up opportunities for the summer session – Review content from the summer – Refresh memory on activities that might be useful teaching tools

Word Press Site for Lesson Study Videos & Collaboration • Contents of the site: – Edited videos of the lesson study – Lesson plans – Considerations for revisions – Teacher interaction opportunities – Suggested resources that support the lesson content – Links to the other project web sites

Word Press Site for Lesson Study Videos • Purpose of the site: – Supports the follow up learning portion of the grant – Improving Teacher Content Knowledge – Teacher Pedagogical Content Knowledge – Provides opportunities for continued collaboration to foster sustainability – Opportunities for use for local evaluation – Supports collaboration between LEA’s and IHE

Word Press Site for Lesson Study Videos • Uses of the site: – Part of the make up opportunities for the lesson study portion – Review lessons given and the decisions made in the process of reflecting on the lesson results – Opportunities to learn from others experiences – Build on activities that might be useful teaching tools – Opportunities for teacher collaboration – Provides video clips for SDSU to enhance some of their classes – Local evaluator can use information from the site

• Contents of the site – Information sharing including: • Description of the grant • Details of upcoming project events • Resources such as: – Links to CaCCSS for math – Links to previous web sites – Links to other web sites – Lists of books that might be helpful • Course Credit Information • Information for the teams • Media release forms

• Purpose of the site: – Supports: • Organization • Centralized Communication for the participants – Provides: • Resources • Information

• Uses of the site: – Verify calendar dates – Share resources – Locate other teams when needing to make up lesson study days – Access media release forms – Connect to other project web sites

• Grad Students – Bridgette Druken – Mike Fredenberg • Partner District Liaison – Donna Lione • SDSU Co-Director – Susan Nickerson

• Kelli Wise Project Director kelli.wise@leusd.k12.ca.us
951-253-7000 ext. 5339 • Nadine Bezuk IHE professional development leader nbezuk@mail.sdsu.edu
619-594-3971