Management of Technology
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- 1. Managing Learning Even with Technologies... and Learners... and schedules... and glitches... Gail Lovely and... Gail@GailLovely.com Gail@GailLovely.com
- 2. So, have things changed?  What’s our role? Gail@GailLovely.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGMsT4qNA-c
- 3. Our Responsibility From toy to tool Gail@GailLovely.com
- 4. Technological Tools…  Educational researchers and practitioners alike assert that the potential of new technologies for learning is likely to be found not in the technologies themselves but in the way in which these technologies are Gail@GailLovely.com used as tools for learning (Means & Olson, 1995; Owston, 1997; Valdez et al., 1999). From NCREL: http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/content/cntareas/reading/li300.htm
- 5. Our Responsibility Technologies in a balanced role Technology as the tool, media, source, not as the goal. Technology as an enabler enabling communication, access and more. Gail@GailLovely.com Technology as one of the things we use, do, explore.
- 6. Key Elements ď‚— Appropriate Resources ď‚— Engaged Learners ď‚— Collaborative Work ď‚— Tangible Products ď‚— Management Structures Gail@GailLovely.com
- 7. Key Elements ď‚— Appropriate Resources Gail@GailLovely.com
- 9. Sites for Students MUST be: ď‚— Uncluttered ď‚— Curriculum or Learning-rich ď‚— Interactive ď‚— Engaging ď‚— Child-friendly Gail@GailLovely.com
- 10. Finding links is the easy part... But can be time consuming! Gail@GailLovely.com
- 11. Saving time, and Sanity Start with a few go-to sites Gail@GailLovely.com
- 12. iBoard ď‚— http://newserver.iboard.co.uk/player/ Gail@GailLovely.com
- 13. Read Write Think ď‚— http://www.readwritethink.org/ Gail@GailLovely.com
- 14. Math Manipulatives ď‚— http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.htm l Gail@GailLovely.com
- 15. Gather a Collection or two ď‚— http://simplybox.com/public/?id=22915 Gail@GailLovely.com
- 16. Key Element ď‚— Engaged Learners Gail@GailLovely.com
- 17. Engagement ď‚— What creates engagement? Gail@GailLovely.com
- 18. Projects: Purposeful interactions with others  Teach more than “curriculum” but must teach “curriculum” too! Gail@GailLovely.com http://www.learner.org/jnorth/robin/ http://www.projectsbyjen.com/
- 19. Key Elements ď‚— Collaborative Work Gail@GailLovely.com
- 20. Second Day of Kindergarten Gail@GailLovely.com
- 21. Shared and Collaborative Writing real time ď‚— Whiteboards â—¦ http://www.twiddla.com/474476 ď‚— Writing Pads â—¦ http://glovely.titanpad.com/5 â—¦ (password: letmein ) Gail@GailLovely.com
- 22. Shared and Collaborative Writing delayed (asynchronous) ď‚— Stixy â—¦ http://www.stixy.com/guest/102984 â—¦ (password is letmein) â—¦ Refresh to see posts by others. Gail@GailLovely.com
- 23. Shared and Collaborative Writing delayed (asynchronous)  Blogs  Writer and commenter  Classblogmeister  Kidblog  Edublogs Gail@GailLovely.com  Wikis  “experts” and editors  Wikispaces
- 24. Spoken Word, Shared  VoiceThread • http://voicethread.com/share/1691876/ • http://voicethread.com/share/336502/  AudioBoo • http://audioboo.fm/ Gail@GailLovely.com
- 25. Key Elements ď‚— Tangible Products Gail@GailLovely.com
- 26. An Example Little Bird Tale ď‚— http://littlebirdtales.com/tales/view/stor y_id/32546/ Gail@GailLovely.com
- 27. Other “Almost-Tangibles”...  A digital image  An audio recording  Showing someone something Gail@GailLovely.com
- 28. Tools for Creating Important for students to create, produce, develop, not just be consumers. Gail@GailLovely.com
- 29. Stories and More ď‚— Storybird â—¦ http://storybird.com Gail@GailLovely.com
- 30. Stories and More ď‚— Kerpoof â—¦ http://www.kerpoof.com/ Gail@GailLovely.com
- 31. “Offline” Tools too  Photostory  Word Processing  Presentation Software  2Simple Software  Fablevision Software Gail@GailLovely.com
