AZ Innovative Learning Collaborative - IBM Collaborator
GAZeL and The Arizona Innovative Learning Collaborative is excited to welcome Bill Lombardi. Bill recently shared the following IBM education resources
Bill Lombardi - Lives and works in Chandler AZ
IBM Watson AI Practioner (by day) and IBM Education Volunteer (by night)
[email protected]
cell 408-821-1317
https://www.linkedin.com/in/billlombardi/
Please let me know if you have any questions. Happy to jump on a call to discuss. If I don't have the answer, I can track down the right team to involve within our community outreach program team.
Watson Teacher Advisor
In Brief: Teacher Advisor With Watson is a free tool built specifically for teachers to help them improve lesson planning and instruction. IBM shared the initial idea for Teacher Advisor at the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) TEACH Conference in 2015. IBM’s technologists worked closely with the American Federation of Teachers, national education leaders, and math teachers to develop this free online resource. Hosted on IBM Cloud, the tool offers high-quality, vetted teaching material from a range of education experts and non-profits, including UnboundEd, Student Achievement Partners, Illustrative Mathematics, CPALMS, EngageNY, Achieve, and AFT’s Share My Lesson.
Elementary school teachers across the nation are beginning to use Teacher Advisor With Watson, a free online tool powered by IBM Watson artificial intelligence technology to help them confidentially access targeted lesson plans and video for math instruction. About 1,000 curated lesson plans and teaching strategies have been vetted for quality and are available so far. The software developed by the IBM Foundation, in collaboration with the American Federation of Teachers, renowned educators, education non-profits, funders, and content providers, provides educators with targeted guidance to help strengthen their teaching skills and improve student achievement.
Teacher Advisor Main Site Link: http://teacheradvisor.org After scrolling around reading about the effort and watching a few brief videos, click on the "Start Using Teacher Advisor." You will get a pop-up asking to register... just email based and some school info. And you are off to navigate... There is a tutorial series of popups - relatively simple but may want to walk thru them.
Article: https://www.edsurge.com/news/2017-09-13-teachers-can-now-use-ibm-s-watson-to-search-for-free-lesson-plans
In Brief: Teacher Advisor With Watson is a free tool built specifically for teachers to help them improve lesson planning and instruction. IBM shared the initial idea for Teacher Advisor at the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) TEACH Conference in 2015. IBM’s technologists worked closely with the American Federation of Teachers, national education leaders, and math teachers to develop this free online resource. Hosted on IBM Cloud, the tool offers high-quality, vetted teaching material from a range of education experts and non-profits, including UnboundEd, Student Achievement Partners, Illustrative Mathematics, CPALMS, EngageNY, Achieve, and AFT’s Share My Lesson.
Elementary school teachers across the nation are beginning to use Teacher Advisor With Watson, a free online tool powered by IBM Watson artificial intelligence technology to help them confidentially access targeted lesson plans and video for math instruction. About 1,000 curated lesson plans and teaching strategies have been vetted for quality and are available so far. The software developed by the IBM Foundation, in collaboration with the American Federation of Teachers, renowned educators, education non-profits, funders, and content providers, provides educators with targeted guidance to help strengthen their teaching skills and improve student achievement.
Teacher Advisor Main Site Link: http://teacheradvisor.org After scrolling around reading about the effort and watching a few brief videos, click on the "Start Using Teacher Advisor." You will get a pop-up asking to register... just email based and some school info. And you are off to navigate... There is a tutorial series of popups - relatively simple but may want to walk thru them.
Article: https://www.edsurge.com/news/2017-09-13-teachers-can-now-use-ibm-s-watson-to-search-for-free-lesson-plans
IBM on Demand Volunteer Community and Assets for School:
What: Volunteers and their work around education - this includes science, technology, engineering, math (STEM), early childhood, eWeek, EXITE and IGNITE Camps, K-12 activities, workshops and programs, and much more. The employee developed activities are sorted by topic (STEM, Early Childhood, etc) then by grade and age. This section acts like a Sandbox where volunteers can share and further develop activities and materials that have been put together to help nonprofit organizations and schools fulfill their mission.
