tech integration @ jefferson west
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PowerPoint Slides
http://www.slideshare.net/dadams.altec
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(Super-duper approximate) Agenda
Changing how we “Do School” 21st Century Skills Group Activity
Technology to Support Higher Order Thinking Intel Thinking Tools Complex Thinking and
Project-Based Learning
Lunch
Promethean Board Using the ActivBoard ActivStudio Basics Finding additional
Resources
Overview of potential topics Web 2.0 Collaboration Engaged & Authentic
Learning
Conclusion & Planning for Future Workshops
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The Millennial Generation
“Millennials” “Digital Natives” “Thumb Tribe”
“Kids say e-mail is, like, sooooo dead.”
– CNET News, July 18, 2007
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The Millennial Generation
“Today’s students are no longer the people our educational system was designed to teach” Mark Prensky
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“I have to ‘power down’ when I go to school.”
“When I am really busy, I hate going to school because I can’t do any work there.”
Attitudes in the Millennial School
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Characteristics of Digital Natives
Active Multi-tasking Non-linear thinking Ubiquity Technical Fluency Expectations of Feedback Individualization Risk-taking Information sifting
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Brain Research
The brain developed to solve problems related to surviving in an unstable outdoor environment that occur in near constant motion. John Medina, Brain Rules
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Brain Research
If you wanted to create an educational environment that is directly opposed to the way the brain is good at doing, you would probably design something like the modern classroom. John Medina, Brain Rules
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21st Century Skills
21stCenturySkills.org
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21st Century Skills
Core Subjects and 21st Century Themes Math, Language Arts, Science, Social Studies Global Awareness and Civic Literacy Economic and Business Literacy Health Literacy
Learning and Innovation Skills Creativity Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Communication and Collaboration
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21st Century Skills
Information Media and Technology Skills Information and Media Literacy Communication and Technology Literacy
Life and Career Skills Flexibility and Adaptability Initiative, Productivity, and Self-direction Social Skills Leadership, Accountability and Responsibility
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Visual Ranking and 21st C Skills
Intel’s Education Page
http://intel.com/education/tools
1) Visual Ranking Tool
2) Click Student Log-In [email protected] Team ID Team Password
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Visual Ranking and 21st C Skills
In groups, sort the list from most important (top) to least important (bottom)
For the top three items, double click and explain why you ranked them as most important
For the bottom two items, double click and explain why you ranked them as least important
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Why is it important to encourage higher-order, complex thinking?
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Complex Thinking Strategies
Decision Making Reasoning Investigation Experimental Inquiry Directed Problem Solving Creative Problem Solving Reflective Thinking
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Technology and Complex Thinking
Intel Thinking Tools http://www.intel.com/education/tools
Visual Ranking: Assign ranking to a list; and then debate differences, reach consensus, and organize ideas
Seeing Reason: Investigate relationships in complex systems
Showing Evidence: Construct well-reasoned arguments that are supported by evidence, using a visual framework
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90% of what they learn when they teach someone else
5% of what they’ve learned from a lecture
10% of what they’ve learned from reading
20% of what they’ve learned from audio-visual presentation
30% of what they learn from a demonstration
50% of what they learn when engaged in a discussion
75% of what they learn by doing
Students retain…
Source: NTL Institute for Applied Behavioral Science
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Project-Based Learning (PBL)
“I hear and I forget.
I see and I remember.
I do and I
understand.”-- (Confucius)
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Why Projects?
To learn collaboration, work in teams.
To learn critical thinking, take on problems.
To learn oral communication, present.
To learn written communication, write.
To learn technology, use technology.
To develop citizenship, take on civic issues.
To learn about careers, do internships.
To learn content, do all of the above.
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Project-Based Learning Resources
Buck Institute for Education (BIE) http://www.bie.org
iEARN (International Education and Resource Network) http://www.iearn.org/
Edutopia http://www.edutopia.org/project-learning
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Collaboration and Technology
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Collaborating with Google Docs
http://docs.google.com Word Processing Spreadsheet Forms Presentations
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Authentic Activities in the Classroom
Building engagement through real world connections
Student ownership increases motivation
Web 2.0 provides hundreds of ways to demonstrate understanding
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Web 2.0
Users of the Web create information and have control over it Blogs, Wikis, YouTube
The Web becomes truly interactive as different sites link data Mashups - Flickr, Google Maps Aggregators/Portals – IM, Twitter, RSS Social Bookmarking, “Folksonomies”
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Engaged Learning
Connect students to the world
http://muti.co.za/static/newsmap.html
http://www.tenbyten.org/10x10.html
http://galleryofwriting.org
Connect students to each other
http://www.epals.com
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Authentic Learning with Web 2.0
Workshop presented by blogger Alan Levine Outline a story idea Find some media Pick a tool to build
the story
50 Ways to Tell the Dominoe Story
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Google Earth
Explore geographic locations both on Earth and in space.
View geography and buildings in 3D
View community content Create interactive projects
which include, images, text, video and sound.
http://www.google.com/educators/geo.html http://earth.google.com/outreach/index.html
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Google Earth
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Google Lit Trips
Use multimedia and Google Earth to take users on tours of places in literature.
Download a .KMZ file and open in Google Earth
http://googlelittrips.com/
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Primary Source Material
Engage Students Tie to prior knowledge Evaluate the source Look at details Make it personal
Promote Inquiry Make speculations (creator, purpose, audience) Compare to other primary and secondary
sources Talk about other places to find primary sources
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Primary Source Example
Library of Congress (http://www.loc.gov) American Memory Project World Digital Library Thomas – Legislation Information Veteran’s history Teacher Resources
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More Primary Sources
Similar resources exist at many high-level government sites Geology & Geography (http://USGS.gov) Space and Physics (http://NASA.gov) Oceanography & Meteorology (http://NOAA.gov) Health & Medicine (http://CDC.gov &
http://HHS.gov) Energy (http://www.energy.gov) Smithsonian Museums (http://si.edu)
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Potential topics for future workshops
Google Docs Google Earth Blogs & Wikis Podcasting Video Editing Web Resources Educational Games ePals (Collaboration)
Differentiated Instruction Project-Based Learning Questioning Strategies Authentic Assessment Peer Teaching