Technology In Schools What Is Changing

Technology in Schools: What is changing? Kaplan Univeristy Ad http://www. youtube .com/watch? v=F3nHvkJSNFg

“ We don't have a national sense of urgency, and we should. Technology is causing rapid world transformation, and we need to keep up. Yet we haven't mustered the urgency.” Arizona Governor and National Governor's Association Chair, Janet Napolitano. http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=8416a242f40fb7d7f338 "Shake it Up" from teachertube.com

Technology 1984: Apple IIe computer

Word processing

Saving files

Onscreen games

My $2000 dollar typewriter! http://www.chez-pierre.net/img_hr/ordis/apple2.gif

Technology 1994: Internet connectivity and hyperlinks available to the Public.

http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Modules/MC10020/the_internet.html

Technology 2009: MacBook - a digital hub for

connectivity to the Internet

music & movies

TV and telephone services

communication, social networks

http://www.apple.com/macbook/macbook.html

2009: How do you use Technology ?

Turn and talk

Write your questions for me

Make some notes

"Teachers must become comfortable as co-learners with their students and with colleagues around the world...The digital-age teaching professional must demonstrate a vision of technology infusion and develop the technology skills of others..." Don Knezek, ISTE CEO, 2008

Did you know? By Karl Fisch & Scott McLeod (2007)

2009: The Internet for Educators http://www.teachertube.com/ http://www.google.com/educators/index.html http://www.epals.com/ http://www.curriki.org FirstClass Chat http://www.slideshare.net http://webapps.yarmouth.k12.me.us/groups/technology/ http://voicethread.com/#home http://www.go2web20.net/

A “blog” is a place to have interactive discussions

http://edublogs.org/ http://classblogmeister.com/ https://www.blogger.com/start http://www.bloglines.com/ Why let our students blog ? http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=be6ec9b852b0a542e2f3

A “wiki” is a place to go for information

http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers http://pbwiki.com/ Wikis in Plain English http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY

Bookmarks or Favorites can be saved & shared online for access from anywhere

Tags organize entries

http://del.icio.us/ http://www.furl.net/home.jsp http://www.backflip.com http://www.clipmarks.com/

2009: A visual “Bloom’s Taxonomy” http: //visualblooms . wikispaces .com/

Do we want to say this? Kaplan University Ad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e50YBu14j3U

2009: How do our students use Technology ?

4th graders on the Internet

Do you have a computer at home that is connected to the Internet?

Do you ever use the Internet at home?

If you use the Internet at home how often do you go online?

If you use the Internet at home, does an adult know you are online?

Communicating…

http://www.imbee.com/ http://www.webkinz.com/ http://www.clubpenguin.com/ http://www.neopets.com/ http://wwwl.meebo.com/ http://www.panwapa.com/

Collaborating…

http://www.theonering.com/ http://www.runescape.com/ http://www.smileyarcade.com http://awesomehouseparty.com/house/home.jsp http://www.dragonball.com http://b.whyville.net/smmk/nice

Creating and innovating…

http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/games.html http://scratch.mit.edu/ http://www.fluxtime.com/ http://www.simscarnival.com/ http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/ http://www.creatingmusic.com/ http://pixton.com/ http://www.crayola.com

… or, all of the above

http://www.scholastic.com/kids/ http://home.disney.go.com/index http://www.miniclip.com/games/en/ http://www.girlsense.com http://www.beaconstreetgirls.com/ http://www.dragonfable.com/ http://kids.yahoo.com/

The world is changing…