how to leverage technology to enhance student learning

How do I leverage technology to enhance

gifted student learning?

Presented by: Aaron Maurerwww.coffeeforthebrain.com

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• This session will explore the topic of educational

technology. Technology should no longer be a goal or

add-on in the classroom. We will explore how to

flatten your classroom walls, enhance student

learning, connect with authentic audiences, and

expand both student learning and teaching to move

beyond the pastel prisons of today's classrooms.

Overview

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Let’s Be Very Clear Right Away….

KNOWMAD SOCIETY 3.0

TEXT

Technological change is not additive; it is ecological, which means, it changes

everything.

Neil Postman

HOW SMART HAVE SMART

BOARDS MADE

CHILDREN?

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We BelieveAn excellent education is a basic right, a socioeconomic and workforce imperative

People can do remarkable things when technology is within reach

Technology applied in new ways can shift behavior and inspire improved learning outcomes

Build the cultureTechnology can leverage learning IF we

Elements of a quality learning culture• allows students to be curious

• allows students to be playful

• allows students to be risk takers

• allows students to be persistent

• allows students to share

• allows students to be treated like a person

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5 C’s

▸ critical thinking

▸ collaboration

▸ communication

▸ creativity

▸ Common Core

• Tech is reserved to labs

• Tech used for discrete and narrow purposes (read a

text)

• Tech is trying to be applied old mindsets of teaching

• Tech is more of a flashy gimmick instead of infusion

into culture of learning

• Tech is viewed as a goal or initiative

• Tech becomes is “add-on”

Current Technology Problems in Schools

Knowledge is EVERYWHERETeachers = Master Learners

Cultures of LearningWith TECHNOLOGY

No longer acceptable to do better.We HAVE to do DIFFERENT

Creativity · Critical Thinking · Communication · Collaboration · Computational Thinking

Real-time feedback to

students

Preparing students to

be productive

adults

Increasing instructional

time, decreasing

administrative tasks

Students seeking

solutions to global issues

Online learning

Helping teachers work with

students who miss school

Staff collaboration

Cultivate collaboration

Beyond the paper-based classroom

Meeting the needs of diverse learners

Developing digital literacy

Access free professional development at aka.ms/mic

Average number of hours spent on non-instructional tasks

Source: IDC, 2015

The Top 10 time sinks Average annual number of inefficient hours by teaching activity

Source: IDC, 2015

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How do we leverage technology?

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Before We Talk Tech

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Flatten Your Walls

Global Learning

education.microsoft.com/skypeintheclassroom skype.com

Skype in the Classroom

Finding teachers

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• What makes a person more than a number? Skype With Holocaust Survivor Using SP3

http://wp.me/p4covo-1op

• Taking Global Collaboration and Skype Beyond Mystery Skypes

http://wp.me/p4covo-1ny

• Flattening Classroom Walls: Connecting with Cadiz, Spain using Skype

http://wp.me/p4covo-1bW

• Book Review: Madonnas of Leningrad and Skype with author http://wp.me/p4covo-5t

• Literacy Across the World http://wp.me/p4covo-1ow

• Power of #StuVoice, PLN, and Giving Students Access To The World To Make Change

#bettpassion @zakmal http://wp.me/p4covo-V

• Pringle Chip Challenge: Video explanations and ready for packages to arrive!

http://wp.me/p4covo-9Z

• 5th Grade Students Cooking Mardi Gras Food http://wp.me/p4covo-qu

• 2011-2012 Wiki of Global Connections http://coffeechug.wikispaces.com/home

• http://coffeechug2.wikispaces.com/home

• Letters to the Editor Project

Skype Examples

Communication

Let’s SWAY!

A Sway for Sway

sway.com/education

CreatingEvaluatingAnalyzingApplying

UnderstandingRemembering

Lower Order Thinking Skills

Higher Order Thinking Skills

Features

High-fidelity animations

Audio-video narration

Free-form inking

Hyperlinks Quizzes and polls

Interactive simulations

Embedded web pages

Embedded and linked

videos

Built-in screen capture

PowerPoint plus powerful interactive features

Everything you need is in the Mix tab

Scenario

Analytics to help assess student progress and understanding

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Podcast of Student Learning

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American Revolution Debate

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Real Time Learning

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Student Work Mixed with Social Media

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StuCamp

Authentic Audience

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Writing with the Experts

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Another top 25 editor

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Margo Day, VP of Microsoft Education

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Social Media to Broadcast Student Voice

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You can make it work!

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Makerspace and hands on learning

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Coffeechug Café in Core Classes

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#makewriting

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#makewriting

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Symbolism

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Math

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Robodogs

ClosureWhat is next for YOU?

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Give students freedom to learn

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Be ready for disruption

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Norms

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Times are Changing

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Mix those paints!

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Question

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What are you doing in your classroom right now that you

could hand over to your students to do themselves?

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Ask the KIDS!!!!

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Academic Renaissance

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What is one thing you learned today that you will commit to incorporating when you return

back to your class?

Email me aarmau@gmail.com

Aaron Maurer

@coffeechugbooks

www.coffeeforthebrain.com