Lucy Gray gave a presentation on technology integration to educators. She discussed how technologies have changed the world and how students now use technologies. She presented different tools for blogging, wikis, media sharing, and Google apps that teachers can use. She suggested teachers consider how technologies can support planning, communication, and project-based teaching. She provided many examples of online resources and tools that can be used for lesson planning and instruction to support student learning.

1. Lucy Gray • Lead Technology Integration
Coach • lucyg@uchicago.edu
Technology Integration
101
UTEP Presentation
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2. Today’s Agenda
Setting the Context
State of Schools
Using Technology to Plan Effectively
Vision
Lesson Planning
Tools
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3. Our Changing World
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4. Evidence of Change
Pew Internet &
American Life Project
NetDay Speak Up Day
NSBA Report:
Creating and
Connecting
Grunwald Associates:
Kids’ Social
Networking Study -
more detailed than
NSBA; available for
purchase
SETDA - Maximizing
the Impact Report
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5. Pew Report
4 Key Teen Realities:
Teens are technology-
rich and enveloped by
a wired world.
Mobile gadgets allow
them to enjoy media
and communicate
anywhere
Teens know that
ordinary citizens can
be publishers, movie
makers, artists, song
creators, and story
tellers
Teens are multimedia
multi-taskers.
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6. Technologies of Cooperation
Personal
Powerful
Pervasive
Technology makes learning....
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7. Blogs
Wikis
Podcasts
Photosharing
Chat
Video
Google Tools
Social Networks
Simulations
Virtual Reality
Tools
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8. Blogs
usually an individual journal
Types ExamplesExamplesExamples
Teacher/
Admin
Student
Professional
Development
El Milagro
Weblog
LeaderTalk
The MUS
Lower School
Blog
Mrs.
Harder’s
Blog
Newly
Ancient
Consumer
Math Class
Collaboratio
n Nation
The
Biome
Project
Weblogged ITM
Dangerously
Irrelevant
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9. Wiki Examples
Type ExamplesExamplesExamples
Teacher/Admin
Student
Professional
Development
Educational
Wikis
Shift Happens
50 Ways to
Tell A Story
6th Grade
Computer
Science
Hop2Wilson
Global
Collaborations
Digital Native
Wiki
Alabama Best
Practice
Center
School
Computing
Wiki
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10. Media Sharing
web-based tools for organizing & publishing
Audio (podcasts)
Photos
Videos
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11. Media Sharing Examples
Tools ExamplesExamplesExamples
iTunes
Flickr
YouTube
VoiceThread
iTunes U Coulee Kids Room 208
Map of
Migrations
Best Word
Book Ever
Merode
Altarpiece
Geometry,
Asus, and
Flickr
Did You
Know?
TEDTalks
Women in
Art
Poems by Ms.
Gross’s
Students
Knuffle
Bunny
Stories
K-20
Educators
Exploring SL
How to Make
a Borax
Snowflake
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12. Google
online collaborative software
Tools ExamplesExamplesExamples
Google Earth
Docs &
Spreadsheets
Custom Search
Summer
Tomatoes
Teacher
Project
Google Lit
Trips
Scavenger
Hunt
Palo Alto
High School
Alex
Ragone’s
Skype Preso
Mrs. Gray’s
Sites
Elementary
Language
Arts
Global Voices
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14. For Discussion
What surprised you?
What challenged your thinking?
What new connections are you making?
What are you seeing in your schools?
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15. Technology in Education
Communication
Professional development
Project-based teaching
Planning for instruction
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16. Suggestions
K.I.S.S
Consider your teaching dilemmas.
Ponder the added value.
Take a look at the NETS standards for students,
teachers, and administrators.
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17. Technology Supports
Planning
Vision of use
Lesson planning
Specific Tools
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18. Vision of Use
Edutopia
USF Technology Integration Matrix
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19. Lesson Planning
WebQuests
Education World
Thinkfinity
Enchanted Learning
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20. Lesson Planning
Discovery United Streaming
American Memory
Teachers’ Domain
The Digital Vaults
eMints
Library resources from CPS
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21. Online/Software Tools
Google Earth
Google Docs
Webspiration
VoiceThread
Think.com
Comic Life
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22. Equipment
Computers
Document Cameras
Flip Cameras
Digital microscopes
SMARTboards
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23. Supplementary Resources
Classroom 2.0
Global Education Collaborative
Google for Educators
Apple Learning Interchange
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24. “... if we teach today as we taught yesterday,
we rob our children of tomorrow.”
-John Dewey
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25. Contact Info
email: elemenous@gmail.com or
lucyg@uchicago.edu
chat: gtalk or AIM: elemenous
blog: lucygray.org
YouTube, Flickr, Twitter, etc: elemenous
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