Jay Gross is speaking at a conference on communicating with students through technology. He emphasizes establishing relationships with students and inspiring them daily. He discusses how students today communicate through apps like texting, Twitter, Snapchat and Instagram. Gross encourages educators to take chances, step outside their comfort zones, and try new technologies with students. His goal is to help students find and share their gifts or voices through digital stories and technology.
46. But I would have to be
āfriendsā with students &
parents?
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ā¢ The Fear Factor
ā¢ Sexual Predators
ā¢ Teacher/Student relationships & texting
47. I will NOT let the less than
Ā½% of all educators who are
sexual deviants & predators
& perverts rule my life.
Period.
53. #1 Always stop and look through our
studentsā eyes
#2 Donāt be afraid to take a chance,
step out of that comfort zone, and try
something new. Innovation is DOING
new things!
#3 Inspire dailyā¦ yourself and those
around you.
55. Keeping positive in a
sometimes negative worldā¦
#3 Inspire dailyā¦ yourself and those around you
56. āLook, if you had one shot, or one opportunity to
seize everything you ever wanted in one moment,
would you capture it or just let it slip?ā
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59. Imagine for a second being a kid
in these situationsā¦
60. Good Morningā¦
My name is Jay Gross. I am here today to talk to you about Communicating with todayās
students through technology. Let us take a moment and define communication. Dictionary.com
defines communication as:
ļ§ the act or process of communicating; fact of being communicated.
ļ§ the imparting or interchange of thoughts, opinions, or information by speech, writing, or signs.
ļ§ something imparted, interchanged, or transmitted.
ļ§ a document or message imparting news, views, information, etc.
ļ§ passage, or an opportunity or means of passage, between places.
My Purpose today is give you some new ideas on how to exchange ideas with students.
ļ§ I also want you to take a chance and step outside your comfort zones.
ļ§ If there is time, I would like to tell you some stories.
ļ§ So let us now talk about technology. Dictionary.com defines technology as:
ļ§ the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their
interrelation with life, society, and the environment, drawing upon such subjects as industrial
arts, engineering, applied science, and pure science.
ļ§ the terminology of an art, science, etc.; technical nomenclature.
ļ§ a scientific or industrial process, invention, method, or the like.
ļ§ the sum of the ways in which social groups provide themselves with the material objects of
their civilization.
Now that we have that straight, how do students today communicate?
ļ§ Texting
ļ§ Twitter
ļ§ SnapChat
ļ§ Instagram
ļ§ FaceBook
61. Prefer Handouts???
You do yours / Iāll do mine / Weāll pass & grade when done /
Then pass forward for our teacher
72. Every single child we come across has a
giftā¦
It is our mission to help them find the gift.
Help them unwrap it. Help them polish it.
Help them use it.
73. They all have voices and all of them are
yearning to be heardā¦
Think about this for just a second...
What are digital story technology &
apps
without a story to tell?
74. If this were my last day teachingā¦
What would I say to them?
What would they remember about
me?