1. Teaching and Learning with Technology
Chapter 12
Technology in Tomorrow’s Schools

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Learning Outcomes
Identify the evolving and emerging technology trends likely to affect schools and classrooms
Examine the ways in which schools are likely to change during the 21st century
Articulate the professional impact of technological change in education
Describe the challenges and opportunities associated with managing technological change in education

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Emerging and Evolving Technologies
Evolving Technologies
Technologies in use in society but lightly adopted in schools
Augmented Reality
Views of physical world with computer generated augmentation
Often found in apps for mobile devices
Virtual compass and information added to images of locations
Constellation names and images on night sky
Google Glass

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Gesture-Based Multitouch Displays
Devices using gesture computing on shared devices
Responds to multiple touch from more than one user
If device includes geomapping, can examine terrain anywhere in the world in 3D
Excellent support for learning for kinesthetic students
Multitouch desks offer interaction and collaboration

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Cloud Computing
Online network computing that distributes resources and stores files
Subscribed users are charged a per-use basis for resources or a fixed cost for a specific amount of storage
Cloud based applications use a Software as a Service (SaaS) model in which software is online and available via the Internet
Popular service for schools include Drop Box, Google Docs, cloud-based video

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Cloud Computing
Useful for education since it
Makes applications easily and readily available from a single source to any connected computer
Requires no in house tech service
Levels diversity of apps issues with BYOD programs

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Open Content
Content developed through collaboration and interaction through social media rather than by a few knowledgeable authorities
Initially concern over accuracy but enough monitoring and corrects to overcome the concern
Most popular example, Wikipedia, but many other similar open content resources available online
To create a class open content resource, free resources are available to create a classroom platform for collaboration (e.g. Wikispaces Classroom)

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Gamification
Game elements added to instructional content to increase motivation and interactivity, encourage creativity, and deepen
Types range from manipulatives (e.g. ATOMs) to complex role-playing games (e.g. World Peace Game) to video-style games
Some free resources enable students to create and share online games (e.g. Scratch)

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Emerging Technologies
Technologies that are new or used elsewhere but are just making inroads into education
Personal Learning Environments
Apply diverse technologies to create a personal online learning space adapted for individual learners
Students create a personal web presence from which to launch their own personal learning experience
May use free open source learning management systems (e.g. Moodle) to create structured space to explore content and demonstrate what they are learning

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Learner Analytics
Data utilized by a lesson gathered, analyzed, and used to predict a lesson's potential success
Similar to targeting customers, instruction is targeted to learners based on data analysis
May be able to create a customized, unique playlist of learning activities for every students using analyzed data

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3-D Printing
Allows designers to create 3D objects from information created with computer-aided design software and raw materials
Specialized printers can create real objects using layer upon layer plastics or other materials to create complex objects with great detail
Printing requires complex digital directions but online collaborative resources (e.g. Thingiverse) offer a platform to share files as they are developed
For schools, investment in a 3D printer can make models, artifacts, and manipulatives

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Horizon Technologies
Technologies just being conceptualized or in development; may have prototypes in place
Electronic paper
Made of lightweight and entirely flexible plastic and has both black and white and color display capabilities
Can be folded or rolled up, making it compact and unbreakable
Able to display ebook information or any manner of digital document that is via network or cloud
For schools could replace anything currently paper

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MOOCs
Free large-scale, open-content, open-access online learning opportunities
Present content by using multimedia and interactivity and building a community of learners around a topic
May enroll thousands of learners, some to explore an area of interest and others completing a course of study to receive a certificate
MIT and Harvard have created Edx, a free system to create and support MOOCs

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Badges
Visual representation recognizing learning of a specific skill or content
Offers learners a chance to earn an agreed upon award to see, post, and share online
Mozilla's Open Badges provides a platform to standardize, collect, and share recognition for skills and learning from organizations
Badges can be offered through community organizations, businesses or education
Recognize and repackage skill acquisition for an authentic and complete view of achievement

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Teaching in Tomorrow’s Classroom
Model of education must fundamentally change from industrial to 21st century digital society
Standards and Technological Change
Standards help align instruction with the technology skills to produce K-12 students
Emphasis on 4 Cs - Critical thinking, Communication, Collaboration, and Creativity   
Standards (national, state, and local) evolving into those with rich technology requirements for student success a technology-centric world

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Teaching in Tomorrow’s Classroom
Instruction in the 21st Century Classroom
Teaching in the Digital Age moving away from teacher-centric group instruction to technology-rich instruction tailored to individual and collaborative experiences
Model expanding to include hybrid classrooms, flipped classrooms, just-in-time learning, and MOOCs  
Paradigm shift from Industrial Age instruction to Digital Age will change look and function of schools – may no longer be brick-and-mortar centered

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Becoming an Advocate for Change
Opportunities for 21st century teachers
New pedagogy using new technologies can be developed to improve student learning
Instruction no longer limited by classroom space or school location 
Teaching and learning more relevant as it more closely addresses the needs of 21st century learners
Creative teachers can teach “outside-the-box”

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Becoming an Advocate for Change
Challenges for 21st century teachers
New structures, new approaches, and new standards will continue to strain traditional models
Schools must adapt and restructure  
Teachers must prepare for and embrace change
New technology skills, new teaching and learning skills, and new professional mandates need to be addressed
Communities challenged to support, fund, and reward educators and tomorrow's schools

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Becoming an Advocate for Change
Change Agent - new role for 21st century educator
Must become a change agent to advocate for needs of 21st century students
Need to encourage personal growth in students
Need to help schools advance education for 21st century
Educators must become skilled in, managing and promoting technologies not yet invented 
Teachers must prepare for and embrace change
Need to advocate for technology-rich schools despite conflicting priorities and tight budgets in order to meet student and society’s needs