Suppose that humans happen to be so constructed that they desire the opportunity for freely undertaken productive work. Suppose that they want to be free from the meddling of technocrats and commissars, bankers and tycoons, mad bombers who engage in psychological tests of will with peasants defending their homes, behavioral scientists who can’t tell a pigeon from a poet, or anyone else who tries to wish freedom and dignity out of existence or beat them into oblivion.
--Noam Chomsky, reviewing B.F. Skinner, Beyond Freedom and Dignity (1971)
Technology is a servant who makes so much noise cleaning up in the next room that his master cannot make music.
--Karl Kraus, Half-Truths and One-and-a-Half Truths
Regional Office of Education, La Salle County, Illinois
http://silverpine.forest.net/~soliant/LaSalle/course.php?workshopID=535
Professional Development Workshop
Class Title: Equipping Teachers with Handhelds PALMS to Administer DIBELS Assessment
Class ID: RSACDA027-06
Category: RSAC Data / Assessment
Audience: All
Grade Level: K-3
Description:
Explore the successes and challenges of the Chicago Public Schools' districtwide implementation of equipping teachers with handhelds to administer the DIBELS assessment.
Experience the three-year journey that Chicago Public Schools has taken with DIBELS (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills) - beginning with paper-pencil moving to a technology solution, and all along the way facilitating the interdepartmental collaboration necessary to bring this project to fruition. Participants will learn how CPS used a project management approach to collaborate with other departments, motivate teachers to complete assessments on time and most importantly, to support teachers and administrators in using assessment data to drive instruction and school improvement.
Instructor:
Liz Cochran
Dates:
December 6, 2005
Times:
1:30 - 2:30 PM
Location:
Pheasant Run Resort, room Arnold Palmer
4051 East Main Street
St. Charles, IL 60174