Technology In K-12: Trends, Issues, Apps & Tools

Technology In the K-12 Classroom: Trends,
Issues, Apps & Tools
Derrick Mears, Ph.D.
Ed. Specialist & Ed. Technology Program Coordinator
Associate Professor Curriculum and Instruction/Educational Technology
Twitter: @MearsDr
Website: tinyurl.com/DrMearsETEC
eMail: dmears@uark.edu

Who is This Guy!
•27th year in education:
• 12 years in K-12:
• Kansas City Public School District
• North Kansas City School District
• Science, Physical Education and
Gifted Education
• Chair of Staff Development
Committee, New Teacher Mentor,
Essential Elements of Instruction
Trainer

Who is This Guy!
•27th year in education:
• 15th year in Higher Education:
• Teacher Education, Curriculum and
Instruction, Educational Technology
• Currently coordinate the Ed.S. in Curriculum and
Instruction and the Educational Technology Programs
• Teach graduate courses in:
• Educational media, Learning with Technology in K-12
Schools, Instructional Design, Curriculum and
Assessment, Methods and Materials for K-12 On-Line
Teaching

A Vision
of
Today’s
Students
“What is
It Like
Being A
Student
Today?

Technology and the Generations
Media Use-Adults (2005-2015)
Pew Research Center (2015, October 8) Social Media Usage: 2005-2015. Retrieved from
http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/10/08/social-networking-usage-2005-2015/

Technology and the Generations
Media Use-College Students (2005-2015)
Pew Research Center (2015, October 8) Social Media Usage: 2005-2015. Retrieved from
http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/10/08/social-networking-usage-2005-2015/

What Are Students Using?
Social Media Platforms
•Most Popular Social
Media Platforms:
• Snapchat
• Facebook
• Instagram
Statista (2016, February, 15) Reach of leading social media and networking sites used by teenagers and young adults in the United States
https://www.statista.com/statistics/199242/social-media-and-networking-sites-used-by-us-teenagers/

Technology Use Among College Students
• In Class Technology Use by
College Students:
• Check devices 12 times
• 12% text, email, check time in
class more than 30 times daily
• 1/5th class time using devices in
class for things other than
school work
• 34% use device for non-learning
reasons during class time
Schaffhauser, D. (2016, January 20). Research: college Students More Distracted Than Ever. Retrieved from https://campustechnology.com/articles/2016/01/20/research-college-students-more-distracted-
than-ever.aspx

Technology Use By College Students
• In Class Technology Use by
College Students:
• 87% texting
• 76% email
• 75% checking time
• 70% Social Networking
• 42% web surfing
• 10% gaming
Schaffhauser, D. (2016, January 20). Research: college Students More Distracted Than Ever. Retrieved from https://campustechnology.com/articles/2016/01/20/research-college-students-more-distracted-
than-ever.aspx

Does Technology
Distract from Learning
•Notetaking by hand studies
• Notetaking….cognitive
engagement in learning?
• Distractions of other available
information on laptop
• Engage them in learning using
the devices??
• Dysgraphia-estimated as high as 20%
• Engrained method of information
intake

Why Share This
Information With You..
In approximately 8-10
years these students
and the
characteristics of how
they learn and obtain
information will be
parenting your
students

The Future: Technology and the
Generations
• This Video Was Posted in 2011:
• This child is now a first grader in public
schools has never known:
• Never know life without the iPad
(McKeegan, 2010)
• Never known life without movement
generated gaming systems Kinect,
Playstation Move (McKeegan, 2010)
• Never known life without: high speed
internet, smart phones, Google,
Facebook, Instagram, Twitter (Mears,
2012)
Mears, D. (2012). Welcome to the “iGeneration”: Implications for Children’s Technology Use On Physical Education and
Childhood Obesity, in Sanders & Witherspoon (Eds) Contemporary Uses of Technology in K-12 Physical Education: Policy Practice and Adocacy. Information Age Publishing, Charlotte, NC
McKeegan, N. (2010, November 24) Top 10 Technology Firsts of 2010. Retrieved from
http://newatlas.com/technolgy-world-firsts-2010/16942/
User Experiences Works (2011, October 6) A Magazine Is An I Pad That Does Not Work. Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXV-yaFmQNk
(User Experience Works, 2011)

