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Manor New Technology High School

Updated: November 2015

November, 2015: Another Awesome Week @ManorNewTech (Week 11), blog report on student projects in Week 11, by Dr. Janice Trinidad (Twitter: (@DrTrinilicious)

On May 9, 2013, President Barack Obama visited Manor New Tech High. This video highlights his comments about the school
and its successes, edited together from multiple sources (see below) by Mr. Les Simpson (4:11). Also see below for additional videos of the President's visit and his speech to students, staff, and the community.

Project-Based Learning: Success Start to Finish, edutopia Schools that Work case study, June, 2012

Manor New Technology High School in Manor, Texas (near Austin) opened in 2007 with grades 9 and 10 and had its first graduating class in May, 2010. It is one of the 35 original Texas Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (T-STEM) Academies. The school recruited many of its faculty from the UTeach program at the University of Texas Austin. These and the other Manor New Tech teachers have excelled from the first year in implementing effective 21st Century project-based learning. Students at Manor New Tech have won numerous state and national video contests

Breaking News
November, 2015: November, 2015: Another Awesome Week @ManorNewTech (Week 11), blog report on student projects in Week 11, by Dr. Janice Trinidad (Twitter: (@DrTrinilicious)
September, 2015: Manor New Tech's Think Forward Institute (TFI) is now Advanced Reasoning in Education Global PBL Academies.
May, 2015: From Partnerships to Practice: A Principal's Perspective, by Steve Zipkes, Principal, Manor New Tech High School: A P21 Exemplar, P21 Blogazine
May, 2015: Manor Grows PBL Teachers! Spring PBL Showcase, Thursday, May 28, 2015. Description.
April, 2015: Project-Based Learning: Success Start to Finish, edutopia Schools that Work case study
March, 2015: When Collaboration Meets Curriculum: Manor New Technology High School Principal Steve Zipkes engages students with a taste of the business world, Texas CEO Magazine, May 23, 2014
December 1, 2014: A Transformed 21st Century High School: Manor New Tech. Interview of Manor New Tech Principal Steve Zipkes by Jim Bellanca, P21 Blogazine, November 20, 2014.
Previous Breaking News

