OE USE ONLY FULL TITLE OF PROJECT THE RELATIONSHIP OF ACP TRAINING CURRICULUM AND METHODOLOGY IN THE FEDERAL SOVETESH NAME OF PROJECT DRECTOR 14. NAME OF APPLICANT USGANIZATION Dr. John W. Sullivan Association for Educational Data Systems ABSTRACT (THIS IS FOR INTERGOVERNMENTAL DISTRIBUTION, OMIT CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, U'MIT TO 200 WORDS.) The Association for Educational Data Systems, through its National Center for Educational Data Processing proposes to conduct an invitational five-day working conference on the Relationship of ADP Training Curriculum and Methodology in the Federal Government. It will be the ultimate objective of this conference to make recommendations for the establishment of an effective and efficient ADP training program utilizing new instructional methodologies. This training program will concentrate on new multi-media approaches utilizing new technology, such as video tape, educational television, programmac instruction and computer assisted instruction. The conferenca participants will explore the issues involved in determining who and what kind of ADP training is needed, what the long range educational objectives of this training should be and what the actual curriculum should consist of in order to obtain these objectives. This conference will bring together fifteen topical specialists from outside the Federal Government and eight from the Federal Covernment, for an in depth discussion dealing with the feasibility of estaolishing such an ADP training program. Eighteen additional resource specialists, representing the manufacturers of new technology, ADP users in the Federal Government, consultant firms specializing in ACP training, and training program axecutives from several major corporations,will serve on four panel sessions. From these discussions, the participants will arrive at recommendations from which the Federal Covernment may form future policy concerning ADP training programs. Two major resource papers will be presented for the additional consideration of the participants. Recording procedures will require the participants to complete conference reaction sheets at appropriate intervals during the discussion. Tapes and stenographic assistance will be used for backup and clarification purposes. The final report of the conference will contain an extensive analysis of the conclusions and recommendations reached by the participants as well as an exhaustive fund of knowledge on the uscs of now multi-media in a training environment. If such a training program is determined to oe feasible, the conference report could take the form of an RFP for a Demonstration Project incorporating the recommendations of the conference. APPENDIX D ABSTRACTS OF ESEA TITLE III PROJECTS INVOLVING USE OF COMPUTERS APPROVED AS OF JUNE 9, 1967 As of June 9, 1967, there are 112 approved PACE computer projects costing $15,062,613. The majority of these computer projects are computer-assisted instructional programs. Others involve the use of computers for school administration, student programing, guidance, counseling, and testing, and classroom instruction in programing and computer technology. "Educational Reorganization and Reorientation Through the Personalization of Instruction." Planning project: OE No. 66–858. Amount sought: $54,485. Description: A new approach to public education will be planned that will require designing new and unique physical facilities, reorganizing faculty, and creating a new relationship among the students, community, home, and school. The lessons for all students will be so designed that each may progress at his own rate of learning. A close surveillance on each child's progress will be maintained by the academic counselor and guidance counselor with the aid of a computer. Further information: Floyd McLeod, administrative assistant, Anniston public schools, Anniston, Ala. 36201. (205) 237-5508. Anniston, Ala.: Anniston City Board of Education. "Personalization of Learning Achieved Through Organic-Evaluation." Operational project: OE No. 66-2337. Amount sought: $103,125. Description: An evaluation system will be programed for computers to permit continuous diagnosis of pupil progress. Further information: J. Revis Hall, superintendent of schools, Anniston City Board of Education, 1429 Woodstock Avenue, Anniston, Ala. 36201. (205) 237-2808. San Diego, Calif.: Department of Education, San Diego County. Description: A center is to be planned by a five-member task group, taking into account the educational needs of the community and available educational and cultural resources. Survey questionnaires, interviews, and other data collection techniques are to be used for determining needs. Social science and management specialists are to be consulted. District computer facilities will be used to process data. An analysis of needs and resources by the task group will result in recommendations for specific center projects. To be considered are: English as a second language for the Spanish-speaking community; programs for the educationally and economically disadvantaged and for science-oriented students; water safety; and increased learning opportunities for children in rural areas. Number of persons to be served: 280,000 students. Further information: Dr. Cecil D. Hardesty, superintendent of schools, 6401 Linda Vista Road, San Diego, Calif. 92111. (714) 278-6400, extension 211. Beverly Hills, Calif.: Beverly Hills Unified School District. "Data Retrieval System." Planning project: OE No. 66-1150. Amount sought: $92,800. Description: An automatic information retrieval system for retrieving both audio and visual information will be tested in the instructional program of four elementary schools as a pilot project. Further information: Dan M. Gibson, director of instructional materials, Beverly Hills Unified School District, 255 South Lasky Drive, Beverly Hills, Calif. 