Teaching with Technology

Myths and RealitiesBarry Dahl

Lake Superior College

Clicker TimePractice Question

Famous Quotes from Famous People

Famous Quotes #1• P.T. Barnum once said:

• “There’s a sucker born every minute.”

• (Or did he?)

Famous Quotes #2• Mark Twain once said:

• “The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.”

• (Or did he?)

Famous Quotes #3• Sigmund Freud once said:

• “Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.”

• (Or did he?)

Choose the accurate quote.

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35%

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30% 1. P.T. Barnum2. Mark Twain3. Sigmund Freud4. All of the above are true.5. All of the above are false.

Who are you?

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Faculty Admin Staff None of the above

1. Faculty2. Admin3. Staff4. None of the

above

Age and Gender

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34%32%

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1. Male, Under 452. Male, 45 +3. Female, Under 454. Female, 45 +

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Which of the following do you do?1. File income taxes online (e-file)2. Use online banking services3. Buy books at Amazon.com4. Check email on 3 or more diff. acct5. Buy or sell stuff on eBay6. Engage in an MMORPG 7. None of the above

20%

59%

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9%

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19%

Which of these communications tools do you use?

1. Blogging (you write one)2. Instant messaging3. Live broadcast: UStream, etc.4. Podcasting5. Skype, or other PC calling6. Twitter, Plurk, or similar7. Web conferencing tool8. None of the above

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Choose each true statement1. You own an iPhone2. You’ve used clickers in class3. You were born in 1980 or after4. You consider yourself to be creative5. You have an avatar in Second Life6. You can define the term “Web 2.0”7. None of the above are true

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At Which of These Social Networking Sites do You Have an Active Account?

1. Dogster2. Facebook3. Friendster4. Linked In5. My Space6. Ning7. None of the above

What is your experience with online education?

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41%

27%

11% 1. Taught an online class.2. Taken online class.3. Both 1 & 2 above.4. Neither 1 nor 2 above.

Myths and Realities ofTeaching with Technology

For each of these, just pick a side.No middle ground allowed.

Which do you think is most true?

Digital natives have built-in technological advantages over us older digital immigrants.

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46%

1. Reality2. Myth

Gen Y seems to be learning the perils of over-sharing (personal info) on the Internet.

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29%

1. Reality2. Myth

Digital natives are well prepared to use the technologies that are used in higher ed.

67%

33%1. Reality2. Myth

Net Generation

Next Generation

Nexters

Generation Y

Generation Why

Millennials

Digital Natives

Generation Now

iGeneration

Echo Boomers

GoogleGeneration

NintendoGeneration

Screenagers

That’s Crazy talk.Let’s consolidate.

DigitalNet-Gennials

They have very few technology skills that we expect them to

use in higher education.

Whose problem is that?

Things I Don’t Believe• That I’m a digital immigrant. • That a 14-yr old kid can speak digital better

than I can.• That it is productive to split all technology

users into two camps pitted against one another, when learning about technology together should be a TEACHABLE MOMENT.

Name this Device

About Those Digital Net-Gens

• Are students of today technologically competent, or just confident?

• Having no fear is not the same as having knowledge or skill.

In the U.S., we are very close to spanning the digital divide.

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13%

1. Reality2. Myth

Which Digital Divide?

Source: Stanford

Wikipedia is practically worthless for academic purposes.

82%

18%

1. Reality2. Myth

Faculty believe that entertaining students is not their job.

33%

67%

1. Reality2. Myth

Not this kind of entertainment

More like a Tupperware Party

Cell phones should be banned in classrooms.

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63%

1. Reality2. Myth

Cell Phone Usage?

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18%

2% 1. No Cell Phone2. Cell calls, without texting3. Cell calls, with texting

Pull out your cell phones.Send short text message to 41411

Poll Everywhere

Which is closer to your position on students having cell phones in schools?

• Ban them! They are a complete distraction and detract from learning.

• Use them! They are powerful devices that can be used for learning.

Choices:

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Second Life will be the Second Coming for teaching and learning.

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1. Reality2. Myth

There has been a massive increase in the usage of Web 2.0 tools in higher ed.

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42%

1. Reality2. Myth

Bloggers are a whole lot of people saying a whole lot of nothing to nobody.

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49%1. Reality2. Myth

Schools suck the creativity out of our children.

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55%

1. Reality2. Myth

Classroom clickers are da bomb.

29%

71%

1. Reality2. Myth

PowerPoint is Evil83%

17%

1. Reality2. Myth

Higher education could learn a lot from Facebook.

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60%

1. Reality2. Myth

The Internet is enabling conversations among human beings that simply were not possible in the era of

traditional mass media.

5%

95%

1. Reality2. Myth

Technology geeks want their technologies

to be open, free, and un-tethered.

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84%

1. Reality2. Myth

Barry DahlLake Superior College

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