A Day In The Life
of a teacher teaching with technology
(from principle to practice x 3)
Darren Kuropatwa
http://adifference.blogspot.com

about 9 hours
919 km 47 mins
2

Alarm Rings

Wake Up

Time To Go

iPod Ready
for -35°C

iPod Ready
for -1°C

Steppin’ Out

Catchin’ the Bus

DMCI

My Class

Firing Up the SMARTboard

Workshop

Three principles

Studentsʼ Errors and Misconceptions
(Principle 1)
Based on Previous Learning
Students come to the classroom with conceptions of numbers grounded in their
whole-number learning that lead them astray in the world of rational numbers;
e.g. multiplying always makes numbers bigger.
x =
TEACHERS MUST ENGAGE STUDENTSʼ PRECONCEPTIONS

The Knowledge Network:
(Principle 2)
New Concepts and New Applications
UNDERSTANDING REQUIRES FACTUAL
KNOWLEDGE AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS

(Principle 3)
Metacognition
A METACOGNITIVE APPROACH
ENABLES STUDENT SELF-MONITORING

Watch It. Do It.
practice #1

Teach It.
practice #1

Watch It. Do It. Teach It.
REVEALS STUDENTSʼ PRECONCEPTIONS
x =
practice #1

Watch It. Do It. Teach It.
BUILDS CONCEPTUAL AND SOCIAL NETWORKS
practice #1

Watch It. Do It. Teach It.
PROMOTES METACOGNITION
practice #1

Next Problem

Twitter
practice #2

practice #2

Lunch

School Day Ends

Slideshare.net
practice #2

My SlideSpace
practice #2

Transparency
practice #2

share everything
practice #2

Thinking
practice #2

Transparency & Sharing
REVEALS STUDENTSʼ PRECONCEPTIONS
x =
practice #2

Transparency & Sharing
BUILDS CONCEPTUAL AND SOCIAL NETWORKS
practice #2

Transparency & Sharing
PROMOTES METACOGNITION
practice #2

Leaving

Search Engine & Spark
Spark
http://www.cbc.ca/searchengine/
http://www.cbc.ca/spark

The Other End of the Street

Home Again,
Home Again,
Jiggity Jig!

Dinner, Magic, Bath, Compass & Bed

Class Blogs
practice #3

Learning is a Conversation
practice #3

Learning Requires Reflection
practice #3

Learning Requires Reflection
practice #3

Teachersʼ Errors and Misconceptions
(Principle 1)
Based on Previous Learning
x =
TEACHERS MUST ENGAGE THEIR OWN PRECONCEPTIONS

(Principle 2) Build Knowledge Networks
CONCEPTUAL AND SOCIAL NETWORKS

(Principle 3)
Metacognition
ACTIVELY AND TRANSPARENTLY
REFLECT ON YOUR TEACHING

Catch Up on My Reading
http://reader.google.com

K12 Online Conference
http://k12onlineconference.org

Credits
220
the thinker
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeope/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattwright/526492646/
249159137/
How Students Learn reflection
http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=10126 http://flickr.com/photos/barnett/206994953/
Pewter Letters Numbers thoughtful
http://flickr.com/photos/lwr/sets/72157594512642436/ http://flickr.com/photos/ronlayters/440835731/
This body is networked Transparency
http://flickr.com/photos/funksoup/403990660/ http://flickr.com/photos/lightmash/2393645062/
The Thinker Sharing
http://flickr.com/photos/renny1967/1509761982/ http://flickr.com/photos/furiousgeorge81/177926979/
DNA Girl Talk
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ghutchis/124782978/ http://flickr.com/photos/e06158/2272739708/
question mark ? Big Screen Reflection
http://flickr.com/photos/lwr/12364944/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/benward/181425257/
Mira reading the Griffiths Quantum Text start of the mobile content era
http://flickr.com/photos/ailric/390832774/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/lynetter/329280898
all other images (cc) dkuropatwa
workstation
http://www.flickr.com/photos/striatic/241843728/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/dkuropatwa/tags/adayinthelife/
My Class Blogs 2008-2009
AP Calculus AB (2008-2009) Applied Math 20S (Fall 2008)
http://apcalc2008.blogspot.com http://am20sf08.blogspot.com
Applied Math 40S (Winter 2009) Pre-Cal 20S (Fall 2008)
http://am40sw09.blogspot.com http://pc20sf08.blogspot.com
Pre-Cal 40S (Winter 2009) Pre-Cal 30S (Fall 2008)
http://pc40sw09.blogspot.com http://pc30sf08.blogspot.com

thanks
Darren Kuropatwa
http://adifference.blogspot.com