Teaching w/Technology Myths ElginCC 2009

Teaching with Technology Myths and Realities Barry Dahl Lake Superior College

Clicker Time Practice 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.

P.T. Barnum

Mark Twain

Sigmund Freud

All of the above are true.

All of the above are false.

Who are you?

Faculty

Admin

Staff

None of the above

Age and Gender

Male, Under 45

Male, 45 +

Female, Under 45

Female, 45 +

Which of the following do you do?

File income taxes online (e-file)

Use online banking services

Buy books at Amazon.com

Check email on 3 or more diff. acct

Buy or sell stuff on eBay

Engage in an MMORPG

None of the above

Which of these communications tools do you use?

Blogging (you write one)

Instant messaging

Live broadcast: UStream, etc.

Podcasting

Skype, or other PC calling

Twitter, Plurk, or similar

Web conferencing tool

None of the above

Choose each true statement

You own an iPhone

You’ve used clickers in class

You were born in 1980 or after

You consider yourself to be creative

You have an avatar in Second Life

You can define the term “Web 2.0”

None of the above are true

At Which of These Social Networking Sites do You Have an Active Account?

Dogster

Facebook

Friendster

Linked In

My Space

Ning

None of the above

What is your experience with online education?

Taught an online class.

Taken online class.

Both 1 & 2 above.

Neither 1 nor 2 above.

Myths and Realities of Teaching 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.

Reality

Myth

Gen Y seems to be learning the perils of over-sharing (personal info) on the Internet.

Reality

Myth

Digital natives are well prepared to use the technologies that are used in higher ed.

Reality

Myth

Net Generation

Next Generation

Nexters

Generation Y

Generation Why

Millennials

Digital Natives

Generation Now

iGeneration

Echo Boomers

Google

Generation

Nintendo

Generation

Screenagers

That’s Crazy talk.

Let’s consolidate.

Digital

Net-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.

Reality

Myth

Which Digital Divide?

Source: Stanford

Wikipedia is practically worthless for academic purposes.

Reality

Myth

Faculty believe that entertaining students is not their job.

Reality

Myth

Not this kind of entertainment

More like a Tupperware Party

Cell phones should be banned in classrooms.

Reality

Myth

Cell Phone Usage?

No Cell Phone

Cell calls, without texting

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.

Reality

Myth

There has been a massive increase in the usage of Web 2.0 tools in higher ed.

Reality

Myth

Bloggers are a whole lot of people saying a whole lot of nothing to nobody.

Reality

Myth

Schools suck the creativity out of our children.

Reality

Myth

Classroom clickers are da bomb.

Reality

Myth

PowerPoint is Evil

Reality

Myth

Higher education could learn a lot from Facebook.

Reality

Myth

The Internet is enabling conversations among human beings that simply were not possible in the era of traditional mass media.

Reality

Myth

Technology geeks want their technologies to be open, free, and un-tethered.

Reality

Myth

Barry Dahl Lake Superior College barrydahl.com desire2blog.blogspot.com [email_address]

Teaching w/Technology Myths ElginCC 2009

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