1. Wayne RESA Instructional Technology Leaders
Welcome
Wayne RESA Instructional Technology Leaders

2. Today’s Agenda Welcome Information Sharing from RESA and Districts
It’s Not Your Grandfather’s Classroom - Engaging Students
10:00 am – Break
Small Group Discussion
Making Content Engaging
Feedback and Assessment
11:30-12:30 – Lunch
Breakout Sessions
Wrap Up and Drawing

3. Background Technology Coordinators & Network Administrators (NAG)
Focus on effective instruction vs. technology
Broaden scope of membership
Planning group
Mary Jane Mielke, Director of Instructional Technology, Wayne Westland
Jeff Trudell, Technology Coordinator, Wyandotte
Carole Vettrus, MS Technology Teacher, Riverview
Lynn Wietecha, Technology Director, Dearborn Heights #7
Anupam Chugh, Instructional Media & Technology Wayne RESA
Carol Mayer, Instructional Technology Consultant, Wayne RESA

4. Goals
Focus on the effective use of technology for teaching and learning.
Create a professional learning community
Share resources and best practices
Provide a forum for instructional technology leaders to connect
Make meetings relevant; provide time for sharing initiatives and experiences; input from participants

5. Meetings Oct 14, 2011 - Engaging Students
It’s Not Your Grandfather’s Classroom
Dec 16, Collaboration and Communication
Feb 2, Technology Breakout Sessions
Joint Meeting with REMC Advisory Council
Mar 30, Digital Citizenship
Apr 27, Creativity

7. 21 Things – 3 Online Courses
21 Things for the 21st Century Educator
“Just in time” training through an online interface for K-12 educators based on the National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers (NETS-T). In the process of engaging in the 21 Things course, educators develop their own skills and discover what students need in order to meet the NETS for students. 
21 Things for Students
Project-based activities aligned to the National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS-S), and the Michigan Educational Technology Standards for students (METS)
21 Things for the 21st Century Administrator
”Just in Time” online training for K-12 administrators based on the
National Educational Technology Standards for Administrators (NETS-A).

9. It’s Not Your Grandfather’s Classroom

10. It’s Not Your Mother’s Classroom

11. Or is it?

12. How do we engage today’s students in learning?
The question is…..
How do we engage today’s students in learning?

13. Who are these kids anyway?
Connected
Social
Multi-taskers
Nonlinear learners
Visual learners
Media consumers
Media producers
Want to be challenged
Want learning to be relevant
Digital learners

14. Who are these kids anyway?

15. Obsolete in Their Lifetime
Travel agencies
Books, magazines, newspapers
Movies rental stores
Watches
Paper maps
Wired phones
Long distance
Newspaper classifieds
Dial-up Internet
Encyclopedias
CDs
Film and film cameras
Yellow and White pages
Catalogs
Fax machines

16. Do you recognize these kids?

17. Who are these kids anyway?
Project Tomorrow is a national education nonprofit group based in Irvine, California. 
The vision of Project Tomorrow is ensure that today’s students are well prepared to be tomorrow’s innovators, leaders and engaged citizens of the world.  We believe that by supporting the innovative uses of science, math and technology resources in our K-12 schools and communities, students will develop the critical thinking, problem solving and creativity skills needed to compete and thrive in the 21st century. 
We approach our mission by:
Conducting national research projects such as Speak Up.

18. Engaged Learning
Think about a time when you felt fully engaged in learning. How would you describe it?

19. What makes learning engaging?
Students are collaborative, creative, and communicative
Students are involved own learning goals
Learning tasks are challenging, authentic, require problem solving
Assessment is ongoing and involves student-set critieria
Proven instructional strategies are incorporated
Learning environment is flexible
Teacher is facilitator and provides rich environment
Students are producers of knowledge
Meaningful, Engaged Learning – NCREL

20. Welcome to the Digital Generation

21. Using Technology to Engage Students
Technology is at the core of virtually every aspect of our daily lives and work, and we must leverage it to provide engaging and powerful learning experiences and content, as well as resources and assessments that measure student achievement in more complete, authentic, and meaningful ways. Technology based learning and assessment systems will be pivotal in improving student learning and generating data that can be used to continuously improve the education system at all levels.
National Education Technology Plan, 2010

22. ** Discussion Question ** Please respond now and we’ll discuss following the break.
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23. ** Discussion Question ** With your partner describe how you used the technologies you listed in the survey. How did the teaching pedagogy change when you used the tool? If you listed technologies to be deployed, discuss implementation considerations and challenges you may encounter.

24. What does engagement look like?
Schools learn to work with cell phones in class
Angry birds and teaching physics
Engage Me
Digital Media: New Learners of the 21st Century
Welcome to the Digital Generation