FRIT 7232 Grant Proposal

Integrating 21st Century Tools in Riverside Elementary SchoolGrant Proposal ProjectModule 5 - FRIT 7232 October 28, 2013Group Members:Laurie Bennett, Christopher Brist, Lisa WittemanAbstract The Lack of 21st century tools in urban schools can create a learning gap for inner-city children. Riverside Elementary School (RES) is no different with 93.3% of its student population at or below the poverty level. In an effort to bridge the technology gap, we are requesting funds to purchase the 21st century tools that will help these students be prepared to succeed in an ever-changing world (Dockett, Mason & Perry, 2006; Duggan, 2009) . The data gathered from a technology needs assessment shows that all of the classes at RES need to be equipped with Interactive White Boards (IWBs), slates, remote voting devices (clickers) and projection systems. The boards, slates, and projectors will be used to teach engaging lessons while the clickers will be used to gather student assessment data. These assessments provide teachers with real time data that will enable them to adjust instruction to meet the needs of their students while teaching a lesson. Multiple training sessions will be provided for the teachers throughout the year to acquire the necessary knowledge and skills for integrating these new technologies into their curriculum. The Instructional Technology Department, along with various school staff, will follow up with teachers throughout the year to assess their usage and comfort levels with the equipment. The success of this initiative will be based on the overall improvement of student scores on Standardized Tests and common assessments.Demonstrated Need: A needs survey, for technology tools availability and tools training, employing Google Docs was conducted through the Ocean County Schools Systems IT department at the beginning of the 2013-2014 school year. Twenty-four Riverside Elementary School Teachers (grades K-5) took part in the 10 question survey. The 10 questions related to: school site (1), technology that they have access to (4), and various trainings pertaining to teaching, tools, and collaboration (5). The teachers responses were collected and entered into a Word Document by the IT department (Appendix A). The results yielded a significant negative correlation between the classrooms without technology access and teachers who were not interested in training opportunities and a positive correlation between 21st century classrooms and teachers eagerness for training. The professional development need revealed through the data analysis was that; A - IWBs should be accessible to all teachers in every classroomB - Teachers training should be based on prior knowledge of technology, software familiarity, and tool familiarity. Extensive year round training and support increases teachers utilization of tools and classroom achievement (Duggan, 2009).

Goals and Objectives:Goal #1: 100% of Riverside Elementary School classrooms, in need, will be equipped with IWBs and accessories (Active Boards, ActivSlates , Projectors, and CPS) by June 2014.Objective 1.1: Starting in November 2013, the school system will budget $80,065.00to acquire 20 ActiveBoards ($1300 each) and accessories: 18 ActiveSlates ($300 each); 8 Projectors ($2000 each); and 17 - 28 Pad CPS clicker sets (6 @ $825 each & 11 @ $1,565each ) to fulfill the current need for classrooms lacking in 21st Century equipment by April 2014; allotting time for IT to set up, distribute and install by June 2014, to prepare for Professional Learning during the summer of 2014. Goal #2: 100% of identified Riverside Elementary School classroom teachers will be trained in the basic operation of IWBs and accessories.Objective 2.1: Starting August 2014, classroom teachers will attend and complete mandatory technology training on the basic operation of IWBs and accessories.Objective 2.2: Starting in the 2014 2015 school year, classroom teachers, who completed the 2014 summer workshop training; will be able to operate IWBs and accessories, and receive a 75.00 per day session stipend and 2 PLUS . Goal #3: Ongoing IWB and accessories training will be provided to the teachers by on site trainers (instructional technology staff members and media specialists who are experienced in interactive technology), during regular scheduled professional learning planning times. Objective 3.1: On the first day of pre planning, on site trainers will distribute and collect from teachers; a 29 question computer skills inventory checklist (Appendix B), to group staff by their prior knowledge of technology.Objective 3.2: At the first training, on site trainers will demonstrate how to locate and maneuver IWBs essential tools, techniques and resources employing stages: beginning, intermediate and advanced, to increase the usage rate of interactive technology. Objective 3.3: The next two trainings will provide demonstrations and information on connecting interactive technology and UbD, to ensure active learning and attentive engagement are being observed. Objective 3.4: The final two meetings will be to facilitate and observe the staff as they brainstorm and share their technologies with each other. On site trainers will distribute the same 29 question computer skills inventory checklist, to assess trainings and teachers confidence. Goal 4: Classrooms with new IWBs, will show a positive correlations between interactive technology, teacher training and student achievement utilizing benchmark testing scores.Objective 4.1: September benchmark scores will act as a beginning marker; starting at 0% with a 30% anticipated rate of growth. January benchmarks scores will provide a mid-year assessment marker, of 60% anticipated rate of growth. March benchmark scores will provide a post assessment marker of 90% anticipated growth.Plan of Operation: The projected timeline for this project takes place over a time period from November 2013 through March 2015. The project begins with the acquisition of necessary equipment for every teacher in the school as well as a time for all of the equipment and accessories to be installed in each classroom. During the week before pre-planning of the 2014-2015 school year, the teachers will attend a series of workshops that cover all of the essential knowledge needed to operate the equipment. At the end of this week, teachers will all have a basic working knowledge of the equipment in their classrooms and will be expected to use it in their lessons several times per week, if not daily. They will receive a stipend for this time, since it is outside of their contracted pay schedule. Throughout the school year, the teachers will attend on-going monthly trainings that are meant to enhance their use of their equipment. This training will focus more on the curriculum aspects of lesson planning and will serve as an opportunity for them to exchange ideas among peers. Sample lessons for various topics at each grade level will be suggested that can be used as-is or changed to suit the needs of each class. Differentiation strategies for various learning styles can be discussed so that the equipment can also be used as a means of modifying lessons for special education students in a collaborative classroom setting. Teachers will be encouraged to share lessons with each other. Administrators will periodically observe lessons in each classroom and will expect to see the equipment being implemented in these lessons. As a means to evaluate the effectiveness of using the equipment, the teachers will fill out pre-and post- surveys to compare their level of experience with the equipment as well as their attitudes and willingness to use it in the future (Appendix B). To evaluate student achievement, we will use the benchmarks that are already in place and compare achievements from September 2014, January 2014, and March 2014. The increase in achievement is expected to be higher than those same results from the previous year.Time FrameActivitiesGoals and Objectives

