frank catalano keynote, edtech for export, wellington, nz
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Frank Catalano Intrinsic Strategy
et4e – 18 June 2015
EDTECH TRENDS TO WATCH– and fads to avoid
Source: Gabriel S. Delgado C. from Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela (El Grito [CC-BY-2.0],via Wikimedia Commons
1> BYOD(Bring Your Own Device)
Source: The New International Encyclopædia, v. 18, 1905, p. 239 [Public Domain]
Source: Seth Morabito [CC BY 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons
Gr 6-8 Gr 9-120%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
23%
58%
My Own DeviceWhat type of mobile devices do you use at school?
(including: my own device, school laptop, school tablet, school Chromebook)
2> OER(Open Educational Resources)
3> FREEMIUM
How do you pay for each of the products that you use?
Source: Gates Foundation, Teachers Know Best survey of 3,100 U.S. teachers, April 2014
Source: geek-and-poke.com [CC BY 3.0]
4> STUDENT DATA PRIVACY
Source: Intel Education www.k12blueprint.com/privacy
Source: Data Quality Campaign
5> EDTECH INVESTMENT BUBBLE
Source: Diego Torres Silvestre from Sao Paulo, Brazil ([2005] Rusty Padlock & Fence) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
6> IPAD / CHROMEBOOK DOMINANCE
7> MOOCS(Massive Open Online Courses)
Source: Justin Reich, Edtechresearcher.com, 1 April 2015
8> OPEN BADGES
Source: Blackboard Learn website
9> COMMON CORE
Source: CoreStandards.org
Common Core standards states, 2014-2015
POP QUIZ
Edtech Fad or Trend: 3-5 years
Fad Trend
Strong
Weak
BYODOER
Freemium
Data Privacy
Bubble
iPads / Chromebooks
MOOCs
Open Badges
Common Core
EXTRA CREDIT> MYTHS
1. Technology replaces teachers.
1. Technology replaces supports teachers. (It changes their role.)
2. Tech alone can solve all of education’s problems.
1. Technology replaces supports teachers. (It changes their role.)
2. Tech alone can help solve all some of education’s problems. (It’s a tool.)
3. Tech is used the same way in all levels and kinds of education.
1. Technology replaces supports teachers. (It changes their role.)
2. Tech alone can help solve all some of education’s problems. (It’s a tool.)
3. Tech is used the same way in all differently for different levels and kinds of
education. (It’s a configurable tool.)
4. Digital materials will replace everything, even if something else works now.
1. Technology replaces supports teachers. (It changes their role.)
2. Tech alone can help solve all some of education’s problems. (It’s a tool.)
3. Tech is used the same way in all differently for different levels and kinds of
education. (It’s a configurable tool.)
4. Digital materials will replace everything, even if something else works now
what’s currently used if there’s a clear advantage. (If it ain’t broke….)
5. Tech in classrooms is unproven.
1. Technology replaces supports teachers. (It changes their role.)
2. Tech alone can help solve all some of education’s problems. (It’s a tool.)
3. Tech is used the same way in all differently for different levels and kinds of
education. (It’s a configurable tool.)
4. Digital materials will replace everything, even if something else works now
what’s currently used if there’s a clear advantage. (If it ain’t broke….)
5. Tech in classrooms is unproven must prove itself, again and again. (Its bar
keeps rising.)
1. Technology changes teachers’ roles.
2. Tech can help solve some of education’s problems.
3. Tech is used differently for different levels and kinds of education.
4. Digital materials will replace what’s currently used if there’s a clear
advantage.
5. Tech in classrooms must prove itself, again and again, as it gets better.
