The POD's are Coming

The POD’s are Coming!
David Truss
BLC09
@datruss
DavidTruss.com
http://pairadimes.davidtruss.com

The POD’s are coming!PersonallyOwnedDevices
Our classrooms will never be the same again!

Are you ready?

Are ‘WE’ ready?

Our students are ready!

POD’s:
It started with a conversation, then
became a blog post, http://tr.im/PodsPost/

POD’s:
“We are about 4 years away from [almost] every kid coming to school with more capability in their pockets and hands than most teachers have on their desk right now.”

POD’s:
“We are about 4 years away from [almost] every kid coming to school with more capability in their pockets and hands than most teachers have on their desk right now.”
Will we be ready to utilize these amazing tools that will be brought into our classrooms?

POD’s: Personally Owned DevicesPresentation Outline
Why?
Walls
Will

POD’s: Personally Owned DevicesPresentation Outline
Why?
Walls
Will
The 4th Screen/technology is everywhere… except in our classrooms
“Thinning Walls” vs
“Big Frickin’ Walls”
A call to action…
“I am a digital teacher”

POD’s:Why?

The 4th Screen

To the fish, water is invisible.

Tech is invisible

Tech is invisible
However…

This is a staged photo:

This is a staged photo:
Technology may be ‘invisible’, but we
can choose how pervasive it will be.
My children do not have a phone, or a computer in their room; their computer time is monitored, and they ask before watching television or playing video games.

My reading stack: background furniture.

Are books‘necessary’?

"But are not books
necessary at all, when
the pupils are furnished
with slates?
…To such
I believe books are
not only useless,
but on the whole,
worse than useless.”
Are books‘necessary’?
William A. Alcott, 1842

Joe’s Non-Netbook

“I come from the Batman era,
adding items to my utility belt,
while students today are the Borg from Star Trek, assimilating technology into their lives.”
Batman Borg
http://tr.im/BatmanBorg/

“I come from the Batman era,
adding items to my utility belt,
while students today are the Borg from Star Trek, assimilating technology into their lives.”
many
Batman Borg
http://tr.im/BatmanBorg/

The 4th Screen/technology is everywhere… except in our classrooms!

If there is
an elephant
in the room…

Sonya Woloshen
“As a new teacher, I don’t think of it as a issue when one student doesn’t have the technology available...

Sonya Woloshen
“As a new teacher, I don’t think of it as a issue when one student doesn’t have the technology available.
That’s not a problem, just something to work around.”
http://tr.im/DigitalTeacher/

POD’s:Walls

Thin Walls - Alec
“Open teachers… support their students in the critical consumption, production, connection, and synthesis of knowledge through the shared development of learning networks.”
Alec Couroshttp://tr.im/ThinWalls/

“We can still watch an old black and white movie, but we don’t go out and buy a black & white TV… Yet we place unnecessary limits on what can happen in our schools and classrooms…”
http://tr.im/BandW/

The Essay

Our students livein her essay’s future…until they come to school!

…To such I believe
books are not only useless,
but on the whole,
worse than useless.
William A. Alcott, 1842

Is this what we are saying when we ban POD’s?
…To such I believe
books are not only useless,
but on the whole,
worse than useless.
POD’s books

Kathy Sierra http://tr.im/BigWall/

W
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l
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s
s

Wirelessintro

Wireless

“Wireless should be like oxygen.We don’t ‘look for’ or think about our next breath.”Brian Kuhn

F
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t
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r
s

Scenario 1: A teacher wants to go to a great
Website about ‘ASSumptions’… but is blocked.

Scenario 2: A student does a ‘safe’ search at
school, then later at home it isn’t so safe.

Scenario 3: The class wants to social bookmark,
or use wikis or blogs, but they can’t!

Filters
filter
learning!
Scenario 3: The class wants to social bookmark,
or use wikis or blogs, but they can’t!

Another Scenario: A student goes to an
inappropriate site while at school…
What can a teacher potentially do?

Put any group of teachers
together and they will come
up with countless possibilities!

Put any group of teachers
together and they will come
up with countless possibilities!
(We call this a teachable moment.)

P
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c
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s

http://tr.im/MissManagement/

Expectations are better than rules!
Respect
Inclusion
Learning
Safety
http://tr.im/BlogRules/

Expectations are better than rules!
Respect
Inclusion
Learning
Safety
My del.icio.us links
(bookmarks) for
Acceptable
Use Policies
http://tr.im/aupLinks/

Consistency Matters!
What happens when we are
inconsistent with expectations for…

• Dress code
• Tardiness
• Rough Play
• Appropriate Language
• Noise Levels

• Dress code
• Tardiness
• Rough Play
• Noise Levels
…how and when we use POD’s

High Expectations Matter!
• Using POD’s
• Dress code
• Tardiness
• Rough Play
• Noise Levels

High Expectations Matter!
• Using POD’s
• Dress code
• Tardiness
• Rough Play
• Noise Levels
(A part of the continuum of
things we monitor, model
and mentor students about
with high expectations for
appropriate behavior.)

A
t
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t
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s
BigFrickin’ Wall

I’ve seen a real shift in my own thinking recently. Forget whining about access, disregard the slow speed of change, get over the obstacles! Go after meaningful results. Engage and empower students...

I’ve seen a real shift in my own thinking recently. Forget whining about access, disregard the slow speed of change, get over the obstacles! Go after meaningful results. Engage and empower students...
Be a leader and a role model.
http://tr.im/NoLimits/

POD’s:Will

“Fear is a wonderful servant, but a terrible master… When you’ve conquered your fears by acting courageous in spite of them, life blossoms.”

“Fear is a wonderful servant, but a terrible master… When you’ve conquered your fears by acting courageous in spite of them, life blossoms.”
Dan Millman,
Sacred Journey of
the Peaceful Warrior

We permit our students to learn from their mistaks...

We permit our students to learn from their mistakes...
Do we permit ourselves?

“Teachers who use technology in the classroom are: flexible, willing to take risks and try new things, not afraid of failing, able to learn from their students, adaptable, and comfortable with the fact that they are not the smartest person in the room.”
Kim Cofinohttp://tr.im/Cofino/

So my challenge to you…
Do not go quietly into your classroom!

Image Credits by Slide Number

1. ‘B’ Movie Screamer FROM Movie Dearest
2. The ScreamBY Edvard Munch
3,4. Katie iPhone Scream andiPhone Smile BY me, David Truss
5. HeidiBY NMC Second Life on flickr
13,14. Fisch BY Gertrud K. on Flickr
15-18. Cassie Tech-ed Out BY me, David Truss
20. Wishful thinkingBY me, datruss on Flickr
23. ‘Reading Zone’ BY me, datruss on Flickr
29,30. Introduce it…ToonDooBY me, David Truss
32. Sonya Teaching BY Sonya Woloshen
34. Open Teaching - Thinning the Walls BY Alec Couros
35. School Limits ToonDooBY me, David Truss
40. (and adapted on 41, 45, 53 and 64)
Incremental vs. revolutionary improvements BY Kathy Seirra
42. (and adapted on 43 & 44) Cloud = FreedomBY MichaelMarlatt on Flickr
54-56. (All cropped) Miss Management ToonDooBY me, David Truss
68. (and adapted on 69) fear BY chandrika221 on Flickr
70. (and 71 both adapted and cropped) One giant leap… BY dachalan on Flickr
72-73. I Can’t! ToonDooBY me, David Truss
75. Mindset not a skill-setBY Kim Cofino

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