Nov 2013-April 2014Order and purchase all IWB equipment and accessoriesGoal #1Cost: $71,065.00

April 2014-June 2014IWB equipment will be installed into every classroom by company techniciansGoal #1Cost: 0

Summer 2014 1 week prior to pre-planning

Monday two half day hands-on sessions - Teachers select morning or afternoon sessionIntroduction to Activclassroom tools Part 1 (board, slate & software) participants will create Promethean Planet accounts, learn to navigate and search for pre-made filpcharts participants will also learn to use the basic ActivInspire tools (text, colors, undo/redo, shapes, lines)Goal #1Goal #2, Objective #1

Tuesday two half day hands-on sessions - Teachers select morning or afternoon sessionIntroduction to Activclassroom tools Part 2 Review basic tools - navigate and use ActivInspire Browsers to modify pre-made flipcharts to fit class/curricular needsGoal #1Goal #2, Objective #1

Wednesday two half day hands-on sessions - Teachers select morning or afternoon sessionHow do I _______________? Question and answer day - Continue to modify pre-made flipcharts or build from scratch (modify will be easiest)Goal #1Goal #2, Objective #1

Thursday two half day hands-on sessions - Teachers select morning or afternoon sessionCPS/ExamView Basics Import class roster from online gradebook Engage verbal questions - on the fly questions to check student learning (formative) Create and Engage Fast Grade lesson to review assignments (formative) Create an assessment (formative & summative) using ExamView assessment suite. Engage assessment with CPSGoal #1Goal #2, Objective #1

Friday two half day hands-on sessions - Teachers select morning or afternoon sessionDesign common assessments to meet curricular frameworks using ExamView/Learning Series View reports for assessmentsGoal #1Goal #2, Objective #1Cost: $9000.00 for stipends to each teacher who completes the weekly training

Monthly Review/Training Sessions Professional Development Days 2nd Wednesday of the monthGoal #1Goal #3, Objectives 1-4Cost: 0

January 2015Benchmarks will be assessed and compared to September 2014 levelsGoal #1Goal #4Cost: 0

March 2015Benchmarks will be assessed and compared to January 2015 levelsGoal #1Goal #4Cost: 0

Evaluation PlanLevelEvaluationGoal

Level 1- Reactions/MotivationTeachers will take a survey (Appendix B), which will cover topics such as: how they liked it, if it was relevant to their job, and how likely they are to use the training and the equipment in their daily lessons1, 3

Level 2- LearningIncluded in the Survey above, Teachers will take a pre-self assessment before their initial training to assess the level of technical experience they have with the equipment and accessories. The same test will be given at the end of the first year as a post-assessment to measure the same levels.1,2,3

Level 3- Transfer/PerformanceAdministrator classroom observations- will check to see if the equipment Is being used weekly or daily3