90212. (213) 278-1480. Claremont, Calif.: Claremont Unified School District. "Information Dissemination Concerning Exemplary Programs." Operational project: OE No. 66-1479. Amount sought: $18,399. Description: An information service will be established to disseminate information regarding three exemplary programs underway in the district. These programs involve a team teaching project, an ungraded primary education program, and a computer based flexible scheduling program at the secondary level. Further information: Dr. John B. Brinegar, superintendent, Claremont Unified School District, 2080 North Mountain Avenue, Claremont, Calif. 91711. (714) 624-9041. San Bernardino, Calif.: Office of the County Superintendent of Schools of San Bernardino County. "Inyo-San Bernardino Counties Planning Grant." Planning project: OE No. 66-272. Amount sought: $236,533. Description: This project is to include a survey of the area's educational needs, gathering data about exemplary programs, examination of pertinent research, exploration of available resources, analysis of data, and establishment of priorities. It is to result in plans for supplementary educational centers and exemplary educational programs to serve both counties. Emphasis will be on educational television and radio, year-round use of school and community facili ties, inservice training for teachers, data processing, a mobile child guidance clinic, a mobile health unit for children, mobile centers for art museum services, a mental health program combining guidance and curriculum services, extensive educational trips, and use of community cultural resources. Number of persons to be served: 200,000 students. Further information: Roy C. Hill, county superintendent of schools, 5th Floor, Hall of Records, 172 West Third Street, San Bernardino, Calif., 92403. (714) TU9-0111, extension 412. Marysville, Calif.: Linda Elementary School District. "Visual Retrieval Reading Center." Planning project: OE No. 66-1645. Amount sought: $20,000. Description: A reading center will be established to serve students, train teachers, and offer social, psychological, and health services utilizing a dial telephone system to retrieve information stored on tapes in areas such as history, music, linguistics, and reading. Further information: Donald K. Morales, Assistant Superintendent, Yuba County Schools Office, Yuba County Courthouse, Marysville, Calif. 95901 (916) 743-1511. Palo Alto, Calif.: Superintendent of Palo Alto Unified District. "Palo Alto Unified School District Computer-Based Student Course Selection Program." Planning project: OE No. 66-1701. Amount sought: $49,500. Description: Planning and a pilot project will be undertaken to develop a guidance program that uses a computer to aid students in selecting courses. Further information: Murray Tondow, 25 Churchill Avenue, Palo Alto, Calif. (415) 327-7100. Bakersfield, Fresno, Los Angeles, Pleasant Hill, Sacramento, San Francisco, Santa Ana, San Jose, Santa Rosa, Ventura: Kern County superintendent of schools, Fresno County schools office, Los Angeles Unified School District of Los Angeles County, Contra Costa County superintendent of schools office, Sacramento County superintendent of schools, San Francisco Unified School District, County of Orange superintendent of schools, Santa Clara County superintendent of schools, Sonoma County superintendent of schools, office of the Ventura County superintendent of schools. "California Regional Educational Information Centers." Operational project: OE No. 66-711. Amount sought: Kern County, $29,592; Fresno County, $27,672; Los Angeles County, $115,000; Contra Costa County, $42,758; Sacramento County, $53,443; San Francisco Unified School District, $43,323; Orange County, $51,391; Santa Clara County, $14,000; Sonoma County, $34,100; Ventura County, $47,194. Total: $458,473. Description: This project is the result of 7 years of research and developmental work sponsored by the Cooperative Research Branch of the U.S. Office of Education and the California State Department of Education. Its purpose is to establish regional supplemental centers to process raw educational data. Two centers are now in operation in the State as prototypes. They offer preservice and inservice training to teachers, counselors, and school administrators in the use of computers. More demonstration and training centers are needed. This project is designed primarily to train center directors and their staffs and to demonstrate the new system of educational intelligence. The additional centers will be established in the 10 counties and will serve an estimated 300,000 students. Further information: Theodore R. Smedberg, Sacramento County superintendent of schools, 6011 Folsom Blvd., Sacramento, Calif., 95819. (916) 454– 2821. Hayward, Calif.: Hayward Unified School District. "Automated Data Analysis for Instruction and Research." Planning project: OE No. 66-2631. Amount sought: $21,685. Description: Computer programing and problem solving techniques will be incorporated in mathematics, social and physical science, and business courses at the high school level. Further information: Scott D. Thomson, principal, Cubberly High School, Palo Alto Unified School District, 25 Churchill Avenue, Palo Alto, Calif., 94544. (415) 327-7100, extension 5558. Palo Alto, Calif.: Palo Alto Unified School District. "Computer-Based Course Selection Program." Operational project: OE 67-4391. Amount sought: $52,719. Description: High school students numbering over 7,500 will select courses via an information system that will furnish requirements and specifications including college types, grades, vocational choices, and complete course descriptions. The information given to the students will allow them to make choices which can be electronically processed, permitting better and speedier scheduling. Further information: Murray Tondow, Director, Educational Data Services, 25 Churchill Street, Palo Alto, Čalif. 