High Impact Learning Experiences:there’s an app for that

Ernie Cox

INLS 745 – Spring 2010

Technology applications offer new possibilities for learners.

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Inadequate teacher training

Old learning materials and

teaching practices

Disputes about reform

Little value placed on

out-of-school learning Inability

significant structural changes

in education

appetite for discovery

What are the challenges facing education today?

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More than one approach to teaching and learning

What scales, models, and tools can we offer?

Apprehension will stop reform

Break the system

• Professional Learning Networks• New & Innovative Professional Development• Professional Learning Communities

Setting my Droid for great heights

Recent experiences from my learning journey

Knowledge Building Centers Seminarfree webinar for educators

WikiGoogle apps

Elluminate webinarsemail

Global gathering of educatorsExploring the KBC model

Series of 4 sessionsCollaborative constructivist effort

More about the KQ article Students create a trading card of an athlete.

Document camera & interactive white boardWeb navigation and use

Microsoft PublisherDocument scanner

Scaffolded note taking form (paper-based!)

Student selected topicTeacher directed product

Cross curricular application

DAR report 6th graders write a report in which they:

“Describe how you felt on May 10, 1869, when the golden spike was driven at Promontory Summit, Utah, to celebrate the

completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad”

Library of Congress primary sources and analysis toolsInteractive white board

Inspiration graphic organizerNoodlebib citations and notecards

Google Apps for Education

Visual literacyStudents develop questions around topic

Writing process with peer reviewTeacher student conferencing

Formative evaluation