Level 4- ResultsBenchmark scores will be used to compare student achievement from the beginning to the end of the year4

Long-term evaluationOn-going sequenced teacher training throughout the school yearFollow-up Needs Assessment (the same needs-assessment that was given prior to this proposal) and results will be compared34

BudgetItemPrice eachTotal Cost

ActivBoard20 @ $1300$26,000.00

ActivSlate18 @ $300$5,400.00

Projector8 @ $2000$16,000.00

CPS Clicker (IR)6 - 28 Pad sets @ $825$4,950.00

CPS Clickers (RF)11-28 Pad sets @ $1,565$17,215.00

Shipping$1,500$1,500.00

Teacher Stipends$375$9,000.00

Grand Total$80,065.00

The above budget was based on the needs assessment information collected for the school. Some teachers already had some equipment in their classrooms, so the proposal requests are to fill the gaps. In order to fully equip the classrooms for all 24 teachers, the budget calls for 20 ActivBoards, 18 ActivSlates, 8 Projectors, and 17 sets of CPS Clickers.

The teacher stipends are based on paying 24 teachers at $75 per day (1/2 days) for 5 days of training.References:*Text:Clark, D. (2012 January 19).Kirkpatrick's Four Level Evaluation Model. Posted to http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/isd/kirkpatrick.htmlDockett, S., Mason, T. & Perry, B. (2006). Successful transition to school for Australian

Aboriginal children. Childhood Education, 82, 3, 139143.Duggan, T. (2009). Supporting ways of learning for Indigenous Australian pre-

undergraduateusing Moodle. Paper presented at the ASCILITE 2009, Auckland, New

Zealand.Ingvarson, L., Meiers, M., & Beavis, A. (2005). Factors affecting the impact of professional development programs on teachers knowledge, practice, student outcomes and efficacy. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 10 (13), 1-26.*Equipment Budget References:Whiteboards and Interactive Tools http://www.prometheanworld.com/rx_content/files/DOC/MSITHardwareEPL3658PriceList_12_1_2011-169598.pdfClickers (CPS) http://h30094.www3.hp.com/product.aspx?sku=10302285&mfg_part=IR-N-SYS004-0024&pagemode=ca*Pre and Post Study Survey: A modified version of the Worthington Tech Survey template Reference: www.isd518.net/Websites/.../Worthington_Tech_Survey_Template.pdfAppendices:Appendix A: District Tech SurveyTeacher #Grade LevelI have access to the following equipment ActivBoardI have access to the following equipment ActivSlateI have access to the following equipment ProjectorI have access to the following equipment CPS

1KYesYesNoNo

2KYesYesYesYes

3KNoNoNoNo

41stNoNoYesNo

51stNoYesYesYes

61stNoNoYesNo

71stOccasionallyOccasionallyOccasionallyOccasionally

82ndNoNoYesNo

92ndNoNoYesNo

102ndNoYesYesNo

112ndYesNoYesYes

123rdNoOccasionallyYesNo

133rdNoNoYesNo

143rdNoNoYesNo

153rdNoNoNoNo

164thYesYesYesNo

174thNoNoNoNo

184thNoNoYesNo

194thNoNoNoNo

205thNoNoNoNo

215thNoNoYesOccasionally

225thNoYesYesYes

235thNoNoYesNo

245thNoNoNoNo

Teacher #How interested are you in the following training opportunities? ActivInspire - to create and edit Flip Charts used with Promethean Boards and Active SlatesHow interested are you in the following training opportunities? CPS - for classroom responseHow interested are you in the following training opportunities? CPS - for test responseHow interested are you in the following training opportunities? Exam View - for designing testsHow interested are you in the following training opportunities? Google Docs - creating online tools for data collection and collaboration

