Cyber+Tigers

Cyber Tigers

__** Meet the Cyber Tigers Team: **__
 * = **Ruth**
 * Fingerhut** || [[image:https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-UBZAFZVpmls/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/MQrcHqzF6dc/s112-c-k-no/photo.jpg]] ||= **I am working on my Endorsement in Instructional Design. I am an Intervention Specialist and K-3 Teacher in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District. I hold a Masters in Education from Kent State University. I work to teach with creativity and engage learners with brain friendly teaching methods. My mission is to bring more technology resources and skills to my teaching environment.** ||
 * = **Becky**
 * Reiter** || [[image:20130806_104223.jpg width="91" height="120"]] ||= ** Currently, I am quite busy working on my Instructional Technology Master's Degree, teaching full time at Hudson Middle School, starting my own business, and spending time with my 8-month-old granddaughter. I am excited to be working with such a great team, and I am looking forward to seeing all of the other teams' presentations. My favorite place to be is on a warm beach anywhere. ** ||
 * = **Diane**
 * Richardson** || [[image:IMG_0965a.jpg width="88" height="120"]] || **Hello! I am a kindergarten teacher in the Tuscarawas Valley Local School district. I have been teaching since 2002 and have also taught second and third grade, all in Tusky Valley. This is my second class in the University of Akron 's Instructional Technology program. I'm looking forward to using my knowledge of technology in the classroom, as well sharing it with our staff. I enjoy reading, crafting, and spending time with my husband and daughter. ** ||
 * = **Esther**
 * Wain-Weiss** || [[image:Me and Pup.jpg width="105" height="93"]] || **My name is Esther Wain-Weiss and I usually go by ~Wsquared since w*w = w2. And you guessed it, I teach math at a private, local high school and at the University of Akron in the College of Arts and Sciences. I hope to become an Instructional Designer when I “grow up”. I have a varied background with education in engineering, information systems and educational venues. I enjoy doing things: biking, walking, runni ****ng**, ** reading, learning, spending time with family, and . . . ** ||
 * = **Katie**
 * White** || [[image:instructionaldesignspring11/IMG_2053.JPG width="97" height="125"]] ||< **My name is Katie White and I spend my days hanging out with a very energetic, crazy, and fun group of 7th grade students at Jackson Memorial Middle School. I teach Language Arts and my one goal every year is to inspire my students to embrace reading as a way to open up their future. This is my third semester in the Master's program for Instructional Technology. I love technology (when it works properly) and my hope is to bring more technology into my classroom to enhance the learning environment for my students, as well as myself. When I'm not educating the youth, I can be found playing with our puppy, traveling to all kinds of places with my husband, lounging by the pool with friends, or with my nose buried in a book.** ||

instruction? || Beginning in December 2013, students completing the K-12 Computer Technology curriculum will be required to take the Ohio Assessment for Educators covering the content in order to receive the endorsement on their Ohio . || endorsement. || scope of the project? || Single learning module with 2 parts - one providing information on how to get information on the endorsement and taking the test and the second part is a learning module which provides a review of the content and a practice assessment. || target audience be available so that the team could conduct a formative evaluation? || The team should be able to identify and define a target audience of peers or get IT Master's students, fellow colleagues in a work environment to be the target audience. ||
 * ==__**Design Problem #2**__== || ==__**Ohio Assessment for Educators for the Computer Technology Endorsement**__== ||
 * SME || Dr. Cheryl Ward, IT Master's Program, Department: Educational Foundations and Leadership - Instructional Technology ||
 * What is the need for this
 * Who is the target audience? || Students completing the coursework for the K-12 Computer Technology Endorsement before they apply to the ODE for the
 * What is the anticipated size/
 * Are there known delivery constraints? || Must be an online interface either accessible within the Springboard environment or another outside web-based tool. ||
 * < Assuming this instructional product is completed before the end of the semester, would members of the

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 * ~ **Initial Status Report ** ||
 * [[file:CyberTigers-TeamInitialStatusReport.pdf]] ||
 * ~ =**Team Progress Reports**= ||
 * 1.)[[file:ProgressReport1.pdf]] ||
 * 2.)[[file:ProgressReport2.pdf]] ||
 * 3.)[[file:ProgressReport3.pdf]] ||
 * 4.)[[file:ProgressReport4.pdf]] ||
 * 5. [[file:ProgressReport5.pdf]] ||


 * ~ **Click here to complete the Computer/Technology Endorsement Survey [[image:http://cdncache1-a.akamaihd.net/items/it/img/arrow-10x10.png height="10"]] ** ||

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 * =Final Team Presentation: = ||


 * =Final Team Project:= ||
 * [|Computer/Technology Endorsement Council Website] ||


 * =[|Final Team Paper:]= ||


 * Please question or comment in response to our presentation below. Feel free to add more rows if needed. ||

