Technology for Teachers

Dr. Richard J. VoltzAssociate Director

Illinois Association of School Administrators

In 30 Minutes???

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Email me at rvoltz@iasaedu.org

to receive invitations for my Ning, Wikispace and Google

Documents

Webpage containing tutorial for various technology

functions is

http://iasa.wikispaces.com

Goal for this presentation is for you to use one technology

skill this year in your classroom

How young professionals say they learn.

“I can look it up on-line, find an expert and then collaborate with that person on a solution.”

Discuss with your neighbors…Does the way you teach

match the way this person says he learns?

Teacher is key!

The single most important factor in a student's achievement is the quality of his

or her teacher.

Reports by:The National Council on Teacher Quality

("Increasing the Odds," 2005) and The New Teacher Project ("The Widget

Effect," 2009)

Virtual Book Study

So is the principal…

Are the teachers in your school using data to make

decisions?

Infrastructure & Connectivity

Growing Up Digital by Don Tapscott

• “Today’s kids are so bathed in bits that they think it’s all part of the natural landscape. To them, the digital technology is no more intimidating than a VCR or toaster.”

How is the current global economy changing your

teaching?

What is Web 2.0?

When I was growing up, my parents told me, “Finish your dinner. People in China and India are starving.” I tell my daughters, “Finish your homework. People in India and China are starving for your job.”

---Thomas Friedman, 2005

YouTube - Hudson Flight 1549 HD Animation with audio for US Airways Water Landing-1

What does it mean to be a student in the digital age?

YouTube - PIL InfoLit Dialog, No. 1 Wikipedia -1

Would you let your students use Wikipedia, why or why

not?

If I were you…

Have Your StudentsMake a Video Podcast

What station does the President of the United States make his radio address on?

And the winner… Karen Rose and her 3rd grade class from the Melissa, Texas, school district, singing a parody of a

Madonna song “Living in a Digital World.”

Digital Education The Hollywood Treatment at NECC

How would you incorporate video into your lessons if you

had a Flip Mino?

Have Your Students Make A Screenshot Tutorial

Mathtrain-1.TV   Probability with Ben and Jerry

Do you think students should be teaching students?

You Make A Screenshot Tutorial

How would you use Screenshot technology in your

classroom?

You Make a Webpage

http://iasa4u.ning.com/

http://iasa.wikispaces.com/

If you had a web site, what would be on it?

Start an audio Podcast and update regularly

For studentsFor parents

Gcast• Can make audio recording via your

phone

• Set up a Gcast account

• Call your own account from cell phone, record conversation

• Send as a digital file where you want it to go

Now costs $99/yr for cell phone, free if upload

digital file

•Made with iWeb

•Saved on MobileMe

•Link to Gcast (embed)

How would you use audio Podcasts in your classroom?

Encourage you to engage students in their own learning

What Are 21st Century Learning Skills

• Digital-Age Literacy

• Inventive Thinking (creative)

• Effective Communication

• High Productivity

Courtesy of Howie DiBlasi

Poll Everywhere

Team of students:

• Research team – Google – AltaVista Search

• Tutorial Team – Jing (Create Screencasts)

• Curriculum Team –Podcasts (Recordings)

• Scribes Team – Google Docs (take class notes)

• Global team – e-pals – IVC- Skype

• Contributions To Society – Kiva

Courtesy: November Learning & Alan November

What are you doing to engage students in your classroom?

Add Twitter To Your Communication

Follow me on Twitter at rvoltz and

IllinoisASA

Teachers use Twitter

• To communicate with students and parents on homework and class activities

• To link up with other teachers in a type of professional learning community

How would you use Twitter?

Start discussing:

“ What is the future computer for

classroom use?”

• “Laptops are very ’90s,” says University of Michigan researcher Elliot Soloway. “They are your daddy’s computers.”

http://www.cellphonesinlearning.com/

Should students be allowed to use cell phones and smart

phones in school?

Virtual Textbooks

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/education/09textbook.html?_r=2&ref=education

• At Empire High School in Vail, Ariz., students use computers provided by the school to get their lessons, do their homework and hear podcasts of their teachers’ science lectures.

• In California, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger this summer announced an initiative that would replace some high school science and math texts with free, “open source” digital versions.

• “In five years, I think the majority of students will be using digital textbooks,” said William M. Habermehl, superintendent of the 500,000-student Orange County schools. “They can be better than traditional textbooks.”

iPad•$500 to $700•Operating system similar to iPhone•E-reader•Multiple apps to run simultaneously•"You're going to walk into a store, the store is going to recognize that you've entered the store, it will say, "Do you want to buy a venti coffee?" — it will know what you're going to buy and maybe the transaction will take place on the tablet," Crothers speculated. "It's not made for typing ... you'll have the option, but it's a whole new paradigm.”

English Via Cell Phone

Will educators let students use mobile devices?

• Smart phone penetration will hit 82% by 2013 – Text to screen– In-class polling

• The App Store is producing an explosion of educational mobile content – Translation tools, musical instruments,

learning games, mobile books

Existing pilots of mobile education are

demonstrating success

Mobile devices offer access to the Internet in places

where the traditional web doesn't reach

Source: http://ezinearticles.com/?iPhone-Education---4-Reasons-Why-Mobile-Devices-Will-Transform-How-Our-Kids-Learn&id=2662128

The Old Web

The New Web

Record Lecture Using ProfCastSave to GarageBand

Embed in iWebUpload to WebPage

Encourage teachers to engage

students in their own learning

“We should instead use technology funding to bolster new learning models and innovations, such as online-learning environments, to level the playing field and allow students from all walks of life -- from small, rural communities to budget-strapped urban schools -- to access the rich variety that is now available only to children in wealthy suburban districts.”

Inspiring Idea

Do you think students are more engaged outside of

school than in school?

What are you doing about it?

How young professionals say they learn.

“If I had to learn something new today the first place I would

go is Google, then forum sites, then video

sources.”

“I would ask professionals and see if they would share their information with me.”

“I would first go to Google, then Wikipedia, then my address book to see who I know that I could contact and leverage their knowledge to help me.”

“Consult with peers, look on the Internet to search and learn information about the topic I am interested in.”

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