Educational Technology

Daniel C. Moos, PhD

Overview:

1. Technology…is it worth it?

2. What is the latest stuff out there…1. iPads…do they have a future?

2. Adventure Learning & Second Life

3. Technology is just a tool…cognitive and metacognitive considerations

4. SMART Board: Funding Issues

Technology…is it worth it?A vision of K-12 Students

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-ZVCjfWf8

iPads (I) Why?

Creativity: Apps including iMovie and Garageband

Variety of learning approaches: Auditory, kinesthetic, and visual

Technical: Minimal maintenance/loading time, maximum battery life (possibly full school day)

Shrinking world: Access to world 24/7 No developmental walls? My 4 yr. old… Motivation? Hawthorne effect

iPads (II)

iPad in Literacy: Using iPad in the Elementary Classroomhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOYvM8FdXtE

iPad in Literacy: Using iPad in the Secondary Classroomhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBVY23XnwHc

Latest Technology… When/how do students learn best? Adventure Learning and Second Life

Technology is just a tool…

Tantalizing promises…unfulfilled Tantalizing promises…unfulfilled

Technology is just a tool… Total Processing Space in Working Memory

(short-term memory)

Operating Space

Storage Space

SMART Boards (I)

How do we get funds? Grant plan: (1) Define your needs (vision, outcomes,

responsibilities) (2) Build a community of support (3) Identify potential grants/fundraisers (note

specific due dates) (4) Develop a reporting plan (after successful

grant)

Smartboards (II)

How do we get funds, continued? Involve students (e.g., student council, student

testimony): planning, executing fundraises & talking with school board/local businesses

Do not want to know how much time SMART Response Interactive systems will save on grading

Do want to know how much students like them and how it helps them learn

Expose community members (parent teacher conferences, school board meetings, etc)

SMART Boards (III)

Where do we get funds? American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA):

http://vault.smarttech.com/stimulus/ Tech & Learning website: http://www.techlearning.com/index ASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)

Explorer: grants for technology tools to engage students in science and mathematics investigations.

NCTM (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics): Various grants to support math classrooms and integration of material (including Smart Board)

What are some other resources for new integration? SMART Exchange:

http://exchange.smarttech.com/index.html#tab=0

Contact information

Email:dmoos@gustavus.edu

Website:homepages.gac.edu/~dmoos/