Dr. Richard J. Voltz's presentation emphasizes the importance of integrating technology in education, urging teachers to adopt at least one new technology skill in their classrooms each year. It discusses the evolving digital landscape students navigate and introduces various tools and platforms, including educational mobile content and digital textbooks, that can enhance learning engagement. The document also highlights the role of mobile devices in improving student attendance and participation, suggesting a shift towards innovative learning models to ensure equitable access to quality education.

2. Technology for Teachers Dr. Richard J. Voltz Associate Director Illinois Association of School Administrators

4. Email me at [email_address] to receive invitations for my Ning, Wikispace and Google Documents

5. Webpage containing tutorial for various technology functions is http://iasa.wikispaces.com

6. Goal for this presentation is for you to use one technology skill this year in your classroom

7. How many of these terms do you know? Wiki Blog Ning Jing delicious ProfCast Podcast Gcast Backchanneling Wikipedia Forum Tinyurl or bit.ly AudiBoo 14. Classroom20.com 15. iTunesU 16. Web 2.0 17. Posterous 18. Ustream 19. Friendfeed 20. TED Talks 21. FaceBook 22. Elluminate 23. RSS 24. Twitter 25. Lit2Go Extra Credit Chacha Wiimote Jott Doodle

10. Teacher is key!

11. Virtual Book Study

12. Infrastructure & Connectivity

17. Growing Up Digital by Don Tapscott “ Today’s kids are so bathed in bits that they think it’s all part of the natural landscape. To them, the digital technology is no more intimidating than a VCR or toaster.”

20. What is Web 2.0?

21. When I was growing up, my parents told me, “Finish your dinner. People in China and India are starving.” I tell my daughters, “Finish your homework. People in India and China are starving for your job.” ---Thomas Friedman, 2005

25. YouTube - Hudson Flight 1549 HD Animation with audio for US Airways Water Landing-1

26. What does it mean to be a student in the digital age?

27. YouTube - PIL InfoLit Dialog, No. 1 Wikipedia -1

28. If I were you…

29. Have Your Students Make a Video Podcast

30. What station does the President of the United States make his radio address on?

35. And the winner… Karen Rose and her 3rd grade class from the Melissa, Texas, school district, singing a parody of a Madonna song “Living in a Digital World.”

36. Digital Education The Hollywood Treatment at NECC

38. Have Your Students Make A Screenshot Tutorial

40. Mathtrain-1.TV Probability with Ben and Jerry

41. You Make A Screenshot Tutorial

44. You Make a Webpage

47. http://iasa4u.ning.com/

48. http://iasa.wikispaces.com/

49. Start an audio Podcast and update regularly For students For parents

50. Gcast Can make audio recording via your phone Set up a Gcast account Call your own account from cell phone, record conversation Send as a digital file where you want it to go Now costs $99/yr for cell phone, free if upload digital file

51. Made with iWeb Saved on MobileMe Link to Gcast (embed)

55. Encourage you to engage students in their own learning

61. Did You Know V. 5

62. What Are 21 st Century Learning Skills Digital-Age Literacy Inventive Thinking (creative) Effective Communication High Productivity Courtesy of Howie DiBlasi

63. Poll Everywhere

64. Team of students: Research team – Google – AltaVista Search Tutorial Team – Jing (Create Screencasts) Curriculum Team –Podcasts (Recordings) Scribes Team – Google Docs (take class notes) Global team – e-pals – IVC- Skype Contributions To Society – Kiva Courtesy: November Learning & Alan November

65. Add Twitter To Your Communication

67. Follow me on Twitter at rvoltz and IllinoisASA

69. Teachers use Twitter To communicate with students and parents on homework and class activities To link up with other teachers in a type of professional learning community

70. Start discussing: “ What is the future computer for classroom use?”

71. “ Laptops are very ’90s,” says University of Michigan researcher Elliot Soloway. “They are your daddy’s computers.”

73. http://www.cellphonesinlearning.com/

74. Virtual Textbooks

75. Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/education/09textbook.html?_r=2&ref=education

76. At Empire High School in Vail, Ariz., students use computers provided by the school to get their lessons, do their homework and hear podcasts of their teachers’ science lectures.

77. In California, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger this summer announced an initiative that would replace some high school science and math texts with free, “open source” digital versions.

78. “ In five years, I think the majority of students will be using digital textbooks,” said William M. Habermehl, superintendent of the 500,000-student Orange County schools. “They can be better than traditional textbooks.”

90. English Via Cell Phone

91. Will educators let students use mobile devices?

92. Smart phone penetration will hit 82% by 2013 Text to screen In-class polling

93. The App Store is producing an explosion of educational mobile content Translation tools, musical instruments, learning games, mobile books

94. Existing pilots of mobile education are demonstrating success

95. Preliminary research from both Australia and the US is finding that when using iPod Touches as part of their class activities, school attendance increases, students are more willing to come to school, and they do more homework

96. Further quantitative research is needed, but it seems obvious that kids will learn more if they are engaged in the process -- and cutting-edge mobile devices like the iPod Touch are brilliant at driving engagement.

97. Mobile devices offer access to the Internet in places where the traditional web doesn't reach Source: http://ezinearticles.com/?iPhone-Education---4-Reasons-Why-Mobile-Devices-Will-Transform-How-Our-Kids-Learn&id=2662128

98. The Old Web

100. The New Web

102. Record Lecture Using ProfCast Save to GarageBand Embed in iWeb Upload to WebPage

104. Encourage teachers to engage students in their own learning

105. “ We should instead use technology funding to bolster new learning models and innovations, such as online-learning environments, to level the playing field and allow students from all walks of life -- from small, rural communities to budget-strapped urban schools -- to access the rich variety that is now available only to children in wealthy suburban districts.”

106. Inspiring Idea

108. Do you think students are more engaged outside of school than in school?

109. What are you doing about it?

110. How young professionals say they learn.

112. “ I can look it up on-line, find an expert and then collaborate with that person on a solution.”

114. “ If I had to learn something new today the first place I would go is Google, then forum sites, then video sources.”

116. “ I would ask professionals and see if they would share their information with me.”

118. “ I would first go to Google, then Wikipedia, then my address book to see who I know that I could contact and leverage their knowledge to help me.”

120. “ Consult with peers, look on the Internet to search and learn information about the topic I am interested in.”

121. iTunesU

122. Skype

123. Skype on the go…

124. ePals

125. CyberSurgeons