This document discusses the use of digital technologies in the classroom and how they can enhance learning. It notes that today's students have grown up with technologies like computers, cell phones and the internet as integral parts of their lives. As a result, three shifts are needed: from education to learning, from information consumption to participatory learning, and from institutions to networks. Emerging technologies like social media, online collaboration tools, and mobile devices allow learning to take place anywhere and empower students to create and share knowledge. However, institutions and policies have been slow to fully adopt and implement these technologies. The document advocates embracing technologies to provide meaningful, connected learning experiences for students.

1. Digital Technologies in the Classroom
Daniela Gachago,
Educational Technology Unit,
Fundani
@dgachago17
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2. What are the three main technologies
that you are using for your teaching??

3. What happens when you turn your
back….

5. • My computer is the nucleus of my workspace
• When I need information I go online
• My cell phone is my primary method of communication
• I’m usually juggling five things at once
• My attention span is very small
• I want instant gratification
• I get bored very easily
Oblinger 2008
New generation of students

6. http://teachthought.com/learning/connected-learning-the-power-of-social-learning-models/

7. • “is an answer to three key shifts as society
evolves from the industrial age of the 20th
century and its one-size-fits-all factory
approach to educating youth to a 21st century
networked society.”
New generation of studentsConnected Learning

8. 3 shifts…
• 1) A shift from education to learning. Education is what institutions
do, learning is what people do. Digital media enable learning
anywhere, anytime; formal learning must also be mobile and just-
in-time.
• 2) A shift from consumption of information to participatory
learning. Learning happens best when it is rich in social
connections, especially when it is peer-based and organized around
learners’ interests, enabling them to create as well as consume
information.
• 3) A shift from institutions to networks. In the digital age, the
fundamental operating and delivery systems are networks, not
institutions such as schools, which are one node of many on a
young person’s network of learning opportunities. People learn
across institutions, so an entire learning network must be
supported.

11. The promise of emerging technologies

12. Diane Oblinger, 2009

13. Emerging Technologies at CPUT

14. Communicating & Connecting –
beyond the classroom

15. Facebook groups for
informal discussions

16. Skype for
Online Tutorials
WhatsApp
StudyGroups

17. What happens when you turn your
back….
Twitter Backchannel

19. Collaborating and Co-Creating

20. Google Drive for Collaboration and
Sharing

21. Google docs

25. Moving beyond text

26. Podcasting

31. Anton resources

32. Providing meaningful learning – connecting
academic and community life

33. Blogging/ePortfolios

34. Digital Storytelling

37. 4th year BTECH
ECP Nursing
3rd year GIS course
1st year Ind Design

38. Digital Storytelling
YouTube Channel

41. Use of tablets for
Teaching and Learning

43. “Although lecturers and students are seemingly embracing emerging technologies
enthusiastically, it is taking longer for institutions and policy makers to adopt and implement
them. Institutions and policy makers are not yet fully engaging with these technologies to
understand the usefulness of these technologies and therefore administrative policies may slow
down or halt adoption.”
COL 2008, 16

44. Things that are obsolete for the
21st century classroom
http://ingvihrannar.com/14-things-that-are-obsolete-in-21st-century-schools/

49. www.emergingicts.blogspot.com

51. Thank you !
Any questions?
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@dgachago17