This document outlines the themes that will be covered in an education course about technology and the shifts it requires of teachers. The course is divided into three units that will discuss: 1) how technology has changed the world and expectations for teachers, 2) how technology can facilitate different types of learning, and 3) how technology may impact teachers' professional roles. The overarching message is that technology and the surrounding world are constantly changing, so teachers must adapt in their use of technology to remain relevant for their students.

1. Unit #1 – Why Technology?
SHIFT: What’s all the fuss about?
[Or, why are we here?]
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2. THEME #1: SHIFT HAPPENS
• How has this change impacted the world?
o
Shift Happens
o Discussion:
 What part of the video impressed you most?
 What does it mean for us as teachers and for our students?
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3. THEME #1: SHIFT HAPPENS
• Digital World
• Unprecedented ease of communication
• Unprecedented access to information
• Global everything (The World is Flat)
• Technology is changing whether we like it or not
• The need to be capable to function in and help others
function in whatever world we are shifting into
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4. THEME #2: SHIFT AND STUDENTS
• So, who will your students be?
• We care about technology in this class, but whose technology?
• Mine? Yours? Your teachers? Your students?
• Consider who your students are (not what you are used
to), and go from there?
• Vision for technology in K-12 Education
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5. THEME #3: SHIFT AND ADAPT
• How do we adapt?
• Harrison Central High School: A Commitment to High Tech
(8:55) – High School Example
• Tech Fueled Differentiated Instruction – Elementary
Example
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6. THEME #3: SHIFT AND ADAPT
• Think-Pair Share (3 Minutes – based on the video):
• What about your own technology experiences in your
previous schools?
• Would you rather like to be a student in such a high-tech
school?
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7. Theme #4: Shift… Or else
• The fact is, SHIFT or not, we do not have much of a
choice
• Schools, administrators, parents, students, etc expect us to adapt
• Sometimes, it is the law
• If we do not adapt, others will
(and we risk becoming irrelevant)
• Ex. New Tech High School – Project-Based Learning
and Technology…
• New Tech High – All over Indiana! (Watch until 4:41)
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8. SUMMARY
•
In the weeks ahead, we will expand on each of these
themes
•
As technology (and the world around us) changes, we as
teachers must adapt – not give in, not ignore, but adapt
and make good decisions
•
This course is about navigating all of this SHIFT and
making good decisions as teachers
o And to learn that there are tech tools that can make our
classrooms better and lives easier – but that is your decision to
make
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9. SUMMARY
• This course is divided into three units:
o Unit 1: Focuses on the SHIFTs and expectations we as
teachers must navigate
o Unit 2: Looks at how technology can best facilitate learning,
depending on the task students are doing
o Unit 3: Looks at how technology can or should impact our
jobs as teachers as professions
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