David Warlick

ED 530 Theorist Presentation

Spring Semester 2010

Lauren Frederick

Background

Grew up in western North CarolinaDid not enjoy education, but enjoyed learningHad some outstanding teachers and decided he wanted to be a teacherTaught middle school social studies, math, and science for 10 years

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BackgroundBegan introducing teachersto the educational potentialof personal computersBuilt the nation’s first state department

of education websiteIn 1995, started “The Landmark Project”– a professional development and

innovations firm in Raleigh North Carolina

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Delivers conferences and workshops to educators in the U.S. and many other countries

Creates free technology tools for teachers

Has written three books on technology use in education

Contributes to many publications– Technology and Learning Magazine,

Education World, CUE Online, The Washington Post, The New York Times

Background

Theory

The world is continuously changingThe nature of information is changingToday’s students are differentIn order to reach today’s students, we need to use new learning and teaching techniquesLiteracy for the 21st century needs to be redefined

The Landmark Projecthttp://landmark-project.com/A professional development and innovations firm started in 1995Provides educators with free resources to help integrate technology into the classroomIntended to share knowledge and ideasProvides information on using Twitter, blogging, raw data, images, visualization, media, etc.

Tools for TeachersCitation Machine (http://landmark-project.com/citation_machine/)– a bibliographic citation generator serving 500,000+ page views

a dayRubric Builder (http://www.landmark-project.com/rubric_builder/)– A rubric library that gives teachers access to thousands of

rubricsPiNet Library (http://pinetlibrary.com)– an online bookmark tool that also integrates SLATE and offers

an easy to use classroom Web site serviceClass Blogmeister (http://classblogmeister.com/)– a free classroom blogging tool serving more than 160,000 users

The Education Podcast Network (http://epnweb.org)– a directory of education-related pod cast programs

PublicationsRaw Materials for the Mind: 4th Edition — focuses on integrating technology into the curriculum,Redefining Literacy for the 21st Century — a succinct model for literacy skills in a world of networked digital information,Classroom Blogging: 2nd Edition— One of the first books for teachers about blogging and other Web 2.0 applications.

Referenceshttp://landmark-project.com/

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http://www.classblogmeister.com/

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(http://landmark-project.com/citation_machine/)