A presentation on education technology delivered to the administration and Board of Trustees of the American College of Sofia in April 2014 by Lisa Kostova Ogata, trustee. The main message is that technology is not just an inevitable annoyance to teachers, but an enabler to teach kids the skills and mindset needed to function effectively in the new and rapidly changing workplace. The Appendix contains a walk-through of the leading education technology companies and their offerings.
3. Technology has changed the
way we live and learn
THEN (Push) NOW (On Demand)
Teachers + Textbooks “Google” it
Math by hand Excel, Apps
Map, directions Google Maps
Spelling Auto-complete,
Spell check
Proper grammar Memes (LOL )
Hand writing Typing,
Voice Recognition
6. The emergence of the T-shaped
individual
Vertical Expert T-shaped
Area of
expertise
Functiona
l expertise
Broad skill set and awareness
7. Teaching in a way that best
prepares kids for the new reality
• IDEO inspired
– Active listening: Mentorship vs. Lecturing.
Ask the “right” questions, don’t lecture
the “right” answers
– Everyone’s ideas are valuable: Get tons
of ideas out as fast as possible
– Creative empowerment: Don’t divide the
world into “creatives” vs. “non-creatives”
• Leverage technology, don’t ban it
• The importance of the human element
8. Tactical applications of
technology in the classroom
Custom Learning
Experiences
Deeper Analytics &
Classroom
Management
Communication &
Collaboration
Edmodo
9. A look at how technology may
be applied in the classroom
12. Additional Resources
• IDEO Founder David Kelley’s Ted Talk on Building
Creative Confidence:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16p9YRF0l-g
• 60 minutes special on the Khan Academy – the
future of education.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxJgPHM5NYI
• A short video on using the IDEO process in schools:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D0nmi19Dw
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• An article on how an Israeli startup is changing the
way tablets are used in the
classroom:http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/691
69/as-tablet-use-surges-startup-nation-creates-
technologies/
13. EdTech Startups – Areas of focus
• Using data and analytics
– Customize learning experience for students
– Know and improve student performance and
improve relevancy of reports through data
– Create customized and light ways to test learning at
more frequent increments. “Test as you go”
• Curate and aggregate content
– Create customized learning content (textbooks) and
custom interactive learning modules
• Classroom Management
• Sharing and collaboration (Students, Teachers,
Parents)
Two people – mid 20s, don’t know each other
Ani – Technical group lead at HP. Accounting at International Business School. Balancing t-accounts, Accounting 101. My professor at Wharton – played detective. Taught us how to find out for ourselves
Aaron – MIT grad, product manager on my team. Very smart, strong opinions. What mattered was to teach him to ask the right questions, to play detective. He didn’t want to be told what to do by his boss, he wanted
Push vs. pull based model – now people have the controls, they can decide what to interact with and when
Even kids now try to swipe the TV to turn it on
Away from siloed knowledge and into the brave new world of interconnected knowledge
The vertical part is specialized education, like a deep technical education, and the horizontal part is creativity, innovation, the ability to connect the dots, the ability to communicate concepts and ideas across functional languages and mindsets
David Kelly – IDEO’s founder
Analytics – allows the teachers not only to measure and report, but allows to increase the ROI on spending their time where their time is most useful
Khan Academy – an online platform with tutorials on different subjects and learning and monitoring analytical tools
Coursesmart – interactive and customizable etextbooks
Boundless – peer-reviewed open-sourced texts and learning materials
Classdojo – a classroom goal-setting and learning platform for elementary school teachers
Brightloop – allows teachers to set individual goals, milestones and plans for students and monitors their progress
Netsupportschool – allows the teacher to monitor activity on tablets during class
Remind101 – sets up an easy text-based messaging system for the teacher and students
Edmodo – a Facebook-like site for sharing and collaboration of students and teachers
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