Challenging Technology Becca Stith Munson NBCT, ECYA/LM 2003 Library Media Specialist Blue Valley West High School [email_address]

Challenges When using technology in my classroom/library/other: I am excited that ___________. I become frustrated when _________. I want to make ________ better. How?

When using technology in my classroom/library/other:

I am excited that ___________.

I become frustrated when _________.

I want to make ________ better. How?

What would this student say?

While we teach whatever we teach at school, the kids go home and learn the skills they need to survive and prosper in an interconnected global economy. Clarence Fisher

Thoughts… How do you design a lesson involving technology? What are some common elements? What are trends you notice with other teachers designing projects? What are misconceptions/problems with the student work?

How do you design a lesson involving technology?

What are some common elements?

What are trends you notice with other teachers designing projects?

What are misconceptions/problems with the student work?

Trends Student Work Copy/Paste Paraphrase without citing sources Using Google as primary search tool Quantity of sources, rather than quality of sources Lesson Design General Topics Little to no expectation for paraphrase/summarize skills & bibliographies No emphasis on evaluation of sources Emphasis on product not process

Student Work

Copy/Paste

Paraphrase without citing sources

Using Google as primary search tool

Quantity of sources, rather than quality of sources

Lesson Design

General Topics

Little to no expectation for paraphrase/summarize skills & bibliographies

No emphasis on evaluation of sources

Emphasis on product not process

www. 21stcenturyskills .org

PowerPoint cannot be your only use of technology.

ICT Literacy Assessment 2006 Positive Findings .edu & .gov sites Organizational chart based Categorized emails and files into folders 70% selected the best question to help clarify the assignment Negative Findings Audience 40% keyword searching skills 50% able to use a search strategy limiting results Difficulty sorting information to clarify related material www.ets.org/ictliteracy

Positive Findings

.edu & .gov sites

Organizational chart based

Categorized emails and files into folders

70% selected the best question to help clarify the assignment

Negative Findings

Audience

40% keyword searching skills

50% able to use a search strategy limiting results

Difficulty sorting information to clarify related material

Knowledge of Students Survey your students Where do you go to find information? How do you use the computer? Do you have a blog site (Xanga, Facebook)? etc. Student samples. Talk with your librarian .

Survey your students

Where do you go to find information?

How do you use the computer?

Do you have a blog site (Xanga, Facebook)? etc.

Student samples.

Talk with your librarian .

Objective Ties Curriculum Connection Avoid General Topics Working Smart One assignment covering many objectives. Assessment Determine how you will assess the process and the product.

Curriculum Connection

Avoid General Topics

Working Smart

One assignment covering many objectives.

Assessment

Determine how you will assess the process and the product.

Awareness www.martinlutherking.org Assumptions: .org One of the top links listed for a Martin Luther King search How would your students view this site?  Who owns & publishes this site? Easywhois.com

www.martinlutherking.org

Assumptions:

.org

One of the top links listed for a Martin Luther King search

 Who owns & publishes this site?

Easywhois.com

Wikipedia Why is Wikipedia attractive to students? Collaborative User-friendly Accessible ______________ Why do I hate it so much? Reports, Reports, Reports…

Why is Wikipedia attractive to students?

Collaborative

User-friendly

Accessible

______________

Why do I hate it so much?

Reports, Reports, Reports…

How does this fit into their education? Plagiarism Sites School Sucks Other sites to be aware – Scavenger The myth: If it is on the Internet, it is true! Right? Response: Ignore it! Ban it! Buy products to “catch them”!

Plagiarism Sites

School Sucks

Other sites to be aware – Scavenger

The myth: If it is on the Internet, it is true! Right?

Response: Ignore it! Ban it! Buy products to “catch them”!

Every time I speak to teachers about forming networks with their kids, many of them cringe at the loss of control and worry what the consequences will be for their classrooms. My experience has found that people who are willing to open the potential for network formation up, will find that students will grow and mature in their information access, organization, and comprehension skills . Certainly unintended consequences will arise, but they will very, very rarely be negative. These consequences are the ones which will allow students to grow and flourish as information prosumers and to become active citizens. Clarence Fisher

When integrating technology, what important skills get lost? What skills need to be dropped or added?

Asking a GOOD question

Note-Taking Skills

Ethical Use of Information Copyright Fair Use Plagiarism Citation Maker

Copyright

Fair Use

Plagiarism

Citation Maker

Divide and Conquer Method Provides opportunities to emphasize the process. Allows teacher to track the development of each student’s work.

Divide and Conquer Method

Provides opportunities to emphasize the process.

Allows teacher to track the development of each student’s work.

Define the Steps Lessons See lessons.

Lessons

See lessons.

Essential Questions Should, What if.. etc. If it can be answered in an encyclopedia, why would a student want to rewrite the same information? Essential Question Guide Guidance See example of questions form .

Should, What if.. etc.

If it can be answered in an encyclopedia, why would a student want to rewrite the same information?

Essential Question Guide

Guidance See example of questions form .

Students generate questions…

Compete.com

Web 2.0 Dynamic Collaborate Individualize Empower User control (You, me, anyone)

Dynamic

Collaborate

Individualize

Empower

User control (You, me, anyone)

Web 2.0 Blogs (Xanga, Myspace, Edublogs) Wikis Podcasts/Vodcast Flickr Social Bookmarking (Delicious & Furl) Youtube

Blogs (Xanga, Myspace, Edublogs)

Wikis

Podcasts/Vodcast

Flickr

Social Bookmarking (Delicious & Furl)

Youtube

Other sites Bloglines /Google Reader Google Map

Bloglines /Google Reader

Google Map

Examples Blogs Edublogs Create a family, fun one Examples – See Links Podcasts Begin by using others Example - See Links Wikis Example - See Links

Blogs

Edublogs

Create a family, fun one

Examples – See Links

Podcasts

Begin by using others

Example - See Links

Wikis

Example - See Links

Examples Windows Movie Maker Mac – iMovie Bloglines See Links

Windows Movie Maker

Mac – iMovie

Bloglines

See Links

Other Sites Gliffy Simile Writely Jump Cut Flickr YouTube 43things.com Library Thing

Gliffy

Simile

Writely

Jump Cut

Flickr

YouTube

43things.com

Library Thing

Becca Stith Munson NBCT, ECYA/LM 2003 Library Media Specialist Blue Valley West High School [email_address] http:// www.bvwlmc.com http:// beccablog.edublogs.org / Links: http:// del.icio.us/beccamunson/CA

Becca Stith Munson

NBCT, ECYA/LM 2003

Library Media Specialist

Blue Valley West High School

[email_address]

http:// www.bvwlmc.com

http:// beccablog.edublogs.org /

Links: http:// del.icio.us/beccamunson/CA