The document outlines a workshop presented by Meagen Farrell on effectively integrating technology into literacy programs. It includes an agenda, activities, and discussions focusing on selecting tech learning objects and creating integration plans to enhance teaching in the digital age. Participants are encouraged to reflect on their roles as educators and share insights on utilizing technology in their instruction.

1. Finding Great Tech for
Teaching
15 March 2013

2. Presenter:
Meagen Farrell
Farrell Ink LLC

3. Thank You & Disclaimers
 This workshop was developed with the
support of The Literacy Cooperative of
Greater Cleveland.
 All other logos, images, and quotes are
fair use for non-profit, educational
purposes. They are the property of their
respective copyright/trademark owners.
Use does not imply sponsorship,
endorsement or affiliation of any kind.
 Warning: I like pop culture references.
It’s okay if you don’t get all the
references as long as you get the main
point.

4. Today’s workshop will:
1. Whet your appetite for using
technology and media in your literacy
program.
2. Ask you to select at least one
awesome tech learning object.
3. Provide time and a template to
create a integration plan to use your
chosen tech learning object right
away.

5. How will we do it? Agenda:
9:00 Intro & Greeting
9:20 Motivation: Good News & Bad
News
9:35 Sign in to Google Sites
9:50 What does it all mean?
10:10 Creating Your Plan
11:30 Teach Back
12:00 Go have lunch!

6. Our activities connect with the
following NETS-T Standards:
 1.d Model collaborative knowledge
construction by engaging in learning with
students, colleagues, and others in face-
to-face and virtual environments.
 3.d Model and facilitate effective use of
current and emerging digital tools to
locate, analyze, evaluate, and use
information resources to support
research and learning.
 5.a Participate in local and global
learning communities to explore
applications of technology to improve
Source: http://www.iste.org/standards

7. Let’s Get Motivated! Which
first?
Good News! Or Bad News…

8. GOOD NEWS!
People of all ages & income levels
have increased access and use of
technology to communicate!

9. “OMG! My Grandparents R MY
BFF!”
Source: Baker, M. Wall Street Journal, 5/30/2012

10. 80% of people on the internet
Source: Zickuhr, K. & Smith, A. Digital differences. Pew Research

11. LET’S SEE IT IN THE
CLASSROOM…
Source: Edutopia.org, Singapore’s 21st Century Teaching Strategies,

12. BAD NEWS… our jobs and
Technology is taking
is now required to access
housing, government aid &
employment.

13. You need computers to apply for a
job…
Source: “The Target is Open!” 3/5/2008 http://dcist.com/2008/03/05/the_target_is_o.php

14. “Rosser Pryor, co-owner and president of Factory
Automation Systems, sits beside a new high-
performance industrial robot at the company's Atlanta
facility. Pryor, who cut 40 of 100 workers since the
recession, says while the company is making more
money now and could hire 10 people, it is holding
back in favor of investing in automation and software.”
Source: AP Photo/David Goldman (2013)
http://photos.cleveland.com/plain-dealer/2013/01/rosser_pryor_3.html

15. Source: Les Miserables, (2012) http://filmgamesetc.com/review/les-miserable

16. Source: http://employment.cuyahogacounty.us/en-US/Online-
Benefit-Application.aspx

17. And to get your money.

18. TECHNOLOGY SKILLS
are now a big part of determining who
wins & loses in the economics game.

19. Reflect & take notes.
A FEW RESPONSES?

20. Everyone on board?
 Okay, time to buckle your seat belts!

21. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO
BE AN EDUCATOR IN
THE DIGITAL AGE?

23. Imagine: Use Google Glasses at
the Lincoln Memorial to listen to
MLK!
Source: http://thesoundsofhistory.com/martinlutherking.html

24. AND THIS IS WHAT WE’RE
DOING WITH OUR NEW
FOUND POWER:
Source: Parry Gripp (2008) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HN1ru6_u

25. Let’s read that quote again:
“In the early 1990s, the teachers really are the
monopoly of knowledge and they are the ones
that comes to class to deliver that knowledge so
that students can acquire them. But today,
knowledge is no more a monopoly among the
teachers because students can get knowledge
from a myriad of sources. Hence the role of the
teacher today is facilitation. You know, that
means facilitate students where they could get
the right knowledge, how they could synthesize
things, how they could discern the information
that they get.”
-Professor Lee Sing Kong, Director, Singapore
National Institute of Education.

26. How do you envision your role as
an educator in the digital era?
Reflect & take notes.

27. Safety Practice!
 Everyone sign out of everything you
are logged into right now.

28. CREATE YOUR
TECHNOLOGY
INTEGRATION PLAN

29. The Indiana Jones Plan
“I’m going after
that truck.”
“How?”
“I don’t know.
I’m making
this up as I
go.”

30. The Mission Impossible Plan
“You really think we can do this?”
“We’re going to do it.”

31. Our 5 Steps
1. Identify instructional need (or
standard)
2. Find the right tech learning object
3. Where in the instructional cycle
4. Instructional strategies
5. Logistics

32. 5 Minutes: What is your
instructional need?
 Reflect and post to the discussion
forum:
◦ What is one skill or piece of knowledge
that you can use technology to teach?
◦ Be specific! Choose ONE video,
worksheet or practice problem.
◦ Optional: Link that to an educational
standard.

33. 10 minutes: Select Your Tech
 Get in pairs at your station. Discuss &
explore together:
◦ What technology-based learning object
could meet your instructional need?
 Video, docs, wikis, practice problems, etc?
 Suggestions for places to search are in the
discussion forum.
 Pick ONE for your implementation
plan & post the link to the discussion
forum.

34. Instructional Cycle
Let’s look at today’s training to see
where tech fit in to the following
places:
 Opening Motivational Activity
 Central Focus of Lesson Plan
 Research Tool for Students
 Closure Activity
 Assessment Tool
 Remediation Tool
 Enrichment Tool

35. Instructional Strategies
Source: Saskatoon Public Schools (2004)
http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/PD/instr/index.html

36. Logistics Questions
 What tools (smart board, website) do you
currently have available that you want/need
to use with your students? Can I test them
advance?
 How will you manage the classroom with
rules, procedures, and directions?
 What other software, hardware &
connectivity do you need to consider?

37. Logistics: Potential Room Set Up
Source: Verizon Foundation (2010)

38. 11:30am One Minute Report
Back
 Your name,
 Your organization name,
 The tech learning object you selected
&
 How you will use it.

39. Did our activities connect with
the NETS-T Standards?
 1.d Model collaborative knowledge
construction by engaging in learning with
students, colleagues, and others in face-
to-face and virtual environments.
 3.d Model and facilitate effective use of
current and emerging digital tools to
locate, analyze, evaluate, and use
information resources to support
research and learning.
 5.a Participate in local and global
learning communities to explore
applications of technology to improve
Source: http://www.iste.org/standards

40. Thank You for Coming!
 Please complete an evaluation & turn
it in.
 Did you remember to SIGN OUT of
everything?