Activities - Which range from 1hr hands on to multi hour workshops... If you are interested I can try and find IBM volunteers in your area to come to the school and lead an activity of interest... Some are pretty cool and there is a range of age appropriate activities... or download kit and run your self...
Link to Activity Kits for Children: https://www.ibm.com/ibm/responsibility/initiatives/activitykits/ If this doesn't work - You may need to register for an IBM-ID coming in thru the following link: https://www.ibm.com/ibm/responsibility/(basically your email) and some additional info to gain access to the
Activity Kits and Link to site. I have attached a list of the available Activity Kits in case you have problems getting in. Each Activity is structured with 1) Teacher/Volunteer Guide; 2) Overview; 3) Presentation and Speaker notes. Background: (If interested I can help identify IBM OnDemand Community Volunteers to conduct an activity of interest in your classroom) The On Demand Community is IBM’s community service initiative that enables IBM employees and retirees to find volunteer activities and equips them with a range of resources to help schools and community organizations. Launched in 2003, the program supported 16 million hours of volunteer work by nearly 250,000 volunteers in its first decade worldwide.For more information on IBM corporate citizenship programs, and achievements worldwide, and to download our current IBM Corporate Responsibility report, visit ibm.com/responsibility IBM Corporation 2016 IBM, the IBM logo, ibm.com, and On Demand Community are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both. Other product, company or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others.
IBM Academic Activity Kits.docx
What: Volunteers and their work around education - this includes science, technology, engineering, math (STEM), early childhood, eWeek, EXITE and IGNITE Camps, K-12 activities, workshops and programs, and much more. The employee developed activities are sorted by topic (STEM, Early Childhood, etc) then by grade and age. This section acts like a Sandbox where volunteers can share and further develop activities and materials that have been put together to help nonprofit organizations and schools fulfill their mission.
Activities - Which range from 1hr hands on to multi hour workshops... If you are interested I can try and find IBM volunteers in your area to come to the school and lead an activity of interest... Some are pretty cool and there is a range of age appropriate activities... or download kit and run your self...
Link to Activity Kits for Children: https://www.ibm.com/ibm/responsibility/initiatives/activitykits/ If this doesn't work - You may need to register for an IBM-ID coming in thru the following link: https://www.ibm.com/ibm/responsibility/(basically your email) and some additional info to gain access to the
Activity Kits and Link to site. I have attached a list of the available Activity Kits in case you have problems getting in. Each Activity is structured with 1) Teacher/Volunteer Guide; 2) Overview; 3) Presentation and Speaker notes. Background: (If interested I can help identify IBM OnDemand Community Volunteers to conduct an activity of interest in your classroom) The On Demand Community is IBM’s community service initiative that enables IBM employees and retirees to find volunteer activities and equips them with a range of resources to help schools and community organizations. Launched in 2003, the program supported 16 million hours of volunteer work by nearly 250,000 volunteers in its first decade worldwide.For more information on IBM corporate citizenship programs, and achievements worldwide, and to download our current IBM Corporate Responsibility report, visit ibm.com/responsibility IBM Corporation 2016 IBM, the IBM logo, ibm.com, and On Demand Community are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both. Other product, company or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others.
IBM Academic Activity Kits.docx
P-TECH-9-14 HS Program (in collaboration with IBM)
WHY: In 2010 – in direct response to the skills crisis – IBM designed P-TECH, a grade 9 to 14 school. And from the launch of the first school in 2011, P-TECH has grown to nearly 70 schools across three continents – with more than 300 business partners following IBM’s design. There is only one reason a program like P-TECH has grown so fast; spread so widely across states, continents and cultures; and garnered endorsements and support from such a broad array of education, industry and political stakeholders: replication was built into P-TECH’s design, and consequently its results show great promise in better preparing students to advance from school to college to career.
