Jay Gross gave a keynote address on communicating with today's students through technology. He emphasized taking chances with new technologies to inspire and collaborate with students. Gross discussed how students now communicate through texting, social media, and apps. He suggested educators set parameters for using technology to build relationships with students, and help all students develop their individual gifts through digital storytelling. Overall, Gross's message was that teaching is a gift and students should inspire educators daily through their voices.

2. Excited to be here is an
understatement…
Teach you people?
I’m one of you & hope to learn
as much if not more from you
today…

3. Me?

9. Kids & Dogs… Kids & Dogs…

10. Learning on the Lakeshore
2015!
August 18th, 2015
James Stevenson Center
Muskegon Community College

11. Keynote 2015
Jay Gross
@jgross811
jaygrossproductions.o
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12. So let’s get started!

14. When I come to a
conference…
Inspiration
Innovation
Collaboration

15. Collaboration

23. Innovation

24. I welcome technology
in all aspects…
but I fear it…

27. Yes… I could stand here and tell you
all the things I do with technology…
TWITTER

28. Sidekick

30. Blocking is NOT
the answer!

31. TWITTER

32. FACEBOOK
It’s about life…
NOT life…

34. But I would have to be
‘friends’ with students &
parents?
Terry Abbott… Working with the Media in a Crisis
• The Fear Factor
• Sexual Predators
• Teacher/Student relationships & texting

35. I will NOT let the less than
½% of all educators who are
sexual deviants & predators
& perverts rule my life.
Period.

36. Want to fight a pedophile?
The predators?
Then help educate the
victims BEFORE it
happens.

37. Shepherd High School
Fall 2015
Digital Responsibility
Class

38. Online Portfolios
Levi J Smith
Hannah Yesmunt

41. Voxer

42. FreshGrade

44. And FINALLY…

46. Inspiration

47. When I come to a Key
Note…

48. Weddings…
Funerals…
Keynotes

50. As cool as the other side of the pill

51. #1 Always stop and look through our
students’ eyes
#2 Don’t be afraid to take a chance,
step out of that comfort zone, and try
something new. Innovation is DOING
new things!
#3 Inspire daily… yourself and those
around you.

52. Keeping positive in a
sometimes negative world…
#3 Inspire daily… yourself and those around you

53. “Look, 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?”
Eminem

56. #4 Realize this profession is a
gift…

57. What it was like to be a
kid…

58. To always remember…

59. What it was like to be a
kid…

60. Good Morning…
My name is Jay Gross. I am here today to talk to you about Communicating with today’s
students through technology. Let us take a moment and define communication. Dictionary.com
defines communication as:
 the act or process of communicating; fact of being communicated.
 the imparting or interchange of thoughts, opinions, or information by speech, writing, or signs.
 something imparted, interchanged, or transmitted.
 a document or message imparting news, views, information, etc.
 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.
 I also want you to take a chance and step outside your comfort zones.
 If there is time, I would like to tell you some stories.
 So let us now talk about technology. Dictionary.com defines technology as:
 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.
 the terminology of an art, science, etc.; technical nomenclature.
 a scientific or industrial process, invention, method, or the like.
 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?
 Texting
 Twitter
 SnapChat
 Instagram
 FaceBook

61. Prefer Handouts???
You do yours / I’ll do mine / We’ll pass & grade when done /
Then pass forward for our teacher

63. Or Dittos???
Ah… that smell

67. Jay… Show them the OLD stuff!

69. I overheard a
conversation with
teens…
You use Yahoo
email?
So? My mom still uses Hotma
What’s ‘Hotmail’? Is is
dirty???

70. Cell phones
a problem?
It is how I treat
my students…
They respond
back with what
they receive…

71. My
Classroom
 Project Based
 Groups
 “Guide on the Side / Not the Sage on the
Stage”

74. It is THEIR Time

77. The Future of ordering Pizza…

78. My Vision / Theme
Take a chance…
Communicate…
Collaborate…

79. TEXTING

80. Students / Parents /
Community Members

81. Step outside that
comfort zone…
Maybe just for today… just for this hour
with me…

82. - No text before 7am and after
8pm
- No Sunday texts…
- No texts 24 hours before a due
date
- Proper English / Not ‘Text Talk’
Set parameters and stick to
them…

83. Establishing
Relationships with &
through technology…

84. Every single child we come across has a
gift…
It is our mission to help them find the gift.
Help them unwrap it. Help them polish it.
Help them use it.

85. They all have voices and all of them are
yearning to be heard…
Think about this for just a second...
What are digital story technology &
apps
without a story to tell?

86. If this were my last day teaching…
What would I say to them?
What would they remember about
me?

87. I am going to curse you two
ways…

88. #1

89. #2

92. This profession is a gift…
And so are our students…
So are you as an Educator…

93. Thank you.
Today has been my honor…
All my best and then some…

94. Mr. Jay Gross
Shepherd High School
jaygrossproductions.org
Twitter: jgross811
FaceBook: Jay B Gross