why make the technology shift happen
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Why Make the Technology Shift Happen?
• Standard: Teachers implement curriculum plans that include methods and strategies for applying technology to maximize student learning.
• The purpose is to explore why we need to make the technology shift and how will we make the shift….
• Essential Question:– Why is it important to implement curriculum
plans that include methods and strategies for applying technology to maximize student learning?
– Why is change difficult for me?
Did You Know, Shift Happens?
Some 93% of teens use the Internet, and more of them than ever are treating it as a venue for social interaction- a
place where they can share creations, tell stories, and interact with others.
39% percent of online teens share their artistic creations online, such as artwork, photos, stories, or videos.
Nearly two thirds of online teens are content creators.
93% of teenagers are online, and their use of the Internet is intensifying
28% have created their own online journal or blog.
Are you a digital native or a digital immigrant?
New Order Actions
• Blog• Wiki• Post photos,
videos, podcast,….• Podcast• Socialize• Create web page• Get feedback• Create and post
• Participatory• Interactive• Create
collaboratively
Tools
• Edublogs, blogspot, word press
• Google documents• Google notes• Google calendar• Audacity• VoiceThreads• Photo Story 3• Animito
• Social Nings• Wikipedia• Delicious, TrailFire• Diigo• Face Book• Cell Phones• And Much More
Powerful Consequences
• Differentiated Instruction• Learning Modalities• Multiple Intelligences• Blooms Taxonomy- Creation of
Knowledge
how will we make the shift…
• Commitment: flexible enough to learn it…
• Professional Learning Communities
• Reflection• Talk about our
practices• Conferences• One Step at a Time
Three Examples
• Earth and Sky: Mr. Ardito’s Class
• http://adamsnews.wikispaces.com/
• http://ed.voicethread.com/#q.b62276.i322464
US to back 21st century learning
• “People assumed that the explosion of innovation in information tools in business and service industries would automatically move into classrooms.“
• Centre will concentrate on understanding how to use technology to help everyone learn in a more effective and interesting way that makes that knowledge stick.
August 19, 2008http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7569484.stm
Access, Adequacy and Equity in Educational Technology
• Only one-third (32.0%) of the surveyed instructional staff required students to use technology to research or solve problems in class at least a few times a week, and substantially fewer (18.0%) required students to use computers to complete projects together at least a few times a week."
Access, Adequacy and Equity in Educational Technology
• "Fewer than half used technology daily to monitor student progress, for research and information, to instruct students, and to plan and prepare instruction (40.7%, 36.8%, 32.0%, and 29.2%, respectively)."
Access, Adequacy and Equity in Educational Technology
• "About two-thirds of the educators surveyed reported that they had been adequately trained by their schools to use the Internet for research and information; to use technology equipment; to use administrative-type software (e.g., word processing, PowerPoint, graphics, and spreadsheets); and to use instructional software packages
Common ThreadsTeacher
Advancement Program
Making Middle Grades Work
• Essential Question:– Why is it important to implement curriculum
plans that include methods and strategies for applying technology to maximize student learning?
– Why is change difficult for me?
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