Presentation for K5 parents, students, and teachers about what has changed in our world and why the One 2 One laptop writing classroom is so important.
3. Things have changed in our world… http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup.php?id=9545884
4. 36 cents for a gallon of gas $23,450 for a new house The Beatles disband 3.6 B people on earth First computer chess tournament 0 (yes zero) personal computers sold 0 e-mails sent 0 blog posts BG (before Google) 1970 http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1970 http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup.php?id=1563122
5. Aug 26, 2009 around 2pm $2.62 cents for a gallon of gas $536,000 for a new house 6.78 B people on the earth 186,132,500 personal computers sold this year 337,700 TVs sold today 2,000,150 cell phones sold today 1,633,879,160 internet users on earth 123,725,000,000 e-mail messages sent today 509,540 blog posts today 678,800,000 Google searches today http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup.php?id=7611212 http://www.worldometers.info/ http://www.fuelgaugereport.com/ http://www.livingin-canada.com/house-prices-canada.html
6. Doubles every 11/2 – 3 years http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup.php?id=2943333 http://www2.sims.berkeley.edu/research/projects/how-much-info-2003/execsum.htm#stored
7. Internet… wireless everywhere… just like oxygen being connected is not optional just like breathing… http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup.php?id=3654579
26. Students can do all of this if we give them access to the tools…http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup.php?id=4066060 Students can create their own videos and pictures to support their learning
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31. Research Writing Creating Presenting Sharing And the PODs are coming! How can laptops improve learning and teaching? Learn how to deal with the messiness… Why laptops? To provide students with TODAY’S tools…
32. Examine their present practice Exploreeffectivepractice Exemplify themselves as learners alongside students Empower student learning