education 2.0 breakout session preso
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Modified version of NCSEA preso given at Kean University on December 1, 2007TRANSCRIPT
CIE: Education 2.0
Emergent Technologies in EducationLucy Gray
The Center for Urban School Improvement
The University of Chicago
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Links for this presentation available at:
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PDF of presentation available at:http://lucygray.org
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What do you think?
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“... if we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow.”
-John Dewey
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KnowledgeWorks Foundation:Trends, Hotspots, & Dilemmas
Gen Y Attributes
Unbundled Education
Participatory Pedagogy
Personal Digital Media
Media-Savvy Youth
Technologies of Cooperation
Media Rich Pervasive Learning
Integrating Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants
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Learning 2.0
Society Today: Influential Buzz Words
Attributes of Today’s Kids
Emergent Technologies: Technologies of Cooperation and Collaboration
Digital Schools and Programs: Participatory Pedagogy
Policy for Tomorrow
The Digital Divide
Critical Questions
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Influential Buzz Words
The World is Flat
A Whole New Mind
NCLB
Web 2.0
21st Century Skills
Partnership for 21st Century Skills
American Association of Librarians
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Evidence
Pew Internet & American Life Project
NetDay Speak Up Day
NSBA Report: Creating and Connecting
Grunwald Associates: Kids’ Social Networking Study - more detailed than NSBA; available for purchase
SETDA - Maximizing the Impact Report
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Summary of Pew Findings
93% of 12 to 17 year olds use the internet
87% of parents are online
73% of families have high-speed internet access
89% of online teens have access at home
75% have internet access at school
51% of online teens go online every day
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Summary of Pew Findings
75% have internet access at school
51% of online teens go online every day
94% of online kids use the internet for school research
41% of online students use email or instant messaging to talk to teachers and classmates about school work
18% of online students know someone who has cheated
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Today’s Teen - Born 1990
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First Grade - 1996
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Fourth Grade - 1999
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Middle School - 2001-2003
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High School - 2004
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Sophomore year - 2005
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Junior Year - 2005-2006
More than 100 million accounts created
Third most popular site in the U.S after Yahoo and Google
55% of online teens use social networking sites
55% of these kids have posted a profile
Of those who use social networking sites, 48% visit these sites at least once a day
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Senior Year - 2007
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Pew did not include...
Pownce
Gaming
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According to the Pew Report...
4 Key Teen Realities:
Teens are technology-rich and enveloped by a wired world.
Mobile gadgets allow them to enjoy media and communicate anywhere
Teens know that ordinary citizens can be publishers, movie makers, artists, song creators, and story tellers
Teens are multimedia multi-taskers.
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NetDay SpeakUp Survey
Known as Project Tomorrow-NetDay
Top devices for K-12 students: computers, cell phones and video game players
Top concerns: spam, digital access equity, online cheating
Students want schools to relax rules about email, IM, cellphone and online use and to consider laptops for home and school use.
54% of middle schoolers have outside online friends and most have never met face-to-face
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NetDay - ParentsOver 50% of parents are satisfied with the amount of technology at their child’s school and the online safety protections in place
A majority of parents (52%) do not believe that their child’s school is doing a good job of preparing their child to compete for jobs and careers of the 21st century
2/3 of the parents are not satisfied with the priority placed on technology use at their school, the amount of time their child spends using technology at school and how well technology is integrated into core academic subjects.
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NetDay - Teachers
Over 50% say technology affects the quality of teaching, lesson planning and student engagement
75% say the use of technology has increased student achievement and performance
Time is the biggest obstacle to tech integration
Teachers use computers for housekeeping tasks
Only 28% has used email as a regular communication tool
with students, but 79% have communicated electronically with parents.
47% of teachers believe that their school is doing a good job of preparing students for the 21st century
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Technologies of Cooperation
PersonalPowerfulPervasive
Web 2.0... The Machine is Using Us
Web 2.0 is....
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Blogs
Wikis
Podcasts
Photosharing
Chat
Video
Google Tools
Social Networks
Simulations
Virtual Reality
Tools
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Blogsusually an individual journal
Types Examples
Teacher/Admin
Student
Professional Development
Cool Cat Teacher Blog
From the Principal’s Desk
The MUS Lower School Blog
Newly Ancient Consumer Math Class
Collaboration Nation
Weblogged ITM Dangerously Irrelevant
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Wikisused for collaborative work
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Wiki Examples
Type Examples
Teacher/Admin
Student
Professional Development
Educational Wikis Shift Happens 50 Ways to Tell A
Story
6th Grade Computer
ScienceFlat Classroom Global
Collaborations
Digital Native Wiki
Alabama Best PracticeCenter
School Computing Wiki
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Media Sharingweb-based tools for organizing & publishing
Audio (podcasts)
Photos
Videos
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Media Sharing Examples
Tools Examples
iTunes
Flickr
YouTube
VoiceThread
iTunes U Coulee Kids Room 208
Map of Migrations
Best Word Book Ever
Merode Altarpiece
Did You Know? TEDTalks Women in Art
Poems by Ms. Gross’s Students
Knuffle Bunny Stories
K-20 Educators
Exploring SL
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Did You Know?
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Chatcommunicating with audio, video, and text
Sightspeed Skype
Twitter Flashmeeting
uStream.tv eCamm software
iChat AV Many other tools....
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Googleonline collaborative software
Tools Examples
Google Earth
Docs & Spreadsheets
Custom Search
Summer Tomatoes
Teacher Project
Google Lit Trips
Scavenger Hunt
Palo Alto High School
Alex Ragone’s Skype Preso
Mrs. Gray’s Sites
Elementary Language Arts Global Voices
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Simulations & Virtual Reality
Second Life
ISTE
Discovery Education
Global Kids
Second Life Teen Grid
Skoolaborate
Quest Atlantis
The River City Project
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MySpace
Ning
Orkut
Club Penguin
Imbee
Webkinz
Whyville
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Social Networks
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Social Networking - Pew
Web pages where people post information about themselves, connect with others and share media
55% of online teens using social networking site
Older girls are more likely to engage in these sites
Teens are increasingly savvy about privacy issues
32% of teens say that they have been contacted by strangers - 23% of these were uncomfortable
32% report have experienced cyberbullying
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NSBA/Grunwald Associates Report
9 to 17 year olds spend just about the same amount of time on SN as on TV
96% have accessed some sort of SN technologies; 71% use it weekly
School is a frequent topic of conversation despite schools banning SN
“Explosive growth” in student authoring
Schools have extensive rules against social networking and are leery of the label.
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NSBA, continued
Nonconformists are student leaders, producers of content, and users of new media.
Families report few problems with unwelcome encounters and cyberbullying than “school fears and policies seem to imply.”
There’s a discrepancy in perceptions. 52% of districts say their students have a problem with providing personal info; 3% of kids report ever giving out personal info to strangers
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Participatory Pedagogy
Rethinking Bloom’s Taxonomy
Schools & Programs
Digital Youth Network
Science Leadership Academy
Generation YES
Flat Classroom Project
MoLLIE
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Digital Youth Network
MacArthur funded intiative
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Benefits & Pitfalls
Personalized learning
Ubiquitous computing
OLPC
Censorship
Teacher Asssesment
Research
What else can you think of?
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