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DREAMS PROJECT - OUSD
TEACHER PARTICIPANTS
Stages of Technology
Personal Experience
Comparisons
PROJECT GOALS
Urban Dreams Focus
Curriculum
Integration
Access and
Computer Literacy
SUPPORT
Technology Resources
Database Resources
Critiques
Staff Support
Training and Workshops
INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
Influence of Technology
Curriculum
Integration
Classroom Impact
Changes in Teaching Instructional
Strategies Prior to Urban Dreams
Collaboration/Reflection
RECOMMENDATIONS
Future Use of Technology
Training
Time
Suggestions
CONCLUSIONS
Successes
References to Change
Evaluation
Results
Level
II Narratives/IPOs
Video Case Studies
Center
for Evaluation and Research (CER)
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 Results of Teacher
Interviews - 2nd
Year Report
Draft Prepared by Carla
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Grant Abstract
Oakland Unified School District (OUSD), in collaboration with a consortium of community and university partners, will improve high school students' academic
achievement in social studies and language arts through the system-wide implementation of Urban Dreams, an innovative, standards-based and
technology-embedded reform program that engages students, teachers, parents and other community members. Building upon research in best
practices for teaching and learning as well as for community engagement, the
Urban Dreams Technology Integration Program relies heavily upon:
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New pedagogical and learning approaches as the basis for its Student Project Based Research Investigations
component |
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An ongoing 5-year Professional Development Program with recognized historians and literary scholars as instructors, peer support models (i.e.,
professional dialogue circles and peer coaching) for more reflective practice and implementation of new skills and information, and creative distance
learning and teaching opportunities |
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Consistent and progressive parent and community education.
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The Urban Dreams
project utilizes quantitative and qualitative measures to document the
district's reform process, assess the consortium's progress toward meeting goals and objectives while subsequently providing ongoing evaluative information for program refinement. Urban Dreams addresses the academic and
career needs of more than 11,000 urban secondary students in Oakland's ethnically and linguistically diverse community while concurrently building the
district's capacity to sustain project outcomes through a more skilled teaching force, and a more engaged parent-community partnership.
Focus
The project seeks to enrich teaching and learning in English and History classrooms by linking the study of literature with the study of history. Through its
partnership with the Bay Area Writing Project, Urban Dreams will provide professional development in reading and writing in the English and Social
Studies content areas.
The project seeks to enrich teaching and learning in English and History classrooms by linking the study of literature with the study of history. Through its
partnership with the Bay Area Writing Project, Urban Dreams will provide professional development in reading and writing in the English and Social
Studies content areas.
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