There is a documented and sizable skills gap in America. Many young adults do not have the skills needed to enter and succeed in growth sectors of the economy. This is true both for those with a high school diploma, and for those with some college education. There are 28 million middle skill jobs — those that require an associate degree or similar technical training — currently vacant in the U.S. By 2018, an additional 14 million jobs requiring middle skills will be created. The highest paid of those jobs will be in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. Increasing the number of young adults who earn a college degree has a positive impact both on individuals and on society.
The P-TECH 9-14 model addresses post-secondary degree completion and career readiness by smoothing the transitions between high school, college, and the professional world. In particular, the model recognizes that students need early and engaging experiences with the world of work, to make the academic work in high school and college meaningful and to fully prepare them with the workplace skills required by employers.
President Obama proclaimed during his 2013 State of the Union Address, "At schools like P-TECH in Brooklyn... students will graduate with a high school diploma and an associate degree in computers or engineering. We need to give every American student opportunities like this."
Is an IBM Sponsored Program beginning in NY and has been rapidly expanded across the country. AZ could also benefit
Link to Program Website: http://www.ptech.org/ If there is interest in investigating ptech for AZ please let me know and I will work to arrange a call.
WHY: In 2010 – in direct response to the skills crisis – IBM designed P-TECH, a grade 9 to 14 school. And from the launch of the first school in 2011, P-TECH has grown to nearly 70 schools across three continents – with more than 300 business partners following IBM’s design. There is only one reason a program like P-TECH has grown so fast; spread so widely across states, continents and cultures; and garnered endorsements and support from such a broad array of education, industry and political stakeholders: replication was built into P-TECH’s design, and consequently its results show great promise in better preparing students to advance from school to college to career.
There is a documented and sizable skills gap in America. Many young adults do not have the skills needed to enter and succeed in growth sectors of the economy. This is true both for those with a high school diploma, and for those with some college education. There are 28 million middle skill jobs — those that require an associate degree or similar technical training — currently vacant in the U.S. By 2018, an additional 14 million jobs requiring middle skills will be created. The highest paid of those jobs will be in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. Increasing the number of young adults who earn a college degree has a positive impact both on individuals and on society.
The P-TECH 9-14 model addresses post-secondary degree completion and career readiness by smoothing the transitions between high school, college, and the professional world. In particular, the model recognizes that students need early and engaging experiences with the world of work, to make the academic work in high school and college meaningful and to fully prepare them with the workplace skills required by employers.
President Obama proclaimed during his 2013 State of the Union Address, "At schools like P-TECH in Brooklyn... students will graduate with a high school diploma and an associate degree in computers or engineering. We need to give every American student opportunities like this."
Is an IBM Sponsored Program beginning in NY and has been rapidly expanded across the country. AZ could also benefit
Link to Program Website: http://www.ptech.org/ If there is interest in investigating ptech for AZ please let me know and I will work to arrange a call.
IBM Academic Initiative: our gateway site...
The Academic Initiative program helps educators worldwide to teach students market-ready skills. Educators at primary, secondary, and higher-learning schools; research professionals at accredited institutions; and IBM employees whose work supports the Academic Initiative can leverage our resources.This is the main link: https://developer.ibm.com/academic/
I believe this is geared to HS/University Teachers & Students...
Find educator guides to teach in-demand skills.
Sign in with your school credentials at ibm.onthehub.com for no-charge access to courseware, software, and cloud offers.
Use IBM Bluemix & Watson for 6 to 12 months at no charge with promotion codes.
Universities and participating code schools
The Academic Initiative program helps educators worldwide to teach students market-ready skills. Educators at primary, secondary, and higher-learning schools; research professionals at accredited institutions; and IBM employees whose work supports the Academic Initiative can leverage our resources.This is the main link: https://developer.ibm.com/academic/
I believe this is geared to HS/University Teachers & Students...
Find educator guides to teach in-demand skills.
Sign in with your school credentials at ibm.onthehub.com for no-charge access to courseware, software, and cloud offers.
Use IBM Bluemix & Watson for 6 to 12 months at no charge with promotion codes.
Universities and participating code schools
