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Transforming the Classroom into a Digital Age Learning Center Ben Smith and Jared Mader www.edtechinnovators.com Thursday, June 24, 2010
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About Us - EdTechInnovators.com Ben Smith: Physics Teacher K-12 Science Coordinator Technology Resource Teacher Keystone Technology Integrator Doctoral Student in Instructional Technology STAR Discovery Educator ISTE Board of Directors Jared Mader: Director of Technology Former Chemistry Teacher Technology Staff Development Trainer Keystone Technology Integrator Masters in Instructional Technology STAR Discovery Educator ISTE Consultant
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Todays Students Marc Prensky - Digital Natives, Digital ImmigrantsSee ArticleSee Article
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Our Purpose of 1 to 1 Students work digitally Productivity and Efficiency Students learn Global Age Skills (NETS-S) Technology becomes invisible Note: 1 to 1 means each student has a computing device (Laptop, NetBook, iPod / iPhone / iPad)
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What do we want students to be able to do?
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Why Go Digital? The World is Flat Google: Did You Know Video Change the way students work Create a Paperless Environment Move students from Digital Intuitives to Digital Natives Skills to Survive
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How to Make Digital Happen Turn the printer off File Exchange Hand In / Distribute Drop Box Provide Templates Purposefully Plan for the use of Technology - Our Taxonomy
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Getting Teachers to Integrate Ways to Use Technology Personal and Professional Use Instructional Enhancement Observing in the Taxonomy Using with Students
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A Taxonomy for Integrating Technology Increasing Levels of Cognition Curriculum mastery deepens Increasing Complexity of Technology Skills Technology choices become autonomous
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Observing Students are passive spectators of the technology
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Incorporating Students are leveraging technology to increase productivity
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Producing Students create a product with a single technology
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Exploring Students engage in discovery learning prior to formal instruction
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Collaborating Students interact with peers, instructors, and outside resources
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Applying Students are guided to combine and integrate technologies
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Creating Students are making sound choices about the appropriate synthesis of content and technology into a final product
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How to Erase Technology Have students move through the taxonomy As students acquire the skills of using a technology…. It becomes a tool they may choose The emphasis of an activity shifts from the technology to the cognitive skills students must employ Becomes invisible
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How to Integrate Technology Know your kids What are their strengths and weaknesses What technologies are available? Look for Connections between curriculum goals and technology
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Planning Documents Year Long Plan Being Creative Curriculum Map What are 21st century skills? What are technologies you / your students can use? What are your current integration activities?
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Creating Scaffolds for Students Tutorials Word Screentoaster Student Examples Modeling
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Assessing Technology Integrated Projects What are the goals / objectives of the project? Curricular Skills Technology Develop a rubric Curriculum Focus should be first Need a rubric area to deal with technology aspect Collaboration Problem Solving Communication
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How to get Students to be Creative Creating the Canvas Word, PowerPoint, Inspiration, Wikis, Google Docs Learning to Paint User Created Content: Podcasts, Movies, Animoto, Mapping Creative Process Instructional Design: Be Vague
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Questions Email: info@edtechinnovators.cominfo@edtechinnovators.com Website: www.edtechinnovators.comwww.edtechinnovators.com
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