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THE STATE
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT / THE UNIVERSITY
OF THE STATE OF |
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TO: |
Cultural Education Committee |
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FROM: |
Carole Huxley |
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SUBJECT: |
OCE Resources & the NYSED Virtual Learning
System |
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DATE: |
February 21, 2006 |
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STRATEGIC
GOAL: |
Goal 4 |
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AUTHORIZATION(S): |
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SUMMARY
Issue for Discussion
What plans exist for incorporating OCE resources in the NYSED Virtual Learning System?
Reason(s) for Consideration - For Discussion
The NYSED Virtual Learning System
(VLS) is designed to encourage use of the Internet as a tool for teaching and
learning and to assist classroom teachers in locating Internet resources for
instruction. VLS offers the full
text of
As was demonstrated at the Committee’s Trusteeship meeting in February, the State Archives, Library and Museum have invested in Internet-based strategies for increasing access to our collections, including resources specifically designed for classroom use. Public Broadcasting’s web resources for teachers are varied, extensive and widely used.
VLS represents an opportunity to bring OCE’s resources into the pre-K to 12 curricular mainstream.
Proposed Handling
The Committee will discuss the status of OCE’s involvement with VLS (summarized below) as well as plans for the future. The Committee will then determine what more information they may need, what additional questions should be posed regarding the issue and whether they support OCE’s efforts with regard to VLS.
Summary of OCE Involvement with VLS: OCE representatives have served on the VLS Steering Committee since its inception. Currently, the VLS home page[1] contains links to educational resources from OCE via a document entitled “Cultural Resources”.[2] This document is an all inclusive portal to the resources of OCE. VLS is designed to lead a teacher through the Learning Standards and to link resources to the specific Performance Indicator. Therefore, it will be most beneficial to all concerned if OCE’s resources can also be fully integrated with VLS at every appropriate level of the Standards.
A draft plan for providing OCE resources to the NYSED Virtual Learning System is attached.
Procedural History
This is the Committee’s first opportunity to discuss the issue.
Recommendation
Recommended that the Committee support the effort to link OCE resources to VLS and review progress on an annual basis.
Timetable for Implementation
Ongoing
Attachment
DRAFT Plan for Providing OCE Resources to the NYSED Virtual
Learning System
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Activity |
Human
Resources |
Details |
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Determine
curriculum areas where OCE content would be most needed and
useful |
OCE
staff EMSC Curriculum
& Instruction associates |
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Review what’s in
VLS and what’s needed ·
Review OCE
assets ·
Determine, based
on curriculum and standards as well as relative difficulty, where to
begin |
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Identify
high-impact content for classroom use |
OCE
staff NYS
teachers |
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Review the
materials already created for the classroom ·
Identify new
content themes suggested by collections |
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Align identified
content to Learning Standards at the appropriate
level |
NYS
teachers |
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Identify
activities and lesson plans ·
Determine
standards alignment |
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Align items in
the OCE Digital Collection to core curriculum and learning
standards |
NYS
teachers OCE IT
staff |
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Align each item
to the appropriate standard(s) ·
Add
functionality to OCE Digital Collection website to incorporate standards
alignment and teacher tools (similar to Archives’ Throughout the Ages
site) |
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Align NYS PTV
and PBS TeacherSource resources to NYS standards |
Station
Education Directors NYS
teachers |
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Choose the most
promising materials ·
Negotiate rights
(if necessary) with PBS or producers ·
Determine
standards alignment |
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Teacher
Professional Development |
Station
staff OCE
staff BOCES Higher Ed (if
TeacherLine course is created) |
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Develop workshop
curriculum to train teachers on using OCE resources ·
Post workshop
materials on websites ·
Post resource
integration “tips and tricks” on OCE websites and
VLS ·
Consider
creating a PBS |