Generations
• Average Home with Children:
• 70% 3 or more televisions;
• 80% video gaming system;
• 75% internet;
• 62% TV in Bedrooms;
• 50% Their own video consoles;
• 81% by middle school have own cell
phone;
• 43% their own computers (Mears,
2012)
Mears, D. (2012). Welcome to the “iGeneration”: Implications for Children’s Technology Use On Physical Education and Childhood Obesity, in Sanders & Witherspoon (Eds) Contemporary Uses of
Technology in K-12 Physical Education: Policy Practice and Advocacy. Information Age Publishing, Charlotte, NC

Generations
• The Generations:
• Baby Boomers-1946 and 1964
• Current veteran close to retiring
teachers
• Generation X 1965-1979
• Veteran teachers
• Net Generation-1980-1999
• Current college students and new
teachers
• iGeneration 2000-current
• In your classrooms and coming to your
classrooms
Rosen, L. (2010, March, 27) Welcome to the “Igeneration” Retreived from https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/rewired-the-psychology-technology/201003/welcome-the-igeneration
Technology in K-12 Physical Education: Policy Practice and Adocacy. Information Age Publishing, Charlotte, NC

Generations
•Net and iGenerations:
• Increased Media
Consumption
• Multi Tasking
• 20 hours media use per day
• eCommunication
• Average teenager receives
3,146 text messages PER
MONTH while only making and
receiving 191 phone calls

How Should We Use Technology in the
Classroom??
Digitize
or
Re-Imagine

Top Tools & Apps
To Engage Students
in The Classroom

Tool # 1: The QR Code
•Find The QR Code Reader on
your device:
•iPhone/iPad:
•QR Reader
•Android:
•QR Code Reader
•Windows:
•QR Code Scanner

Tool # 1: QR Codes: Why Use Them?
•Reasons:
•Gets them to the
information you want
them to study faster.
•Keeps them away from
the information you do
not want them to study.
https://sites.google.com/site/drmearsetec/

Tool # 1: The QR Code
• QR Code Maker
For iPad
QR Code Generator
For Android
QR Code Monkey
WEB-BASED

Tool # 2: The Google Form
Using Google Forms
• Creates easy to use web-based
quizzes and assignments
• Automatically performs
analytics for results
• Multiple formats to present
content to students
• Share via QR Code
• Share via email link
• Share via embed in website
• Share via social media

Tool # 3 : The Tiny URL
Easy to Remember Web
Addresses
• Helps facilitate getting
students to the
information more
quickly
• http://tinyurl.com/Dr
Mears1

Tool # 4 : Poll Maker
Easy Quick Quizzes
• Creates polls and quizzes you can
have students complete on their
devices
• Can replace clickers in the
classroom
• Also auto creates short URL
addresses
• Multiple delivery formats
https://goo.gl/TJLhZR

Tool # 4: Poll to Go via Twitter
Apps For Education
• On the web
• http://p2.gg/ynm
• Tweet with
hashtag
• #DrDsEdApps

Tool # 5: Nearpod
Nearpod in the Classroom
• Design web based
multimedia lessons
• Integration of quizzes and
other forms of assessment
• Integrate, audio, video
images and other types of
media
CVBYP

Tool # 6: Screen Capture
•Screencastify:
• Embeds into Google Chrome and allows
you to create screen-cast videos of content
•TechSmith Snagit
• Extension on Google Chrome allows multiple
types of content to be captured
•Screencastomatic
• Web based downloadable interface.

Tool # 7: Plickers
•Plickers:
• Uses your device to collect
responses.
• Students hold up response
cards to a question

Tool # 8: PowToon
•PowToon:
• Allows students to develop
animated presentations for
projects

Tool # 9: Go Animate
•Go Animate:
• Allows students to develop
animated videos or projects
and presentations

Tool # 10: Kahoot
•Kahoot
• Review materials
• Introduce concepts where
students research
• Quizzes and Games

Tools for Content Areas
•Subject Area Tools:
•Apps for Literacy
•Apps for Science
•Apps for
Mathematics
•Apps for Social
Studies

Thanks for Attending!
Derrick Mears, Ph.D.
Ed. Specialist & Ed. Technology Program Coordinator
Associate Professor Curriculum and Instruction/Educational Technology
Twitter: @MearsDr
Website: tinyurl.com/DrMearsETEC
eMail: dmears@uark.edu

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