Matthew+Butch


 * Needs Statement:**

The Penn Manor School District primary purpose, like any other district, is to educate students. The mission statement furthers that purpose by involving not only the faculty, but the parents, staff, and administrators to work together to improve the education, as well as improve the person as well. As with society in general, technology is in use at Penn Manor. However, the according to a survey conducted, the teachers and staff do not feel comfortable using many different types of technology. This low comfort level with technology includes both support technology (email, time off system, etc), and integration technology (blogs, presentations, etc). This is especially seen at the elementary level. While there is training in the summer, there is a lack of training during the school year.

Training Need:

The following are training needs of the faculty:
 * Training throughout the year, not just in the summer
 * Focus on blogs

For in year training on blogs **
 * SWOT Analysis:

Strengths:
 * Constantly refreshing faculty’s mind
 * Get better, more constant, and direct feedback from teachers- as they use blogs find out what works and what doesn’t
 * Improve use of blogs, improving faculty’s productivity at getting work done and teaching
 * Improve faculty’s happiness and contentment at blogs

Weaknesses: Opportunities: Threats:
 * Time involvement for both teachers and techs will be increased
 * If not done right may turn teachers against blogs
 * Become a leader in technology training as few other districts offer during the year training
 * As it progresses, teachers w/ heavy technology interest will be drawn to district, further increasing technology use
 * Teachers may not like time being put in if unpaid

=Section 1 - Need Analysis Report=

Executive Summary
The Penn Manor School District primary purpose, like any other district, is to educate students. The mission statement furthers that purpose by involving not only the faculty, but the parents, staff, and administrators to work together to improve the education, as well as improve the person as well.

As with society in general, technology is in use at Penn Manor. However, the according to a survey conducted, the teachers and staff do not feel comfortable using many different types of technology. This low comfort level with technology includes both support technology (email, time off system, etc), and integration technology (blogs, presentations, etc). This is especially seen at the elementary level. While there is training in the summer, there is a lack of training during the school year.

Business Need
Teachers take inservices during the summer, usually in 3 hour blocks, on technology topics. The topics include Pages, Keynote, Podcasting, Blogs, and Moodle. However, the start of school is a busy time of year, and many teachers do not start to use any of these technology options until weeks or months after they learn about them. With so much time difference, they have a hard time remembering anything they were taught. Hence, the use of technology in the classroom is not as widespread or as well implemented as it could be. Training teachers on a topic throughout the year will greatly help the teachers understanding and use of the technology. Starting on one topic, such as blogs, will focus the training and increase the use of blogs throughout the district.

Teachers need instruction throughout the year on blogs to retain knowledge and improve the use of blogs.

Learning Opportunity
Instead of having one three hour inservice in the summer, having three one hour inservices throughout the year provides a better solution. Each teacher can take on a blog project, and build on it throughout the three sessions.

Expected Benefits
As stated above, the biggest benefit is that the teachers will feel more comfortable with the technology so they can better implement it in the classroom. Students will benefit as well as they will have a well planned and executed instruction.

Audience Analysis
This project encompasses the entire district, so all levels of teachers (elementary and secondary) will be targeted. Most teachers who would be taking these course have a basic understand of technology in general. Some will be more adept then others, and some will need more training.

Project Design
The training will be a primary instruction-led class for the three sessions. However, as the instructor will work in the district, there can be a Moodle set up for outside session communication.

Project Success Measures
For Blogs, post count and most recent post at the end of the year is a great way to see how active the blog is being use by the teacher.

Out of Scope
General computer use will not be covered. The inservice will focus solely on integration of blogs into the classroom.

Estimated Project Costs
The biggest cost in any phase of this project will be time. Time for the designer, instructor, and the teacher. It will take the designer and instructor at least 6 months to develop the program and get necessary approval.

There should be little monetary cost, as all the equipment, software, and staffing costs are already covered by the district.

=Section 2 - Performance Analysis=

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=Section 3 - Design Document= 

**Scope of Project**
//Here you will state the course goal and who the primary audience is, define what the delivery strategy will be (ILT, elearning, WebEx, blended), and how long the course is. Describe how the pilot will be delivered and how the pilot students were selected (if applicable).//

This project will to train teachers on the use of blogs in the classroom. They will be able to use them in instructional settings for students as well as information settings for parents. The primary delivery strategy will be an instructor-led course, with reference materials between sessions.

Course Objectives
//You will state the learning objectives for each of the modules and any subordinate objectives that you have defined. Define clearly what performance levels are acceptable to pass the course and what the remediation plan is if these levels are not reached.//

After this course the participants will be able to:


 * Create blog posts and pages
 * Use various forms of media on the blog
 * Use a blog in an instructional setting

Costs/Timeframes
//Describe how long the course development, pilot, revisions, and final deployment will take. Break down the program costs by each phase (ADDIE).//

Course Development - Due 1 month from date of project approval, Cost $0 (already covered under salary paid to employee) Pilot Development - 1 week from the completion of Course Development, Cost $0 (already covered under salary paid to employee) Revisions - 1 week at the completion of Pilot, Cost $0 (already covered under salary paid to employee) Implementation - 1 month from the project approval date, Cost $0 (voluntary attendance) Summative Evaluation - 1 week from the implementation, Cost $0 (already covered under salary paid to employee)

Delivery
//Describe how the course will be structured by topic (e.g., a syllabus). If possible, establish what the course timing will be.//

The course will have three parts, Basic Blogging, Advanced Blogging, and Blogging Integration. Each part will be a one hour session, and each session will be held over the course of a couple of months.

Module 1- Basic Blogging (1 hour)
 * 1) Instructor-led training on basic blog topics
 * 2) Student time for applying blog knowledge
 * 3) Instructor assessment of student application

Module 2- Advanced Blogging (1 hour)


 * 1) Instructor-led training on advanced blog topics, including media integration
 * 2) Student time for applying blog knowledge
 * 3) Instructor assessment of student application

Module 3- Blogging Integration (1 hour)


 * 1) Instructor-led training on blogging integration, including examples
 * 2) Student presentations on blogging integration
 * 3) Instructor assessment of student presentations

Outline
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Learning Components/Materials
//Using the structure defined in the course outline, provide details as to what the course will cover and how long each topic will take to facilitate. Make sure that each learning objective and subordinate objective is included and the corresponding learning events noted. Include formative evaluation events as they would occur or separately but ensure that each evaluation event is clearly linked to a learning objective If the pilot will be different than the final course, note the differences here.

A good way to present this information is in a table with the following headers://

__//Module ¦ Learning Objective ¦ Subordinate Objective ¦ K ¦ S ¦ A ¦ Learning Activity ¦ Assessment//__

//KSA = Knowledge, Skill, or Attitude. This is important to define because your learning activity and assessment will be different for each of these.//

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Administration and Evaluation
//Describe how the course will be administered and evaluated. Who will maintain learning records? Who will perform the summative evaluation?//

The course will be developed and administered by the IT department of Penn Manor School District. The instructor will be a member of the tech department, and will communicate with the students between sessions. When completed, OTS will be updated to show the students have successfully completed the course for Act 48 credits.

Miscellaneous
//Include anything about the course not otherwise mentioned (e.g., course design/development team members, SMEs, resources used, etc.)

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Prototype Files
Not quite complete or polished yet:

Final version that was presented (will be completely redoing for final presentation though) :