1. The document discusses strategies for incorporating technology into the classroom in a student-centered way. It contrasts teacher-centered memorization approaches with student-centered approaches that engage students as researchers solving authentic problems. 2. A key part of the student-centered approach is ensuring students develop technological competence by accessing information from multiple sources to solve problems, with the teacher as guide. 3. The document cautions that while incorporating technology is important, it does not replace the teacher and should be implemented gradually with a focus on effective classroom procedures and student motivation. Copyright guidelines for educational use of materials are also reviewed.

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2. • We are all 21st
century
educators… whether we
like or not.
• Are we teaching 21st
century skills?
Learning Online Info
http://learningonlineinfo.org/what-to-look-for-in-classroom-
technology/

3. What research strategies or
processes do we use to solve
problems?
• Peer collaboration
• Access to professional support
• Books
• GOOGLE IT!

4. • Are we teaching our students
these skills?
• If they don’t learn them from us,
then who?

5. What we use…
• computers
• tablets
• phones
• calculators
• Ipods
• Smartboards
But HOW do we use it?

6. One approach is teacher-centered
instruction.
• Memorization of facts
• Formulas
• Dates and names
• Properties
• etc.
The student is then expected to recall the
exact information for the test.
Morrison (2010). Chapter 1.

7. Another approach is student-centered
Authentic & personal
Requires students to:
• formulate problems
• collect information and data
• organize and manipulate the information
• formulate an answer.
Morrison (2010). Chapter 1.

8. A student-centered classroom environment
makes the students the researchers.
Students actively seek information
regarding the present problem. Students
are able to access the information they
need through multiple forms of technology
while the teacher guides the path of
learning.

9. • A class of students are asked to give a
presentation on the importance of
exponential growth and decay when
modeling life phenomena.
• Students are assigned to groups where
roles are assigned, a strategy is agreed
upon by group members, research is done
and presentation is made.

10. Seniors in a Participation in Government
class have taken an interest in the school
budget process in an effort to prepare for
their first voting experience. Students
research factors such as the school
budget’s history, state aid, and possibly
contact or interview local officials. Activity
would culminate with students of voting
age, voting in the election.

11. • We need help!
The National Educational
Technology Standards (NETS)
“The philosophy of the NTeQ model provides the
foundation needed to create reformed classrooms in
which students gain requisite 21st-century knowledge
and skills.”
Morrison (2010). Chapter 1.

12. 1. The teacher is technology competent.
2. The student actively engages in the learning
process, assuming the role of researcher and
gaining technological competence.
3. The computer is used as a tool, as it is in the
workplace, to enhance learning through the
use of real-world data to solve problems.
4. The lesson is student centered, problem
based, and authentic, and technology is an
integral component.
5. The environment incorporates multiple
resource-rich activities.
Morrison (2010). Chapter 1.

13. • The teacher is well practiced with multiple
forms of technology
• Professional development
• Collaboration
• Experimentation
• Student expertise
You don’t need to know everything
about everything.

14. • Incorporating technology isn’t just about
computer use.
• Multiple ways to use computers
• The computer does NOT have to used all
the time.
• The computer does NOT replace the
teacher, but rather supplements our work.

15. • Time to learn new technology
• Student Motivation Levels
• Curriculum uncertainties
• Standardized Testing
• Annual Professional Performance
Reviews (APPR)

16. • One step at a time… pick a place
to start
• Designing effective Classroom
procedures
• More time = more experience

17. In chapter 1 of Skills for the 21st
Century, Morrison states:
“A study by Newmann and colleagues (2001) found that the authentic
learning approach in a student-centered environment produced
substantially more achievement gains than the teacher-centered
memorization approach.”
“Students who were in classrooms that focused primarily on a
memorization approach scored 25 percent less in reading and 22
percent less in mathematics than the national average. Newmann
and his colleagues also found that high-quality assignments in
mathematics tended to help the low-achieving students even more
than their high-achieving classmates.” (Newmann, Bryk, & Nagaoka,
2001)
What do we have to fear?

18. Things to avoid:
• Placing another person’s graphic or picture
on a webpage.
• Copying text
• Educators beware! Specific
Limitations apply
Morrison (2010). Chapter 6.
With greater access to information, comes
greater responsibility

19. • The law allows for “fair use” of copyrighted
material (Crawford, 1993), which usually
includes educational and newsworthy
uses.
• Factors considered in determining fair use
include the following:
Purpose of use, how much is used,
and the effect of use on the
materials value
Morrison (2010). Chapter 6.

20. • Limitations on copies and number of
courses using them
• Author use
• Multiple course limitations
• Cannot replace collections with copies
• No copies of workbooks
• Can NOT defer costs on to students.
United States Copyright Office.

21. • A mathematics worksheet
obtained from a workbook is NOT
permitted to be photocopied and
consumed.
• Copying the work effects the materials
market value and negatively impacts the
profit of someone else’s work.

22. • Copies of someone else’s work is only
allowable for one course… in the school
• A popular poem or story can NOT be used
among multiple courses without the
author’s permission. Talk with your
colleagues!
Don’t Assume!

23. • U.S. Copyright office
• Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multim
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME!

24. Gary R. Morrison, Deborah L. Lowther. (2010).
Skills for the 21st Century, Fourth Edition.
Copyright © Pearson.
United States Copyright Office. (2012).
http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html .
The American Distance Education Consortium.
(2002). Fair Use Guidelines for Educational
Multimedia.
http://www.adec.edu/admin/papers/fair10-
17.html