Office of Educational Technology - NJ Digital...

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Office of Educational Technology

Laurence Cocco – Director

Joseph Seaman – Supervisor, Technology Readiness

Sue Sullivan – NJCCCS Standard 8 Coordinator

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Digital Learning in New Jersey Schools

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• Digital Learning Initiative Overview

• NJTRAx Digital Learning

• PARCC Technology Readiness

• Resources for NJCCCS Standard 8 -Technology

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Topics

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• NJTRAx PARCC Readiness & Digital Learning

• Digital Readiness for Learning and Assessment (DRLAP) Broadband RFP– $89 million in savings for 145 participants– Increased bandwidth by 150%– http://www.mresc.k12.nj.us/pages/Middlesex_Re

gional/News/DRLAP_Broadband_Component

• Resources for NJCCCS Standard 8 – Technology

• Standard 8 Assessment Toolkit

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Digital Learning Initiative

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• Future Ready NJ Grant Opportunity

• Technology Planning Guidance (aligned to ESSA and NETP)

• Periodic Communications Regarding Digital Learning Opportunities– Hour of Code– Jersey Shore Maker Fest– Digital Learning Day - February 17,

http://www.digitallearningday.org/– New Jersey Makers Day – March 18 – 19,

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Digital Learning Initiative

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• innovateNJ is New Jersey's initiative to support innovation and practice by fostering sharing and collaboration, cultivating projects, and convening practitioners and partners.

• 50 Districts Now Participating• http://www.state.nj.us/education/innovateNJ/• For more information please email

innovation@doe.state.nj.us

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Digital Learning & Assessment

2.0

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• NJTRAx Digital Learning (DL)

• Technology Readiness

• Data in PearsonAccessNext

• Contacting NJDOE for Technology Support

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Topics

NJTRAx

NJTRAx DL

2.0

http://app.njtrax.org/ Current NJTRAx District Master Users have access to

NJTRAx DL They should create accounts for district users

NJTRAx DL

Framework/Gears

The minimum number is set as follows:

• Students: At least 20% of students Grade 5 or higher, or 20 students, whichever is greater.

• Parents/Guardians: At least 10% of the number of all students enrolled in the school or 20 parents, whichever number is greater.

• Teachers: At least 20% of all teachers in the school, or 5 teachers, whichever number is greater.

• School Administrator: At least 1 school administrator, preferably the principal.

• Information Technology Coordinator: At least 1 information technology coordinator.

• Educational Technology Coordinator: At least 1 educational technology coordinator.

NJTRAx DL

NJTRAx DL

Reports

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• NJTRAx DL is voluntary

• NJDOE strongly encourages districts to use NJTRAx DL

• NJDOE believes NJTRAx DL can support districts/schools in their efforts to develop digital learning environments

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Webinar Recording

NJTRAx DL webinar url is posted at http://njdigitallearning.org/

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Technology

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Reminders

• Enter LEA PARCC Coordinator and LEA PARCC IT Contact data into the County-District-School (CDS) application• Need the name, telephone and email of each person

• Update data in NJTRAx - the state’s technology readiness tool

• https://app.njtrax.org/• NJTRAx is used for support and reporting.• Please keep it up to date!

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PearsonAccess Next

http://nj.pearsonaccessnext.com/

http://trng.pearsonaccessnext.com/

There are two PearsonAccess sites:

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PARCC Resource – parcc.pearson.com

Use this site – a great resource

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Technology Setup

• A new TestNav app for laptops and desktops is now available

• Check the system requirements before trying to install/use

• Can use this app instead of a web browser

• Has its own Java version• If a desktop or laptop will use a

web browser for testing, Google Chrome web browser can no longer be used (not an issue for Chromebooks)

• New apps for iPads, Android devices and Chromebooks are available

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Technology Setup

• Proctor Caching should be used!• Especially for accommodated

forms (text to speech, ASL videos, etc.)