1Very interestedNot interestedVery interestedVery interestedVery interested

2Not interestedNot interestedNot interestedNot interestedNot interested

3Not interestedNot interestedNot interestedNot interestedVery interested

4Very interestedVery interestedVery interestedCuriousNot interested



7Very interestedVery interestedVery interestedVery interestedVery interested

8Not interestedNot interestedNot interestedCuriousCurious


10CuriousNot interestedNot interestedCuriousNot interested


12CuriousNot interestedNot interestedCuriousNot interested

13Not interestedNot interestedNot interestedNot interestedVery interested


15CuriousCuriousCuriousVery interestedVery interested

16CuriousVery interestedVery interestedCuriousCurious

17Not interestedNot interestedNot interestedCuriousNot interested

18CuriousCuriousCuriousCuriousCurious


20Not interestedNot interestedNot interestedNot interestedCurious

21Not interestedCuriousCuriousNot interestedNot interested


23CuriousVery interestedVery interestedCuriousVery interested


Appendix B: Pre and Post SurveyTeacher Technology Survey and Needs AssessmentSchool Name:Room Number:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Please answer the following questions related to your current ability to use various technology tools in your classroom.1. Please select the grade level in which you primarily teach:Choices K 1 2 3 4 5 and other SE AU EBD2. Please select the description that most closely matches your position:3. I can create, edit, save and retrieve word processing documents.Not YetAware ofLearningCapable & ComfortableCould Teach Others4. I can design and manipulate spreadsheets.Not YetAware ofLearningCapable & ComfortableCould Teach Others5. I can create multimedia presentations for various purposes ( PowerPoint, SMART Notebook, Prezi, etc.).Not YetAware ofLearningCapable & ComfortableCould Teach Others6. I can use a variety of technology tools to enhance the curriculum.Not YetAware ofLearningCapable & ComfortableCould Teach Others7. I can use digital media for a variety of instructional purposes.Not YetAware ofLearningCapable & ComfortableCould Teach Others8. I follow copyright laws and practice responsible and ethical use of technology and software resources.Not YetAware ofLearningCapable & ComfortableCould Teach Others9. I understand and teach my students ethical use of the technology and software resources.Not YetAware ofLearningCapable & ComfortableCould Teach Others10. I can identify computer and technology related resources appropriate for classroom use.Not YetAware ofLearningCapable & ComfortableCould Teach Others11. I can design use technology for accessing information (browsing the web, opening an attached file, retrieving information from a flash drive/CD-ROM).Not YetAware ofLearningCapable & ComfortableCould Teach Others12. I can use email..Not YetAware ofLearningCapable & ComfortableCould Teach Others13. I can attach files to an email.Not YetAware ofLearningCapable & ComfortableCould Teach Others14. I can design and implement technology infused lessons.Not YetAware ofLearningCapable & ComfortableCould Teach Others15. I can use the web to locate resources for the classroom (find lesson plans, interactive learning games, online video clips, web quests).Not YetAware ofLearningCapable & ComfortableCould Teach Others16. I can use interactive whiteboards (SMART Boards) in the classroom to enhance learning.Not YetAware ofLearningCapable & ComfortableCould Teach Others17. I can use imaging devices (scanner, digital camera, video camera) and upload them to my computer.Not YetAware ofLearningCapable & ComfortableCould Teach Others18. I can develop and update my teacher web page.Not YetAware ofLearningCapable & ComfortableCould Teach Others19. I teach age appropriate technology related skills to my students.Not YetAware ofLearningCapable & ComfortableCould Teach Others20. I can develop and utilize rubrics to evaluate student's multimedia projects.Not YetAware ofLearningCapable & ComfortableCould Teach Others21. I can access and utilize our school database to obtain necessary information (student information, parent information, grade book tools, etc.)Not YetAware ofLearningCapable & ComfortableCould Teach Others22. I can utilize distance education tools such as Moodle and D2L for online learning.Not YetAware ofLearningCapable & ComfortableCould Teach Others23. I can use technology to communicate with parents. (Emails, blogs, newsletters, etc)Not YetAware ofLearningCapable & ComfortableCould Teach Others24. Please list the technology devices and software you use while instructing students.______________________________ _____________________________ __________________________________________________________ ______________________________ ____________________________25. Please rate yourself on your use of technology in the classroom.I can get very frustrated and therefore I dont use technology very often.I have a basic understanding of technology tools. I use the computer mostly to access email and online grading.I can use several Microsoft Office programs. I do not teach students how to use these tools.I am comfortable using a variety of technology tools in my classroom. I occasionally teach students how to use these tools.I am very confident utilizing technology in my classroom. I use these tools on a daily basis, my students know how to use them appropriately, and the tools guide individual instruction for each individual student.26. Is the technology in your classroom meeting your needs? If you chose option 1 or 2 please be specific.Technology is not adequately available.Technology is in place, but not working properly or is slow.I am happy with the current technology in place.27. Are you able to use the computer lab when you need it?YesNo28. How often do you integrate technology into your classroom instruction?Daily1-2 Times a week1-2 Times a monthRarely or never29. Which of the following technology tools do you use in your classroom?SMART Board DVD/VCRSMART Response (Senteo, clickers, CMS) LCD ProjectorInternet Microsoft OfficeDigital Camera, scanner, and/or digital video Internet based learning toolsOnline learning Document CameraMoodle BlogsWikis Classroom web pageIpod Touch/Ipad Internet search enginesOther list here

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FRIT 7232 Grant Proposal