94306 (415) 327-7100, Ext. 4261. Eagle Mountain, Calif.: Desert Center Unified School District. "Operational Learning." Operational project: OE 67-4161. Amount sought: $80,670. Description: Games and simulations will be incorporated into the central curriculum to teach humanities in one unified school district of a geographically isolated area. Multimedia presentations and computer-aided scheduling will be employed. The games will be designed so that the participants will be required to make decisions as a central part of the learning process. It is hoped that the method will motivate students to study such related subjects as mathematics. Further information: Otis Mallory, District Superintendent, Post Office Box 475, Eagle Mountain, Calif. 92241 (714) EX 2-4277. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Santa Barbara High School District. "Computer Uses in Education." Operational project: OE No. 66-2710. Amount sought: $82,800. Description: The facilities of a community computer center will be utilized to measure the effectiveness of computer assistance in high school mathematics and physics; an experimental group taught with computer assistance in each subject will be compared with a control group taught in the traditional manner by the same teachers. Further information: Norman B. Scharer, superintendent of schools, 1235 Chapala Street, Santa Barbara, Calif. 93104. (805) 965-7021. Boulder, Colo.: Boulder Valley School District No. Re-2. "A Computerized Approach to the Individualizing of Instructional Experiences." Planning project: OE No. 66–481. Amount sought: $20,910. Description: Part I. Based on information about individual characteristics of the students, the use of computer facilities is to be planned to help teachers design more effective instructional experiences for three broad groups of students-the academically able, the middle range, and potential dropouts-in kindergarten through grade 12. The kinds of input data such as educational objectives, student characteristics, and instructional designs are to be determined. Inservice workshops are to be set up for teachers, and a complete design for evaluating the program is to be developed. Estimated number of persons to be served: 1,300 students. Further information: Richard M. Fawley, director; Curriculum Research and Statistical Analysis; Post Office Box 186, Boulder, Colo. (303) 442-6931, ext. 45. Boulder, Colo.: Boulder Valley School District No. Re-2. "A Computerized Approach to the Individualizing of Instructional Experiences." Planning project: OE No. 66–399. Amount sought: $26,920, fiscal year 1967. Description: Part II. A continuation of part I above, the program is to consist of completion of preplanning, collection of input data on the three groups of students, coding of information for punchcards, preparation of a program for computer analysis, continuation of teacher workshops, consultation with specialists, a trial run of the system, and completion of planning in order to begin operation in the fall of 1967. Further information: Richard M. Fawley, director, curriculum research and statistical analysis; Post Office Box 186, Boulder, Colo. (303) 442-6931, Extension 45. Hamden, Conn.: Hamden, Conn., Board of Education. "Regional Instructional Computer Center." Operational project: OE 66-2963. Amount sought: $172,997. Description: A suburban educational computer center, designed on the basis of a previous title III planning grant, will be established to serve 12 participating school systems. Three phases of the operational program will consist of (1) development of curriculum and teacher training programs, (2) teacher training and pilot use of the facilities, (3) installation of remote student councils in participating schools and the implementation of full administrative services. Further information: David Wyllie, superintendent of schools, 75 Washington Avenue, Hamden, Conn. (203) 248-4497. Denver, Colo.: Denver Public Schools. "Improving Attitudes, Cultural Understanding, and the Opportunity for Achievement." Operational project: OE 67-3216. Amount sought: $219,500. Description: Television films will be produced to help children of various ethnic groups in an urban area develop improved self-concepts, higher levels of aspiration, and understanding of other cultures. Lessons will be telecast weekly for schoolchildren, and evening programs will be broadcast for adults. The program also includes opportunities for direct intercultural contact among children and for participation in multiethnic experiences in art, music, and drama. Further information: Kenneth E. Oberholtzer, superintendent, 414 14th Street, Denver, Colo. 80202. (303) 266-2255, extension 201. Boulder, Colo.: Boulder Valley School District Re 2. "A Computerized Approach to the Individualizing of Instructional Experiences." Operational project: OE 67-3253. Amount sought: $67,138. Description: Computer techniques will be used to assist classroom teachers in making decisions about instructional programs for individual students. Teachers will have easy access to computer-stored information about individual student characteristics and curriculum alternatives. The program will include inservice training, a restructured curriculum, and the use of new instructional materials. Further information: Richard M. Fawley, director of curriculum, research and statistical analysis, 1440 Walnut Street, Boulder, Colo. 80302. (303) 442-6931. Aurora, Colo.: Adams-Arapahoe School District 28-J. "Air Age Vocational Program." Planning project: OE 67-3279. Amount sought: $27,366. Description: A secondary school vocational curriculum will be planned to offer students training in airframe and powerplant mechanics, airplane piloting, aircraft ground duties, helicopter piloting and helicopter mechanics. The program |