1 C F Payne A Vision for Teaching Differently with Technology Why? How?

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8 What leads us to teach differently? ExpectationsLearners Learning Theory Skills needed by our graduates New Tools

9 We adopt new tools and adapt our practices

10 Teach Differently: How? Best practices say learning should be Active / Engaged ExpressiveReflectiveCollaborativeAuthentic Student Centered Cognitive

11 Online Resources Curriculum Resources Primary Sources Online Newspapers Reference Materials Video Resources ActivitiesSimulations

12 Stimulus Adapt Cycle of Change

13 Rip Van Winkle awakes in 2007 after 100 year long sleep By John Quidor

14 Thank You ! Any Comments, Questions, Items you would like to share?

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16 Web Logs AKA Blog or Weblog : A web site where the author, or "blogger," periodically posts news, personal thoughts, links, or - in some cases - picture/audio/video files to which visitors to the site usually can comment/respond

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19 Wiki A wiki (IPA: [ ˈ w ɪ.ki ː ] or [ ˈ wi ː.ki ː ] [1]) is a website that allows the visitors themselves to easily add, remove, and otherwise edit and change available content, and typically without the need for registration. This ease of interaction and operation makes a wiki an effective tool for mass collaborative authoring.IPA[1] websiteeditcollaborative authoring

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22 Many Wikis are hosted free of charge for you and your classes Wikispaces ( Peanut Butter Wiki ( <>

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24 Podcasts A Podcast is an audio “recording” distributed via the Internet. It might be used by a class to share what students are learning Listeners can download individual recordings or subscribe to a series that will be sent to an account automatically.

25 Podcasts To create one you need a computer, microphone, recording software (free), iTunes account & service (blog) to host it. Podcasts may also be used as a source of information: news, access to experts, etc.

Expectations Government (MDE) Parents & Community

27 District & Parent expectations - Informative web sites, teacher use of , online assignment logs / grade records

28 Deliberately teach technology skills & track MS student progress. Include online learning experiences in High School

29 The learners are changing

30 Kids of the “Nintendo generation” have been described as “Wired” by others thinking of their immediate access to the continued stimulation of multimedia, “A.D.D.” by those who confuse multi-tasking with short attention spans, “Connected” by those describing their Social Networking,

31 and “Digital Natives” by those amazed by their comfort level with the technologies of the past 20 years. If they are Digital Natives, what are the rest of us? maybe... “Digital Immigrants” or “Digital Refugees” !

32 These Digital Natives, have grown up on the “twitch speed” of MTV and video games, and are used to downloading music on demand, having libraries on their laptops, phones in their pockets, and instant messaging. They have little patience for … Lectures Step-by-step logic “Tell & Test” instruction

33 Digital Native LearnersDigital Immigrant teachers Prefer receiving information quickly from multiple multimedia sources Typically prefer slow and controlled release of information from limited sources Prefer random access to hyperlinked multimedia information Typically prefer to provide information linearly, logically, and sequentially Prefer to learn “just-in-time” Typically prefer to teach “just-in- case” (it’s on the exam) Prefer learning that is relevant, instantly useful and fun Typically prefer to teach to the curriculum guide and standardized tests This, too, may push change

34 C F Payne What is “Merideth” doing as she is working on her homework today? Different teaching practices may allow you to take advantage of her learning style

35 Another factor is our increased awareness and understanding about the nature of the learner & the learning process

36 We then change practices, based on our awareness of … Impact of Emotions on Learning Multiple Intelligences Power of Student Choice Information Processing - Meaningful, - Organized, - Elaboratively rehearsed Student’s Zone of Proximal Development Engaged Learning Learning styles Cognitive Strategies MetacognitionBrain Theory

37 The skills needed in the workplace have changed

38 New hardware, software, and practices

39 Active, hands-on, concrete experience is the most powerful & natural form of learning

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41 WebQuest: an Inquiry oriented activity in which most of the resources needed are found on the www

42 Using WebQuests for Guided Inquiry

43 Saskatoon (East) School District collection of WebQuests – an extensive collection of over 1000 WebQuests categorized by subject area uest.htm WebQuest News - the original “home” to WebQuests at San Diego State University uest.htm WebQuest Collections

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46 Weblogs in Education Weblogs in Education General Ideas Around Blogs 1. use blogs for real-world writing experiences 2. prolong discussions outside the classroom or for question and answer 3. easily include discussions with authors or guest speakers 4. quickly give feedback to students, and students to each other (no stacks of paper) 5. track student writing development 6. encouraging students to help each other with their writing 7. create a classroom newsletter by using a multi-user blog for the different topics. I.E. classroom trips, sports, upcoming trips … 8. create a school website with sections that can be easily updated 9. students using peer networks to develop their own knowledge 10. update new information such as homework and assignments

47 We meet changing expectations Stress additional aspects of the learning process. –Collaborative learning –Differentiation –Impact of multi-sensory inputs for the learner –Power of active, engaged, learning –Increased motivation due to student choice –Importance of reflection

48 Elements Present in Good Models of Teaching with Technology Active Learning: curricular activities rely on virtual and/or real manipulative materials Constructive Learning: students construct their own understanding building on what they already know Authentic Learning: real world tasks and primary sources connect learners to the world around them Cooperative Learning: students work in groups with specific tasks or roles assigned Intentional/Reflective Learning: students are encouraged to generate their own questions and explain their problem solving strategies

49 For the past 5 years I have spent significant time with GRPS teachers helping them to enhance teaching and learning with tools and resources of technology. This year there is new excitement among these GRPS teachers because of the implementation of cabinets of technology resources they had only dreamed of before. Yes, they have had laptops or desktop computers in their classrooms for two year, Yes their 6 th grade classes have had 1-to-1 laptop computer available for 3 years, but now in their new buildings and remodeled buildings each classroom has or is getting a technology cabinet, fixed to the wall near their teacher’s desk. Now they can do things they only dreamed of before. You will soon have that same capacity. Wireless Microphones, Speakers in the ceiling, DVD/VCR Players, Document Camera, and less I forget – the biggest treasure – A data projector mounted on the ceiling

50 Merideth lounges on her bed in her room doing her homework. Books are scattered about, and a computer monitor glows before her. She is working on two Word documents and has four Web sites open. She checks her school account where she finds a message from her teacher reminding the class that the podcast from the author whose novel they are studying has now been posted from the class RSS subscription, and they may download it to her iTunes account so she can listen to it on the way to school tomorrow on her iPod., She also checks her Bloglines news aggregator, and Furls of an online article for her independent study. Her study partner on the cell phone has just sent her some pictures she took of the poster she is making. She quickly transitions from this to respond to other group members on Instant Messenger who have attached PowerPoint slides for their upcoming class presentation. "The computer gives me a contact with all the people I need to talk to," Merideth says. "It's a gateway to the world."

51 Rip Van Winkle awakes in the 21 st century after a hundred- year snooze and is, of course, utterly bewildered by what he sees. Men and women dash about, talking to small metal devices pinned to their ears. Young people sit at home on sofas, moving miniature athletes around on electronic screens. Older folks defy death and disability with metronomes in their chests and with hips made of metal and plastic. Airports, hospitals, shopping malls – every place Rip goes just baffles him. But when he finally walks into a schoolroom the old man knows exactly where he is. “This is a school,” he declares. “We used to have these back in Only now the blackboards are green.” I don’t think that would happen if RVW walked into an EGR school. EGR schools continue to change.