A computer file refers to a Word, Excel, or PowerPoint document. || We can update the Quizzes easily, but the originator must do this, so if you have a certain one you want looked at, our group would be glad to do this for you. The Endorsement Test data bank is unknown. Maybe once someone has taken the test, they could give us a better idea the the types of questions. We only have the OAE website to guide us. ||
 * **Your Name:** || **Comment**: || **Question**: || **Team's Response:** ||
 * Nino Deiulis || I figured I'd get the ball rolling early with a question. In your initial status report the problem is stated that the teachers seeking the endorsement, "lack the necessary skills in reference to the domains of basic operations, concepts, and issues of digital technology and productivity applications of digital technology." || I was wondering if your SME had told you that the teachers lacked these skills or did you need to determine this from a survey? || This information initially came from our SME and was part of the problem as it was presented to the team . We also ascertained evidence for this from our survey data. ||
 * Dr Ward || Nino..thanks for starting the conversation and reading their status report... cOOL. Some history...I attended the statewide evaluation of the OAE test for computer/technology. There was a group of professors from various colleges who teach this program and we all agreed that the ISTE standards that we follow were not well aligned with the test standards. So I felt strongly that we needed supplemental materials to ensure all my students passed this test! ||  ||   ||
 * Nino Deiulis || Thanks for the info. I'm genuinely curious if you noticed any trend as far as the range of skill sets of teachers. I wonder if most teachers have a similar skill set coming in, or that there is a large separation in skills of groups, so that there is a group of highly knowledgeable candidates and a group to the other extreme. || Did you notice any extreme groupings in the skill sets of candidates and if so did it pose any problems for you? || No extreme groupings, but some deficiencies so we created resources for these areas. We all work with technology in our classrooms, and the program keeps adding to this knowledge. ||
 * Nino Deiulis || The website looks good and I really will be referencing it in the future as I near getting my endorsement. || Will the website be accessible in the future? If so, will it still be at the same url? || That's what we are hoping. I don't think the url will be changing. ||
 * Rebecca Baxter || I was looking at the troubleshooting part of your website. I'm surprised and relieved to see only 5 issues. || Are these the only 5 troubleshooting issues that are required for the test? || These were areas in the domain that we felt needed explored more for the student's benefit in taking the test. It is still questionable as to the endorsement's test question database. ||
 * Brian Jackson || I was looking at the "Test your knowledge" part of your website. Very well designed! || To create the quizzes, did you create each question or was the information already available online? || We used Quiz Revolution. The free version lets you create multiple choice questions and we used the first 2 choices if we were doing True/False. It was a framework that was easy to use and we embedded the quiz so we could make changes automatically to the website. ||
 * Janel Koellner || Like Brian, I was very impressed with the "Test Your Knowledge" tab. I believe this would be very useful for the learner to assess his or her knowledge. || One of the questions was a bit confusing-I liked how it allowed you to note it as a bad question. (which I didn't do) Wondering how/who receives this data to update the test? Is this an enduring process as long as the test is available?
 * Matt Cash || Impressive website and well put together. There is a lot of information and it is good because this is the first year Praxis has to be taken for the endorsement. || One question is why is the health concerns portion on the site? || =====One of the domains relates to computers and health related issues: **demonstrate an understanding of health issues related to the use of digital technology. Survey participants indicated they did not know about these issues. **===== ||
 * Alexander Garey || I'm impressed with the website it houses a wealth of information in the field of computer technology curriculum. The site seems to be very well organized and informative. || Do you know if The University of Akron is going to adopt this site as part of the Instructional Technology Resources? It would be beneficial. || Dr. Ward will be publishing the website for greater access once we are finished. Whether or not it will be part of the Instructional Technology Resources is yet to be determined. ||
 * Jay Schneiderman || Your website looks great. Very professional. I checked out the Test Your Knowledge and the Tutorials section and they were really helpful. || In a couple of your responses you mentioned domains. Are they located on the Ohio Assessment for Educators website? Did you use the domains to create your survey? || Yes, the domains are on the website and they were used as the structure of the survey.

http://www.oh.nesinc.com/CONTENT/STUDYGUIDE/OH_SG_OBJ_016.htm This is the web address that will take you directly to the domains that will be assessed on the endorsement assessment. ||
 * Theresa Carpenter || Very professional looking site. I like the drop boxes and easy accessibility to find section you would be looking for. ||  || Thank you! ||
 * Dr Ward || I just completed viewing your Prezi Presentation. I want to say that this is one of the most professional and well put together presentations I have had submitted in this class over the year. Your team worked so well together, the presentation was cohesive, everyone participated, nice audio for each council member. I am very impressed with your work. Much to be proud of here CyberTigers!!!! || What was the biggest challenge of your project? || For me, it has been the final paper. It is very difficult to write a paper of this magnitude with so many authors and avenues of input. Otherwise, our team worked very well together and was receptive at all times to constructive feedback. We were all willing to do things over and over if necessary until the whole team was satisfied, without complaint. Becky

//I would agree with Becky. The paper was a bit of a challenge, but I felt we worked very well together. I also felt the beginning stages were a bit of a challenge - keeping focused on what we needed to accomplish without getting overwhelmed! Diane//

//Most definitely the paper and being to get together to work. That's why we had all these alternative ways to talk like Wiggio, Google hangouts, etc. Esther//

The paper was the biggest challenge and I second what Becky said about multiple authors, ideas, and input. However, we persevered and used Google Docs to collaborate on the paper and other aspects of the project. Another issue we had was getting everyone familiarized with all of the technology that we used to communicate or "meet". However, after our first session on Google Hangouts, we fixed the bugs and kinks, and now we all are pretty much professional Google Hangout people! I enjoyed working with these women because of their amount of dedication, professionalism, and work ethic. It was most definitely a positive experience! ||
 * Vicente Velazquez || Your site is very well done, and I really enjoyed the assessment portion. IT was all good, but to me that’ is an area bring the best out of projects. || This site looks great, but is there anything you could have done differently having gone through this once? ||  ||
 * Jaycen Rollison || Your final project was very well organized. I like that the site was easy to navigate also. || Do think this will be implemented to help with the mastery of the sub-test? ||  ||
 * Amelia Capotosta || Your website was so well organized. I really liked the navigation of the site-- it was easy to find what I needed and know where to go next. || Will this site stay active for users in the future? I feel it's beneficial information. ||  ||