LCM's TARGET
Grants
Technology Applications Readiness Grants for Empowering Texas
(TARGET)
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Moving Forward Through
Mentoring
A collaborative project
to improve TAKS Scores in high school Mathematic and
Science though the use of technology integreation funded
in June 2003 by TARGET2. Partners in this project are:
LCM, Lumberton High
School and West Orange-Stark High School.
Project Manager:
Charlene Fields
LCM Technology
Specialist:
Tana Thompson
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Empowering Science Education
Through Technology™
Empowering Science
Education through Technology” (E-SET) is a virtual science
community based on an innovative online and field study
learning program. E-SET seamlessly integrates technology into
science education by means of an interdisciplinary online
curriculum, collaboration, and inquiry/project based
activities centered on Texas’ rivers, coastlines, and geologic
features. Through innovative conferences, seminars, and online
workshops with leading science education professionals,
teachers, principals, and administrators will have access to
ongoing, sustained professional development to further the use
of technology in the classroom. Using the technologies and
equipment provided by the grant, students and teachers have
the opportunity to attain higher-level thinking skills by
analyzing water data, conducting relevant research, and
collaborating on findings with schools across the state. E-SET
leverages award-winning programs such as Cyberways and
Waterways? (CW) as well as the University of Texas, Austin,
Institute for Geophysics National Science Foundation (NSF)
programs.
TEXAS SCHOOL DISTRICTS
Austin, Brazosport, Brownwood, Colorado, Corpus Christi, Eagle
Pass, Harlingen, Laredo, Little
Cypress-Mauriceville, Northside (San Antonio),
Palacios, Pflugerville, Presidio, San Felipe-Del Rio,
Shamrock, Van Vleck
THE OPPORTUNITY
E-SET integrates the best practices of proven, research-based
inquiry and project-based studies, centered on the geosciences
and crucial, relevant issues impacting all Texans – water. The
program provides an overall learning environment and process
that promotes teacher competency in technology applications,
improves student achievement and attitudes towards learning,
and represents an effective model for innovative applications
of technology. Teachers and curricula/technical coordinators
will work together to implement effective E-SET geoscience
curricula modules that are research-based and fully aligned to
the TEKS/TAKS. They will collaborate with other teachers and
schools on best practices relative to the integration of
technology. E-SET is also designed to promote community and
parental involvement in the learning process.
CAMPUS PARTICIPANTS: Kathy
Reeves & Woody Cox
Making the
Connections-TARGET
High School
Language Arts
Fiscal Agent:
Birdsville ISD
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
The Making the Connections (MC) grant provides innovative
teaching and learning technologies combined with educator
preparation and development specifically designed for
English/Language Arts teachers. Teachers will receive
equipment such as laptop computers and multimedia projectors
along with training to help teachers attain the capacity,
skills, competence, and confidence necessary to integrate
technology successfully into everyday classroom life. The
program has been made possible through the Technology
Applications Readiness Grants for Empowering Texas (TARGET), a
statewide grant funded by the No Child Left Behind Act.
THE OPPORTUNITY
The MC program will enhance student achievement by improving
teacher competencies, providing innovative language arts and
interdisciplinary curricula, and promoting the active
involvement of parents and community organizations in the
learning environment. The program will be implemented with a
series of classroom modules developed by a team of teachers,
educators, university leaders, representatives from
governmental and non-profit agencies as well as private sector
partners. These modules will be fully grounded in fulfilling
TEKS requirements and preparing students for TAKS tests. In
addition, participants will be involved with leading
professionals through innovative conferences such as SXSW and
the Austin Film Festival/Heart of Screenwriters Contest.
CAMPUS PARTICIPANTS: Jamie
Hoffard; Sylvia Streeter
Texas School Districts:
Austin, Birdville, Brownwood, Colorado, Eagle Pass, Harlingen,
Laredo, Little Cypress-Mauriceville, Northside (San Antonio),
Palacios, Pflugerville, Presidio, San Felipe Del Rio.
Brazos-Sabine Connection
Professional educators from
the Brazos-Sabine Connection are continuing a collaborative
effort to improve student achievement by integrating
educational technologies throughout the entire educator
preparation and development program. The consortium believes
that the introduction of technology into classrooms can
significantly increase the potential for learning, especially
when it is used to support collaboration, information access,
and the expression and representation of students' thoughts
and ideas. Technology is viewed as a tool for learning and a
medium for thinking, collaborating, and communicating.
LCM Design School:
Mauriceville Elementary |
