AMSTI meets the 21 st Century

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How have You integrated technology into AMSTI?

Through technology integration, instruction becomes motivating, timely, and relevant learning that is case-based, active, and collaborative. Teachers must model innovative approaches and practice using tools that maximize student-to-student interaction and reduce the administrative workload. Integration will improve student learning and increase the number of students served. Access to a national on-line learning community and contact with other teachers - motivating and facilitating teacher implementation of newly acquired skills - is also an essential component of integration.

REPORT ON THE REVIEW OF LITERATURE Alabama Math, Science and Technology Initiative Committee Presented to the State Board of Education October 26, 2000

21 st Century Learning Project 40 schools chosen from across the state 4 teachers and 1 principal per team Cutting edge online professional development

21 st Century Learning Schools Athens Middle School, Athens City Blossomwood Elementary, Huntsville City Calcedeaver Elementary, Mobile County Challenger Middle School, Huntsville City Clay Chalkville High School, Jefferson County Cullman Middle School, Cullman City Dean Road Elementary, Auburn City Discovery Middle School, Madison City Fayetteville School, Talladega County George Hall Elementary, Mobile County Schools Greenville High School, Butler County Hewitt Trussville Middle School, Trussville City Hueytown Elementary, Jefferson County Mt. Laurel Elementary, Shelby County Oak Mountain High School, Shelby County Ogletree Elementary, Auburn City West Blocton Elementary, Bibb County West Jasper Elementary, Jasper City Winterboro High School, Talladega County Wrights Mill Road Elementary, Auburn City

21 st Century Skills Collaboration Communication Active engagement in learning Global awareness Creation of web-related content Graphic from

What do you know about

21 st Century Tools Project-Based Learning Web 2.0 (new tools)  Blogs  Wikis  Podcasts  VOIP phone calls Web 1.0 (old tools used in new ways)  Instant messaging  Discussion forums

What is a digital native?

Digital Native Learners prefer receiving information quickly from multiple multimedia sources. Digital Immigrant Teachers prefer slow and controlled release of information from limited sources.

Digital Native Learners prefer parallel processing and multitasking. Digital Immigrant Teachers prefer singular processing and single or limited tasking.

Digital Native Learners prefer processing pictures, sounds, and video before text. Digital Immigrant Teachers prefer to provide text before pictures, sounds, and video. apple

Digital Native Learners prefer random access to hyperlinked multimedia information. hyperlinked Digital Immigrant Teachers prefer to provide information linearly, logically, and sequentially.

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Digital Native Learners prefer to interact/network simultaneously with many others. Digital Immigrant Teachers prefer students to work independently rather than network and interact.

Digital Natives socialize electronically.

Digital Native Learners prefer to learn “just- in-time.” Digital Immigrant Teachers prefer to teach “just- in-case” (it’s on the exam).

Digital Native Learners prefer instant gratification and instant rewards. Digital Immigrant Teachers prefer deferred gratification and deferred rewards.

Digital Native Learners prefer learning that is relevant, instantly useful, and fun. Digital Immigrant Teachers prefer to teach to the curriculum guide and standardized tests.

Digital Natives are content creators.

Digital natives enjoy complicated games.

What Can We Do with Web 2.0?

Social Bookmarking

del.icio.us

Social Bookmarking Save and retrieve bookmarks from anywhere Use multiple tags to organize bookmarks Search your bookmarks, your network, Delicious

del.icio.us

To begin using Delicious… Register  Username and password Install buttons for toolbar  Instructions are in the Help Menu Click on Delicious button when you find a page you want to save Use tags to organize your bookmarks  amsti, math, science, tech

How can we use social bookmarking in AMSTI?

Blogging

What is a “blog?” Short for “web-log” Keeping and posting a personal journal online A special type of web page that can be created and easily updated using a web browser Entries are in reverse chronological order

Blogging

How can teachers use blogs? As a personal journal To post class information  Assignments  Upcoming projects and tests  Copies of handouts  Information for parents Generate discussion among students

To reflect on educational practicereflect

To post class informationclass information

To give students a voice and an audience

How do I begin? Choose a website  (easy to use, often blocked)  (for teachers)  (for students)  Follow on-screen instructions to set up the account

How can we use blogging in AMSTI?

News Feed Reader

Professional Development Personalized, Convenient, Free

Informative

Inspirational

How can we use a news feed reader in AMSTI?

Wiki The term wiki is a shortened form of wiki wiki which is from the native language of Hawaii where it is commonly used as an adjective to denote something "quick" or "fast"!

Wiki Wikipedia is an international Web- based free-content encyclopedia project. It exists as a wiki, a website that allows visitors to edit its content;internationalWebfree-contentencyclopediawikiwebsite the word Wikipedia is a portmanteau of the wordsportmanteau wiki and encyclopedia. Wikipedia is written collaboratively by volunteers, allowing articles to be changed by anyone with access to the website.

Educational Wikis EduWiki.Us “Where everyone works together to build a better learning community” Westwood Wiki The Online space for students of Westwood Schools to learn and collaborate Weblogg-ed Presentation Links Lots of great info about wikis

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My lesson planning wiki 7math.wikispaces.com 7math.wikispaces.com

K12 Online Wiki k12wiki.wikispaces.com k12wiki.wikispaces.com

Effective Math Videos – 1 st Place!

Collaborated with a teacher from Canada (with help from the presenter from Georgia)

We edited it until we got it right

How can we use wikis in AMSTI?

amstispec.ning.com Ning

Join NING 1.Sign up a. b.Password 2.Create Profile a.Name b.Subject area c.About me (can wait) 3.Go to “My Page” and play! 4.Turn off notifications!

Contribute to NING 1.On the Main page, scroll down to Forum 2.Answer “Getting to Know You” and “What Web 2.0 Tool do You Like Best?” 3.Respond to at least two posts 4.Extra Credit: Start a new discussion

How can we use NING in AMSTI?

Other Tools

Free, flexible professional development!

Collaboration – Any Time, Any Place!

“Once you have learned how to ask relevant and appropriate questions, you have learned how to learn and no one can keep you from learning whatever you want or need to know.” Neil Postman and Charles Weingartner

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