3. About me
• 25+ years in education
• Coordinator of the Virtual Teacher Centre of the
NLTA
• Professional Learning and online professional
learning with CDLI
• Instructional Design
4. Overview
• Trends in technology and learning
• Tools for communicating
• Share some thoughts and ideas
• Walk away with one goal, one idea, one
new direction…
15. What (Who)needs to
adapt?
http://www.focusonlinecommunities.com/blogs/Finding_Home/201
0/07/26/looking-for-my-old-teachers-on-facebook
http://www.wirelessmobilemedia.com/
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17. Your turn…
How has teaching
changed since you went
to school? Or, has it?
18. Technological Trends
What is changing?
What is impacting schools?
What is on the horizon?
22. How many world-wide Internet users were
there in the year 2011?
2,000,000,000 (2 billion)
(source: UN Telecommunication agency, Jan.
2011)
28. How many Facebook users are there?
Over 800 million!
Other: Over 250 million photos are uploaded every day! Over 70
languages are used on Facebook and over 75% of the users are
outside of the U.S.
(Source: Facebook Statistics)
30. Since its release in 2007 how many “apps”
have been created for the iPhone?
Over 650,000
As of Jan. 22 2011 – over 10 Billion Apps
have been downloaded from iTunes
How many mobile phone connections are there worldwide?
More than 1 billion added in the last 1 ½ years!
(Source – Wireless Intelligence)
This will increase to 6 Billion in 2012 and China will hit 1 billion
connections in 2012
35. For Discussion…
Talk about trends in technology?
• Talk about the trends…
• Are they (the authors) on the right track?
• Are you (we) on the right track?
41. Blended Learning is an approach to course design that brings together the
best of both face-to-face and online strategies. This combination aims to build
best of both face-to-face and online strategies
from each approach to create an innovative and effective learning experience
for students.
The notion behind a blended approach is the planned integration of online
planned integration of online and face-to-face
and face-to-face instructional approaches in a way that maximizes the
instructional approaches
positive features of each respective delivery mode. For example, online
materials can provide students with flexibility and a way to access engaging
multimedia content. However, one of the often-heard criticisms of online
courses is that some may find them isolating or lacking in interpersonal
contact. In the case of a blended learning course that contact could be
provided in the form of face-to-face class sessions.
http://cnx.org/content/m15048/latest/
42. …increase is learning outcome measures and
lowering of attrition rates vs. fully online courses
(Dziuban, Hartman & Moskal, 2004)
…opportunity for students to practice technology skills in
navigating online course materials and creating digital content for
assignments…
…increase in student-instructor and student-student interaction
through discussion forums, blogs, wikis, social networking, etc
…ability to reserve face-to-face time for interactive activities, such as
higher-level discussions, small group work, debates, demonstrations, or
lab activities.
43. What students think…
Convenience
Blended Learning is an approach to course design that brings together the best of
Self-paced
both Flexibility of schedule
face-to-face and online strategies. This combination aims to build from each
approach to create an innovative and effective learning experience for students.
greater reach and accessibility of educational material
The notion behind a blended approach is the planned integration of online and
face-to-face instructional approaches in a way that maximizes the positive
features of each respective delivery mode. For example, online materials can
utilizing e-learning material where required
provide students with flexibility and a way to access engaging multimedia
content. However, one of the often-heard criticisms of online courses is that some
may find them isolating or lacking in the right combination themedia a
integrating digital content across interpersonal contact. In of case of
blended learning course that contact could be provided in the form of face-to-face
delivery types
class sessions.
scaling, speed of delivery and impact,
47. “We used to know how to know. We got our
answers from books or experts. We’d nail down the
facts and move on.
But in the Internet age….
There’s more knowledge than ever, of course, but it’s
Access to different.
knowledge
Topics have no boundaries, and nobody agrees on
anything. Yet this is the greatest time in history to be
a knowledge seeker . . . if you know how.”
David Weinberger
58. The 3 E’s of Education
Enabled,
engaged,
empowered.
http://www.slideshare.net/ProjectTomorrow/speak-up-2010-national-findings-students-and-parents
59. 3 Trends
Mobile Learning
Online and Blended Learning
E-texts & Digital Content
http://www.slideshare.net/ProjectTomorrow/speak-up-2010-national-findings-students-and-parents
62. Mlearning
[M]obile learning in a wider TEL [Technology-Enhanced
Learning] context is the whole problem. It no longer has
anything to do with that or institutional contexts. TEL is top-
down/centre-out/we-take-the-lead; we are in a situation that's
outside-in/bottom-up/they-take-the-lead.
PROF. JOHN TRAXLER, UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON
https://mobilelearninginfokit.pbworks.com/w/page/41753238/Learning%20and%20
teaching%20considerations
http://www.slideshare.net/ProjectTomorrow/speak-up-2010-national-findings-students-and-parents
63. Mlearning
[M]obile learning in a wider TEL [Technology-Enhanced Learning]
context is the whole problem. It no longer has anything to do with
that or institutional contexts. TEL is top-down/centre-out/we-take-
the-lead; we are in a situation that's
outside-in/bottom-up/they-take-the-lead.
PROF. JOHN TRAXLER, UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON
https://mobilelearninginfokit.pbworks.com/w/page/41753238/Learning%20and%20
teaching%20considerations
http://www.slideshare.net/ProjectTomorrow/speak-up-2010-national-findings-students-and-parents
70. SAMR
Substitution to Augmentation:
• Have I added a feature to the task process
that could not be done with the
older technology at a fundamental level?
