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Math Standards Project: Delivering Professional Development with John D. Solis, Ph.D. Texas Regional Collaboratives Center for STEM Education College of Education The University of Texas at Austin

+Project Background

n  Revised Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for Mathematics adopted April 2012

n  Project began January 2012

n  Online self-directed professional development through Project Share

n  Creating a bridge between revised standards and effective math instruction

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+What is Project Share?

n  State-wide learning management system

n  Online environment that: n  streamlines Web 2.0 and

other digital tools, n  organizes content and

supporting media, n  serves as a learning platform

for inservice teacher professional development purposes, and

n  allows teachers to create personal learning networks (PLNs).

+Americans with Disabilities Act

n  3Play Media

n  Time stamped transcripts n  Narrations n  Classroom video

n  PDFs for all 72 lessons

n  Continue use of text-based transcripts

n  Use closed-captioning files with e-learning tools

n  Develop Web- and mobile-friendly digital interactive media (HTML 5)

What we did What we plan to do in the future

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+Camtasia Studio Tips

n  Planning is key

n  Working with closed captioning

n  Use animation to illustrate complex concepts

n  High resolution graphics

n  Record and edit audio narrations outside of Camtasia

n  Balance video quality and size

john.solis@austin.utexas.edu

Thank You!

thetrc.org

@drsolis

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