Today’s students are no longer the people our educational system was designed to teach. -Marc Prensky

Kids will always change it’s up to the teachers to do something better more smarter and it’s a lot of work.

So many teachers out there say:

“ Well I’ve been giving these same worksheets out for 30 years and if it was good enough for them, then it’s good enough for these kids.”

It’s not though times have changed

A teenager in the U.S. spends between 8 and 10 hours per day engaging in different media

That’s more than double the time he spends on a yearly basis at school

School isn’t the only place where the knowledge is. Knowledge is everywhere.

What if…

What if we empowered our students to find that knowledge? And use it?

What if we brought that media into our classrooms?

What if we tossed out those worksheets and thought of new ways to teach?

What if we find exciting ways to engage our students using the tech tools they’re using already ?

Wouldn’t that make sense?

Research has shown that 57 percent of teens online have produced videos and writings and shared them online.

They’re already using this technology!

Now it’s time for you to see how to begin using it!

We need to adapt our teaching methods and teach students to: connect collaborate create contribute

Classrooms are changing! Driving these changes are: New collaborative computer technologies A change in skills that are valuable to employers. A culture that is rapidly becoming more transparent and collaborative

Driving these changes are:

New collaborative computer technologies

A change in skills that are valuable to employers.

A culture that is rapidly becoming more transparent and collaborative

Using tools that create shared knowledge: help students become subject-matter experts. increase student interest and ownership in learning. give students legitimate chances to participate. provide opportunities for diverse perspectives, both within and outside of the classroom. allow students to post information quickly and in a format that can be changed easily as it grows. give students access to curriculum resources. provide opportunities to build knowledge through discussion and information gathering.

help students become subject-matter experts.

increase student interest and ownership in learning.

give students legitimate chances to participate.

provide opportunities for diverse perspectives, both within and outside of the classroom.

allow students to post information quickly and in a format that can be changed easily as it grows.

give students access to curriculum resources.

provide opportunities to build knowledge through discussion and information gathering.

Podcasting

Here's what you'll need: and to take the podcast with you, an MP3 player a computer an Internet connection itunes

and to take the podcast with you, an MP3 player

Stream Podcasts

Make Podcasts Great Gatsby : Roaring 20s Project 10 grade English students

Great Gatsby : Roaring 20s Project

10 grade English students

Get a glimpse inside other classes with podcasts

Video Blogging

Use them to teach

Use them to teach

Turn Your Students Into Historians

Turn Your Students Into Historians

Easily Created with free online tools

Or with traditional cameras and microphones

Social Bookmarking

What is it? Social bookmarking is the practice of saving bookmarks to a public Web site and “tagging” them with keywords. Bookmarking, on the other hand, is the practice of saving the address of a Web site you wish to visit in the future on your computer.

Social bookmarking is the practice of saving bookmarks to a public Web site and “tagging” them with keywords.

Bookmarking, on the other hand, is the practice of saving the address of a Web site you wish to visit in the future on your computer.

How can you use it?

Why use it? Students get to take advantage of the insights of other users to find information related to the topic they are researching, even in areas that aren’t obviously connected to the primary topic. Students keep coming back because the connections and the collections of resources are constantly changing.

Students get to take advantage of the insights of other users to find information related to the topic they are researching, even in areas that aren’t obviously connected to the primary topic.

Students keep coming back because the connections and the collections of resources are constantly changing.

Using Social Bookmarking in Class

Wiki spaces

Create your own

Critique Wikipedia Improve articles neutrality Compare content with other sources

Blogging

Create your own

Read others’ blogs