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The Mt. Healthy Journey ARRA Final Report 2011 Kara Bakie Language Arts Jamie Oeters Language Arts Scott Heflin Mathematics Chris Walter Computer Applications Robert Kelly Principal Kathy McClelland Coach Mariann McClelland - Coach Slide 2 The 2010-2011 school year began in our old building Slide 3 and the building wasnt our only challenge 1/6 Indicators - Met Academic Emergency for the past 2 years 78% - Free and reduced lunch 23.9% - Students with disabilities 7 th Reading 55.7% 8 th Reading 59.6% 7 th Mathematics 43.4% 8 th Mathematics 40.6% Slide 4 We struggled with an open environment that made collaboration difficult and technology that was inadequate to accommodate large class sizes for regular use Slide 5 Receiving the ARRA grant allowed us to promote our big ideas for change at Mt. Healthy Junior High Engage students through the use of 21 st century skills and the 4 Cs Creativity, Collaboration, Communication and Cooperation. Create a school-wide learning environment involving both students and teachers using digital technology and 21 st century skills. Slide 6 First steps PurchasesAction Plan Slide 7 Focusing on 21 st Century Skills and Web 2.0 in Language Arts Semester 1 Slide 8 Jamies slide Slide 9 Focusing on 21 st Century Skills and Web 2.0 in Math Semester 1 Scotts slide Slide 10 Focusing on 21 st Century Skills and Web 2.0 in Computer Applications Semester 1 This year was a lesson in giving the students more control and power over their own learning. We learned from each othersome things worked and some things didntbut I found that I didnt have to have total control for learning to take place. That was a complete shift in my mindset. Chris Walter Team member Click to view our class wiki to see projects, resources, writing prompts, and much more Slide 11 In January, 2011 we moved into our new state of the art school Slide 12 Promethean Boards in every classroom New class-size labs with MS Office 2010 and wireless access PCs in every classroom Loaded with technology and lots of promise for the future Slide 13 Team Professional Development Etech 2011 We can write in here some of the things we got excited about at Etech Slide 14 Learning never ends Podcast training Online, self-paced course Summer 2010 Customized training for our needs Slide 15 Overcoming obstacles Slide 16 Semester 2 Projects Language Arts Slide 17 Math Slide 18 Integrated project Language Arts and Math Slide 19 Computer Applications Slide 20 Project integrated social studies, map reading, internet research,math and graphics Project integrated with Social Studies unit on famous explorers of the World Slide 21 Take a look students work in Language Arts Slide 22 Slide 23 Slide 24 Student evidence from Jamie Slide 25 Student Work in Math Slide 26 Slide 27 Slide 28 View student work samples View student work samples in Glogster, Storyjumper, Animoto and Prezi from Computer Applications class Slide 29 Mt. Healthy speaks about the journey Slide 30 Moving Forward