• Millions of students will be testing• Not just about your bandwidth…

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Test Preparation

Have students and staff review the Sample Items, Tutorials and Practice Tests

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Test Preparation

Tutorials:• TestNav8• Online Student Tutorials• Text to Speech• American Sign Language• Closed Captioning• Equation Editor• Graphing Calculator

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Test Preparation

Practice Tests:• Students and staff can see the kinds

of items, tools and format used for the tests

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Bulletins

Bulletins:• Administrative Updates• Technology Updates

Check frequently – can also subscribe for alerts

Data in

Data

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PearsonAccess Student Data

Student Registration File: After NJDOE Initial Upload

Student Registration File: Initial Upload by NJDOE

NJDOE

Responsible districts upload

student data

Testing District/School

uploads student data

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PearsonAccess Student Data

• In PearsonAccessNext -Not required ≠ Not important• Required = bare minimum student information that

is needed in order to have a student begin testing as quickly as possible.

• Data that is “not required” should be entered later• This data is important - should not be left blank

• All of the necessary fields were submitted for the NJSMART submission• Export Student and User files as a backup• Make a copy of the backups and use the copy to

edit and upload changes into PearsonAccess

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PearsonAccess Student Data

• If the district’s Student Information System will be used to generate student files that will be uploaded into PearsonAccess in order to modify what NJDOE uploaded, please ensure that the file has all of the necessary information – not just “required”

• The Testing District/School fields and the Responsible District/School fields need to be completed for each student – impacts where student reports are sent• The Testing and Responsible District codes are six

digits: two digit county and four digit district code• School codes are three digits• Be careful of leading zeros in Excel

• Leading zeros can disappear…

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PearsonAccess Student Data

State fields in the PearsonAccess student file need to be completed – confirm this when student records are updated – see NJSMART PARCC Handbook for details

State Field Number

NJ State Use of the Field Number

State Field 1 LEPExemptFromTakingLALState Field 2 TimeInSchoolLessThanOneYearState Field 3 HomelessStatusState Field 4 ExemptFromPassingState Field 5 NJLEPStatusState Field 6 SpecialEducationClassificationState Field 7 SpecialEducationPlacementState Field 8 Blank – do not useState Field 9 Blank – do not useState Field 10 Blank – do not useState Field 11 Blank – do not useState Field 12 Blank – do not use

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Clean-up Tasks

• After testing, there are some clean-up tasks• For paper tests:

• Districts need to address rejected student tests• As tests are being scanned, those tests that

cannot be matched to a student in PearsonAccess will be rejected

• The district needs to review and fix these rejections

• Be careful what is submitted for scoring• Submitting an answer sheet that is crossed out

or blank is an issue

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Clean-up Tasks

• For online tests:• Need to close out open sessions

• Students with a test status of Active, Exited, Resumed and Resumed Upload need to be closed

• For both paper and online tests:• Confirm all of the necessary student information in

the student record is present and accurate

Contacting NJDOE for Technology Support

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Technology Support

• Contact Pearson support before contacting NJDOE for technology support• Log the name of the person with whom you are

speaking at Pearson support• Get a support ticket number • Note the date and time

• If Pearson support is not addressing the issue, then contact the NJDOE Assessment Office

• The ability of NJDOE to escalate an issue with Pearson support is greatly assisted by having the name of the Pearson support person, the ticket number, date, time, and details of the issue

Technology StandardTechnology Standard

Standard 8

CADs

Additional Resources

Computational Thinking http://tinyurl.com/njcstapd

Assessment

Sample Activities for Standard Implementationhttp://tinyurl.com/techcads

Educational Technology (8.1)__________________________________

Technology Education, Engineering, Design, and Computational Thinking – Programming (8.2)

Pilot assessment just concluded.New assessment model this spring .

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Questions?

For additional information please email:edtech@doe.state.nj.us

PowerPoint will be posted at:http://njdigitallearning.org

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