- 32. Key Elements ď‚— Management Structures Gail@GailLovely.com
- 33. Tools for Managing ď‚— Visioning ď‚— Planning ď‚— Implementing Gail@GailLovely.com
- 34. Visioning What’s Possible  Tech Integration Matrices ◦ Florida (http://fcit.usf.edu/matrix/index.html ) ◦ Arizona (http://azk12.org/tim/ ) Gail@GailLovely.com
- 35. First Time with Laptops Gail@GailLovely.com
- 36. The Planning and Integration “Flow”  Identify objectives (curriculum)  Determine if technologies can enhance learning objectives  Review underlying tech skills needed Gail@GailLovely.com  Organize classroom environment  Set student expectations and define outcomes
- 37. In a Nutshell…  Pick the right tools and resources  Provide support to allow for rich learning experiences  Encourage horizontal movement of information  “Automate” what you can Gail@GailLovely.com
- 38. Managing... but accounting for differences Gail@GailLovely.com
- 39. Plan for Differentiation ď‚— The Differentiator Gail@GailLovely.com http://www.byrdseed.com/differentiator/
- 40. Fair Doesn’t Mean Same Gail@GailLovely.com
- 41. Timers ď‚— Kitchen Timers ď‚— http://minutesplease.com/ ď‚— http://www.online- stopwatch.com/eggtimer- countdown/full-screen/ Gail@GailLovely.com
- 42. Provide choices ď‚— Not what is learned, but how it is learned and how students will show you what they know... Gail@GailLovely.com
- 43. Teacher Tools Access to a VARIETY of Web Resources ď‚— Internet Buttons example ď‚— Bridges example ď‚— Website Yolaexample Gail@GailLovely.com ď‚— Only2Clicks example ď‚— Glogster.eduexample
- 44. Managing it All… Clearly define your expectations - both process AND product. Gail@GailLovely.com
- 45. Rubrics  Expectations up front – no tricks! Gail@GailLovely.com http://www.tltgroup.org/resourc es/flashlight/rubrics.htm
- 46. Rubrics “A rubric is an explicit summary of the criteria for assessing a particular piece of student work, plus levels of potential achievement for each criterion.” (source) Gail@GailLovely.com But really RUBRICS are time-savers! Rubistar is a GREAT time saver!
- 47. Rubrics ď‚— http://www.teach- nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/ ď‚— http://www.rubrics4teachers.com/ The BEST List of rubrics: http://school.discoveryeducation.com/s Gail@GailLovely.com chrockguide/assess.html
- 48. Evaluation of Process Not just what you did but HOW you did! Gail@GailLovely.com
- 49. PBL Checklists ď‚— Student Accountability (English and Spanish) â—¦ http://pblchecklist.4teachers.org/ Gail@GailLovely.com
- 50. Gail@GailLovely.com The Details...
- 51. Gail@GailLovely.com Shift and Return….
- 52. Gail@GailLovely.com Working together
- 53. Expect and encourage students to help each other. No touching classmates’ computers or Gail@GailLovely.com technologies. Provide time to discuss and reward processes and also for sharing "student discoveries".
- 54. Turn Taking…  Check list  Sticks in a Cup  Circle Chart  Electronic name pickers ◦ http://classtools.net/main_area/template_loader.h tm?fruit_machine ◦ http://www.barryfunenglish.com/tools.php Gail@GailLovely.com ◦ http://www.superteachertools.com/classroom- tools/group-maker.php
- 55. Managing it All… Gail@GailLovely.com Let students have a limited time to "play" with new technologies, sites, etc BEFORE you give them tight timelines and deadlines.
- 56. Eventually one of your goals should be students self-selecting tools to use to achieve their goals.... Gail@GailLovely.com
- 57. Managing it All… DON'T wait until you are "totally comfortable"... Gail@GailLovely.com Just take ONE bite at a time...
- 58. Gail@GailLovely.com Bottom Line...
- 59. Thank you! Gail Lovely Independent educator Gail@GailLovely.com Online CV: http://LovelyLearning.com Twitter: glovely Gail@GailLovely.com It’s all about them.
- 60. Credits ď‚— Toy or Tool: Uploaded to Flickr on 2/13/2009 by Fuyoh! with cc attribution license http://www.flickr.com/photos/fuyoh/3276837993/in/set-72157615701320920 Gail@GailLovely.com