"What is Manor New Tech?" video

Look into My Eyes

Links below updated November, 2015

About	Manor New Tech Website Texas Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics Initiative (T-STEM). T-STEM (Educate Texas). Educate Texas Manor New Tech Profile Page Manor ISD Board of Trustees. Board policy on Achieving Excellence through Innovation (June, 2011). iPads for Achieving Excellence Through Innovation. Manor ISD Graduate Profile (January, 2012) Manor New Tech's Think Forward Institute (TFI) is now Advanced Reasoning in Education Global PBL Academies. Manor Grows PBL Teachers! Spring PBL Showcase, Thursday, May 28, 2015. Description. Manor New Tech Facebook page Digital Dojo. Invitation from Digital Media classes to "the citizenry of the Internet": "We invite you to view and scrutinize every “video trick”, “tech tip”, “behind the scenes short”, and work sample we post online. We want you to hold us accountable, to insure our best quality. We want you to grade us." Syllabus for Elementary Science Methods, UT Austin College of Education, taught collaboratively with The Think Forward Institute of Manor ISD, Spring 2011 Apple Distinguished School May 1, 2014: National STEM Visionary Award presented to Steven Zipkes, Principal, Manor New Tech High School (Tx), May 1, 2014
Articles	From Partnerships to Practice: A Principal's Perspective, by Steve Zipkes, Principal, Manor New Tech High School: A P21 Exemplar, P21 Blogazine, May 19, 2015 Project-Based Learning: Success Start to Finish, edutopia Schools that Work Case Study, June, 2012: Video: What Makes Project-Based Learning a Success? Research-Supported PBL Practices Resources and Tools for PBL Start to Finish A Step-by-Step Guide to the Best Projects A Transformed 21st Century High School: Manor New Tech - Interview of Manor New Tech Principal Steve Zipkes by Jim Bellance, P21 Blogazine, November 20, 2014. When Collaboration Meets Curriculum: Manor New Technology High School Principal Steve Zipkes engages students with a taste of the business world, Texas CEO Magazine, May 23, 2014 Manor New Tech one of 8 Edutopia EduWins for 2013, December 20, 2013 Manor New Tech High School Takes Project-Based Learning to Thailand, KUT.org, November 19, 2013 STEM High Schools Built on More Than Science and Math, By Kelsey Sheehy, US News and World Report, June 19, 2013 Student enagement is key to STEM reforms, principal says, Austin-American Statesman, June 16, 2013 Text of Obama’s speech at Manor New Tech High, Thursday, May 9, 2013: "Manor, that’s what every school should be." Obama visit another boost for touted school, Austin-American Statesman, May 7, 2013 NBC Education Nation, September 27, 2012: UTeach: For NextGen STEM Educators (Video and Case Study). Profile of UTEACH and UTEACH graduates teaching at Manor New Technology High School. New Thinking for New Schools for the 21st Century, P21 Blog by Steven Zipkes, May 2011 "Manor New Technology High School: The New Wave of STEM-Focused Schools", by Steven Zipkes, chapter in Design, Make, Play: Growing the Next Generation of STEM Innovators, edited by Margaret Honey & David Kanter (Routledge, 2013). To Be Published January 10th 2013. Innovation and Integration at Manor New Technology High School, By Steven Zipkes and Les Simpson, Successful Practices Network Newsletter, November 2010 U. S. Secretary of Education praises Manor New Tech High as model for reaching underserved students. Posted on April 2, 2010 by the Charles A. Dana Center. See full speech here. "Funded by stimulus money, Manor's Think Forward Institute trains teachers in new teaching and learning techniques", By Melissa B. Taboada, AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF, November 23, 2009
Videos	President Obama visits Texas technology school, Video of President's speech to Manor New Technology High School, May 9, 2013 Teachers Talk About Manor New Tech High School Students Talk About Manor New Tech High School NBC Education Nation, September 27, 2012: UTeach: For NextGen STEM Educators. Profile of UTEACH and UTEACH graduates teaching at Manor New Technology High School. Click on "Video" to see video. Click on "Interviews" for interview with Janice Trinidad, science teacher, Manor New Tech High School. Manor New Tech Youtube Video Channel Digital Dojo and Digital Dojo on iTunes U (need iTunes on your PC or Mac). Project-Based Learning: Success Start to Finish, Edutopia Schools that Work Video, June, 2012 Power On Texas: Leap of Faith Produces a Model School in Manor ISD POWER ON TEXAS: The Digital Learning Revolution, Part 4 of 5. Includes Think Forward Institute for teachers K-12. "How we work @ Manor New Tech", 2010 video showing the school's new learning environments. UTeach Graduates Panel by The UTeach Institute, Aug 30, 2011 MNTHS: "Our Story - Engineering, Part 1", "Our Story - Engineering, Part 2", "Learning in Science Class", Technology at MNTHS, Manor New Tech High 2010 Convocation Video Back to School: Manor students paving the way of the future, News8 Austin, By: Jennifer Borget, 8/20/2009 Inauguration of Manor New Technology High School: Fox7 News: Gov. Rick Perry Inaugurates Manor New Tech High-School (link inactive). Manor staff video for the 2007 District Convocation Manor New Tech High's Ribbon Cutting video (played when the Governor hit the computer key to do the virtual ribbon cutting), (YouTube). "What is Manor New Tech?" video -- In their own words, Manor New Tech (Manor, TX) students explain what MNTHS is to them. This video features footage of what is happening on campus every day. Presented by students at the Texas Computer Educators Conference, February 4, 2008. "This is Our House" video Video of Manor New Tech Student Panel at "Teach Today, Transform Tomorrow" T-STEM Best Practices Conference, Feb. 27, 2008. "Look into My Eyes", Manor New Tech Student Recruitment Video, Spring 2008 "Learn Whatever You Like" Apple Distinguished School Epilogue Video (Link inactive) by Les Simpson MNTHS: Apple -- "Using iLife and iWork in the Classroom". Mr. Simpson and his students were featured in this Apple video about using iLife and iWork in the classroom. Project-Based Learning: Success Start to Finish, edutopia Schools that Work Case Study, June, 2012: Video: What Makes Project-Based Learning a Success? Research-Supported PBL Practices Resources and Tools for PBL Start to Finish A Step-by-Step Guide to the Best Projects
Research	National Research Council. (2011). Successful K-12 STEM Education: Identifying Effective Approaches in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Committee on Highly Successful Science Programs for K-12 Science Education. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. Profile of Manor New Tech on Page 18. Manor New Tech High School: A Case Study of an Inclusive STEM-focused High School, by Sharon J. Lynch, Nancy Spillane, et al, George Washington University, Opportunity Structures for Preparation and Inspiration in STEM (OSPrI) research project, 2013. Case Study: UTeach: For NextGen STEM Educators, Program aims to lure next-generation engineers and math whizzes into the classroom. By Sarah Garland, The Hechinger Report. NBC Education Nation, September 27, 2012. Profile of UTEACH and UTEACH graduates teaching at Manor New Technology High School. Case Study of Manor New Technology High School, Manor, Texas. Prepared by International Center for Leadership in Education, 2010 Model schools Conference, June, 2010, Orlando, FL. Dickinson, G., & Summers, E. J. (May, 2010). Understanding proficiency in project-based instruction: Interlinking the perceptions and experiences of preservice and in-service teachers and their students. A synthesis report prepared for Manor New Technology High School, Manor, TX. Yañez, D., Schneider, C., and Leach, L., Charles A. Dana Center, Summary of Selected Findings from a case study of Manor New Technology High. Conducted fall 2008 through spring 2009. Submitted to the Texas High School Project, Fall 2009. Case Study of Manor New Tech High School: Promising Practices for Comprehensive High Schools, by E3 Alliance, Texas, November, 2009 Data at 3 Texas New Tech High Schools, 2006-2009 (PowerPoint Slides): METSA (Carrolton Farmers Branch ISD), Manor New Technology High School (Manor ISD), and Akins New Tech High School (Austin ISD). Profile for Learning Tour conducted of Manor New Technology High School (Manor ISD, TX) by the Charles A. Dana Center at the University of Texas, on Tuesday, March 25, 2008, . Released June, 2008. Download PDF.