• How does this feature contribute to my
design?
71. SAMR
Augmentation to Modification:
• How is the original task being modified?
• Does this modification depend upon the
new technology?
• How does this modification contribute to
my design?
72. SAMR
Modification to Redefinition:
• What is the new task?
• Will it replace or supplement older tasks?
• How is it uniquely made possible by the
new technology?
• How does it contribute to my design?
74. For Discussion…
Talk about curriculum and
pedagogy…
What are you seeing in your school?
Are you an instructional leader?
• Are you taking the time to research and to put into practice new and engaging
pedagogies?
• Are you promoting or are involved in PLCs and Communities of Practice for
sharing and mentoring?
75. 21 st
Century
Communications
http://heyjude.wordpress.com/category/communication-tools/
82. Digital Communications
Media Purposes
Twitter What can you say in 140 characters or
less?
Mobile Mobile phone tech –Poll your
parents/students. How many have
mobile devices? How many prefer text or
Tweets?
Facebook Facebook.com – Need I say more?
Blogging blogger.com, myvtc.ca, educblogs.org
Wiki Wikispaces, pbworks, wikipedia
Screencasting/podcasting/videocasting Screencastomatic, jing, camtasia,
Google Docs Docs.google.com
Storify Storify.com – a masher for social media
Tablet Technologies Ipad, Androi, BYOD – How can you
leverage them for communications?
83. Going Mobile
• Use them to communicate to
parents, students, media and the
community for anything!!
• Lockdowns, snow days, special
events, report card days,
holidays…
• Is your website mobile friendly?
84. Going Mobile
• Choose your tool carefully!
• Remember, once it is out
there digitally, there is no
taking it back!!
• If the messages are “school
community only”, then don’t
use publically accessible
apps! (Twitter, Facebook,
YouTube)
85. Going Mobile
• What kinds of apps?
• Do you mean social
media apps?
• Are they easy to use?
96. Social Media + Mobile Apps
Impossible to touch on every
social media site or app. But, if
there is a need, chances are there
is an app or site for that!
97. Twitter
Communicate to parents, students, media and the
community.
Go to twitter.com, create an account, start following
other educators to see what they are saying on
twitter.
But remember! Anyone can follow you!!
98. FaceBook
Strengths and challenges
Powerful communications tool
Public facing communications portal for community
relations, news, events, etc…
Student reminders – events, registration, closures, good
news stories…
Parent communications – but careful! It’s public!
104. POSITIVES
• Share school news
• Share what’s happening
• Share upcoming events
• Make school
announcements CAUTIONS
• Use media to showcase • Protect students at all
school culture times
• Share photos • Protect teachers at all
• Share success stories times
• Use polls • Check with your district
• Use Facebook questions • Check with parents
• Protect yourself
• Turn on all available
protection
• MONITOR at ALL TIMES
106. WIKIs
• Interactive
• Co-creation
• Easily maintained
• Free
• Always building on
• Multi-media ready
existing ideas
• Easily organized and
• Great for PLCs
deployed
• Great for PL, for
sharing ideas privately
and publically
107. Screencasting/Podcasting/
Videocasting Channels
• Video and audio and screen capture technology
• Screencast-o-matic - free
• Jing – free
• Audioboo.fm – audio podcasting – Social media
ready, iTunes ready, mobile ready, and free!
110. Jing For Educators
• Video and audio announcements
• School News
• Media
• Recognition
• Reminders
• Tutorials
• Capture voice, video and screen
• Media Campaigns
with a simple piece of software, a
mic and a web cam!!
111. Google Docs
• Easy online forms
• Inventories
• Data Collection
• Document sharing
• Co-development
• PLCs
• Peer Interactions
• Forums
• Soon to be GOOGLE
DRIVE
114. Tablet Technologies
• Explosion of tablets and apps…
• Move everything you are doing on PC or Mac
to a tablet environment…well… almost
everything.
• Target your communications to mobile web
and tablet
• Cloud computing environments
• Built in multimedia capabilities
• Similar to mobile, with a friendlier screen.
115. Quick Ideas
Technology Utilization
Twitter Communicate to parents, students and the
community
Digital Tech for Administrator PL Decide on a topic, read by listening or
watching, read blogs, respond to blogs, join
networks or start your own…
Podcasting/Screencasting/ For parents, teachers, students, media
communications
Blogging For parents, teachers, students, media
communications
Wiki / Google For Professional Learning and PLCs
Tablet and Mobile Mobile access to all of the above!! (There IS an
APP for that!)
FaceBook and other public facing sites Public side – plenty of opportunities, plenty of
cautions, plenty of benefits
LMS (Learning Management Systems) Promote blended learning environments
116. For Discussion…
Talk about tools for
communicating
What ones do you like?
Share an idea with a neighbour.
What do you want to try and have not been able to
for any of a number of reasons…
118. Select 1 tool, 1 idea, 1 concept…
Research it and put it into practice.
There are many tools out there.
Select the one that best matches
your purpose and go for it!!!
Editor's Notes
Mention that they are to talk to the person or people near them- We have 3 hours together today so we need to have lots of interaction
Mention that they are to talk to the person or people near them- We have 3 hours together today so we need to have lots of interaction