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This document discusses using new digital technologies in the classroom. It notes that students are engaged with technology outside of school but it is rarely used within classrooms. It promotes using mobile devices like iPods to access educational apps and content. The document encourages teachers to explore using iPods and their educational apps to engage students and connect with their digital lives. It provides examples of useful education apps and resources available.
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- 1. Digital Learning Developmentgroup Handheld learning Sunday, 1 November 2009
- 2. Digital technologies in the classroom? There is a new curriculum outside of school and that is the computer games curriculum (Professor James Paul Gee) Sims single mother game modding This disconnect between a student’s digital life and school matters because students learn better when they are engaged, and research about what engages them points to technology. Media-rich learning is an ideal way for teachers to connect with today’s pupils. Students should be makers rather than consumers. As educators we must become more than information experts; we must also be collaborators in learning; leveraging the power of students, seeking new knowledge alongside students Sunday, 1 November 2009
- 3. Our Students thoughtson using New technologies in the classroom Sunday, 1 November 2009
- 4. On average secondary The Problem schools photocopy in the classroom? 2,000,000 pages a year Pencil, paper, lecture, textbook, and test are still very often the norm. Is it any wonder that for digitally engaged students, school can become less engaging, less interesting and less relevant? In attempting to bring in new technologies to the classroom often expensive technology is sold to us to perform single tasks. Money is often wasted. Equipment goes out of date very quickly. The amount of time it takes to get from finding a useful piece of software, getting funds to pay for it through to getting it installed can be months. By the time it is installed it is out of date. Exponential growth, “The Excelleration of Technology : impact on education and society” Ray Kurzweill Sunday, 1 November 2009
- 5. Digital technologies in the classroom? Zenna Atkins Chairman of Ofsted Future is here now but just in patches 99.9% of students in school have a mobile phone. Vast majority of schools ban them. Lets use them. Are we ready for the challenge? We do not know as much students! Are you intimidated by technology? Is this a reason not to use technology? Sunday, 1 November 2009
- 6. Why Handheld? WhyiPod touch? Sunday, 1 November 2009
- 7. Why Handheld? WhyiPod touch? Sunday, 1 November 2009
- 8. Apps store Sunday, 1November 2009
- 9. Education Apps secondlargest section in Useful Apps the App store after games. Sunday, 1 November 2009
- 10. Useful Apps Sunday, 1November 2009
- 11. Useful Apps Currently over 85,000 Apps available in the Apps store Over 2 billion downloads to date Sunday, 1 November 2009
- 12. iTunesU free universitylecture podcasts iTunes U available for thousands of courses from most major university across the world Games- based Learning Artwork Sunday, 1 November 2009
- 13. App development Sunday, 1November 2009
- 14. Develop our ownapps Sunday, 1 November 2009
- 15. The Next Step Explore your ipod and consider theri use in some of your lessons I am available Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays after school in Unit 20. Please drop in between 3.30 and 5pm. Use this time to familiarize yourself with the mobile learning lab and load apps that you wish to use in your lessons. Use my time in your classes to support you in the use of the learning lab. Bring classes to Unit 20 to make podcasts for use in other classes or trips. Please add links and comments to the blog or email me with apps and useful sites you find. Bring your ipods, apps, iTunesU, podcast and findings to the next development group meeting and share your findings with the group. Sunday, 1 November 2009
- 16. Contact me www.bodminphotography.co.uk (Digital Learning) tm@bodmincollege.cornwall.sch.uk squaregallery@mac.com Unit 20 Ext. 521 Sunday, 1 November 2009