The FY10 Title II, Part D Increasing Student Literacy Competitive Grants are designed to create a model that will build capacity for using technology to improve literacy while meeting the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) that can be replicated throughout the state. Through this grant, 20 schools (5 classrooms per school) will be provided with software and technology equipment supporting literacy. Participating students will use software that leverages the Lexile Framework® to differentiate foundational reading and writing practice. Students will also work collaboratively to research and use the writing process to create multi-media rich video reports/presentations (digital storytelling) to synthesize and apply interdisciplinary information using digital media. The GaDOE has established a FY10 Title II, Part D 21st Century STEM Lab Competitive Grant with the goal of seeding sustained statewide emphasis on STEM education. This investment involves expanding the impact of Georgia’s 21st Century STEM education initiatives on the K-12 level – specifically through the creation of 26 STEM Labs in middle and high schools and the formation of 21st Century STEM Lab Governance Boards for each grant school that will partner with post-secondary institutions, STEM research and demonstration sites, community, and business. The purpose of this course is to provide Georgia's eighth grade physical science teachers with modules for teaching the following GPS Frameworks and their corresponding tasks: Science with Toys, Energy in our Life, Light and Sound Show, Food and Cooking, and Sports.
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