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Slides from keynote presentation at Elgin CC on March 6, 2009. Conference: Enriching Learning Environments Through Technology
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Teaching with Technology
Myths and RealitiesBarry Dahl
Lake Superior College
Clicker TimePractice Question
Famous Quotes from Famous People
Famous Quotes #1• P.T. Barnum once said:
• “There’s a sucker born every minute.”
• (Or did he?)
Famous Quotes #2• Mark Twain once said:
• “The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.”
• (Or did he?)
Famous Quotes #3• Sigmund Freud once said:
• “Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.”
• (Or did he?)
Choose the accurate quote.
14%
35%
5%
16%
30% 1. P.T. Barnum2. Mark Twain3. Sigmund Freud4. All of the above are true.5. All of the above are false.
Who are you?
58%21%
21% 0%
Faculty Admin Staff None of the above
1. Faculty2. Admin3. Staff4. None of the
above
Age and Gender
12%
34%32%
22%
1. Male, Under 452. Male, 45 +3. Female, Under 454. Female, 45 +
3%
6%
43%
65%
71%
80%
63%
Which of the following do you do?1. File income taxes online (e-file)2. Use online banking services3. Buy books at Amazon.com4. Check email on 3 or more diff. acct5. Buy or sell stuff on eBay6. Engage in an MMORPG 7. None of the above
20%
59%
14%
25%
17%
9%
52%
19%
Which of these communications tools do you use?
1. Blogging (you write one)2. Instant messaging3. Live broadcast: UStream, etc.4. Podcasting5. Skype, or other PC calling6. Twitter, Plurk, or similar7. Web conferencing tool8. None of the above
13%
51%
20%
75%
7%
30%
5%
Choose each true statement1. You own an iPhone2. You’ve used clickers in class3. You were born in 1980 or after4. You consider yourself to be creative5. You have an avatar in Second Life6. You can define the term “Web 2.0”7. None of the above are true
48%
10%
25%
21%
3%
41%
0%
At Which of These Social Networking Sites do You Have an Active Account?
1. Dogster2. Facebook3. Friendster4. Linked In5. My Space6. Ning7. None of the above
What is your experience with online education?
22%
41%
27%
11% 1. Taught an online class.2. Taken online class.3. Both 1 & 2 above.4. Neither 1 nor 2 above.
Myths and Realities ofTeaching with Technology
For each of these, just pick a side.No middle ground allowed.
Which do you think is most true?
Digital natives have built-in technological advantages over us older digital immigrants.
54%
46%
1. Reality2. Myth
Gen Y seems to be learning the perils of over-sharing (personal info) on the Internet.
71%
29%
1. Reality2. Myth
Digital natives are well prepared to use the technologies that are used in higher ed.
67%
33%1. Reality2. Myth
Net Generation
Next Generation
Nexters
Generation Y
Generation Why
Millennials
Digital Natives
Generation Now
iGeneration
Echo Boomers
GoogleGeneration
NintendoGeneration
Screenagers
That’s Crazy talk.Let’s consolidate.
DigitalNet-Gennials
They have very few technology skills that we expect them to
use in higher education.
Whose problem is that?
Things I Don’t Believe• That I’m a digital immigrant. • That a 14-yr old kid can speak digital better
than I can.• That it is productive to split all technology
users into two camps pitted against one another, when learning about technology together should be a TEACHABLE MOMENT.
Name this Device
About Those Digital Net-Gens
• Are students of today technologically competent, or just confident?
• Having no fear is not the same as having knowledge or skill.
In the U.S., we are very close to spanning the digital divide.
87%
13%
1. Reality2. Myth
Which Digital Divide?
Source: Stanford
Wikipedia is practically worthless for academic purposes.
82%
18%
1. Reality2. Myth
Faculty believe that entertaining students is not their job.
33%
67%
1. Reality2. Myth
Not this kind of entertainment
More like a Tupperware Party
Cell phones should be banned in classrooms.
37%
63%
1. Reality2. Myth
Cell Phone Usage?
80%
18%
2% 1. No Cell Phone2. Cell calls, without texting3. Cell calls, with texting
Pull out your cell phones.Send short text message to 41411
Poll Everywhere
Which is closer to your position on students having cell phones in schools?
• Ban them! They are a complete distraction and detract from learning.
• Use them! They are powerful devices that can be used for learning.
Choices:
This slide had an embedded Poll Everywhere question
http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/MjA4NTY1MzkzMA
Second Life will be the Second Coming for teaching and learning.
80%
20%
1. Reality2. Myth
There has been a massive increase in the usage of Web 2.0 tools in higher ed.
58%
42%
1. Reality2. Myth
Bloggers are a whole lot of people saying a whole lot of nothing to nobody.
51%
49%1. Reality2. Myth
Schools suck the creativity out of our children.
45%
55%
1. Reality2. Myth
Classroom clickers are da bomb.
29%
71%
1. Reality2. Myth
PowerPoint is Evil83%
17%
1. Reality2. Myth
Higher education could learn a lot from Facebook.
40%
60%
1. Reality2. Myth
The Internet is enabling conversations among human beings that simply were not possible in the era of
traditional mass media.
5%
95%
1. Reality2. Myth
Technology geeks want their technologies
to be open, free, and un-tethered.
16%
84%
1. Reality2. Myth
Barry DahlLake Superior College
barrydahl.comdesire2blog.blogspot.com
barrydahl@gmail.com
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