Elliot Soloway
Watched a video of student using their hand-held computers (cell phones): Keller, TX Trinity Intermediate School
Completed drawings on the cell phone, planets and moon comparison...making and animation and Word document to explain it.
Using the drawing to design graphic organizers in social studies.
Increased used of Project-Based Learning and collaboration....
In lectures, they can access information about concepts. Should we be teaching how to use One Note with all students?
See the Nokia Mobile Learning Institute.
"Change is...Coming" - Elliott
These students are the mobile generation, not the digital generation.
Devices and Networks have rapidly changed!
For 1:1 Computers, Let's Learn from Failures
1. No edcuational software was provided
2. No professional development...how to integrate into curriculum
3. Hardware was not sustainable.
Advocate the use of mobile computers/cell phones....no networking and hardward upkeep and issues.
Student Learning Environments
DyKnow
Teachers Instructional Environments
Blackboard, GoKnow, Epsilen
An environment is needed in which to work effectively, just like other occupations use for their work...
Schools outsource networks.
BlueTooth and Redfly can connect mobile computers to a computer screen. Students can text faster than keyboard.
E-books: (Learning2Go) / WolverHampton, England
Teachers embed questions in text.
Notes can be written in and then exported...
Nan Chiau Primary School, Singapore
Want students to be able to frame questions.
Project Knekt
Learning2Go.org
Test Scores are going up because are spending more time on task...take a look at Disrupting Class.
E-rate....government contracts are only 10 months for data plans
Soti mobile controller can have things disabled for a small amount of time.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Teaching Digital Natives in the Classroom
Student Panel - Ideas from Students
Use Geometry Sketchpad
Voicemail for World Language Oral Exams
Podcast lectures help with writing papers
Facebook is used like a phone
Blog assignments
I wish that technology was easier to access. There is never enough time.
Technology saves time. I wish it was easier to access.
I wish the school would listen to students' needs. Unlock the Google docs feature.
I like the increase in communication. I wish we had a teleport so that I can speak in person.
What smaller technology tools are you using, and how are you using them?
I would like to have my teachers' cell phone numbers.
Use Geometry Sketchpad
Voicemail for World Language Oral Exams
Podcast lectures help with writing papers
Facebook is used like a phone
Blog assignments
I wish that technology was easier to access. There is never enough time.
Technology saves time. I wish it was easier to access.
I wish the school would listen to students' needs. Unlock the Google docs feature.
I like the increase in communication. I wish we had a teleport so that I can speak in person.
What smaller technology tools are you using, and how are you using them?
I would like to have my teachers' cell phone numbers.
Turbocharging Professional Development
Robert J. Gravina: CTO Poway School District
Barbara Treacy: Director, EdTech Learders Online
Myk Garn: Southern Regional Education Board
1. We have to measure the PD that we are doing.
2. We need to differentiate: Not everyone will learn well online.
3. Learning, Implementation, and Reflection (How it changed the way they teach?)
4. Teacher Learning Cooperatives
5. Online courses collect data much more quickly.
6. Get teachers to teach the PD via technology.
7. ONline teachers tend to know students better when teachers use online environment (research-based)
8. The expert co-teaching....expert teaches all classes and the other teachers facilitate room.
Barbara Treacy: Director, EdTech Learders Online
Myk Garn: Southern Regional Education Board
1. We have to measure the PD that we are doing.
2. We need to differentiate: Not everyone will learn well online.
3. Learning, Implementation, and Reflection (How it changed the way they teach?)
4. Teacher Learning Cooperatives
5. Online courses collect data much more quickly.
6. Get teachers to teach the PD via technology.
7. ONline teachers tend to know students better when teachers use online environment (research-based)
8. The expert co-teaching....expert teaches all classes and the other teachers facilitate room.
Making I.T. Improve Achievement
Jeremy Davis: Anaheim City Schools, CA
Sheryl Abshire: Calcasieu Parish Schools, LA
Susan Patrick: International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) http://www.inacol.org/
What does the research say about online learning and student achievement? See the iNACOL website that compare online and traditional learning, the report is online is equal to or better, but the a blended setting (traditional and online) is showing the most impact on students. As Shawn Wooden stated, Administrative Dean at Brownsburg West Middle School, "It's like co-teaching."
What does an effective blended room look like?
Sheryl Abshire - 1. Tons of student engagement; 2. Student voice is clearer for the learners that are quiet; 3. Teacher satisfaction with student engagement.
Susan Patrick: Promising Practices Paper on this is available on the iNACOL: 1. Shift from lecture to student-centered; 2. Increase the student-teacher interaction; 3. Integrated formative and summative assessments. http://www.inacol.org/research/promisingpractices/index.php ---See the blended learning paper.
Sheryl Abshire: Calcasieu Parish Schools, LA
Susan Patrick: International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) http://www.inacol.org/
What does the research say about online learning and student achievement? See the iNACOL website that compare online and traditional learning, the report is online is equal to or better, but the a blended setting (traditional and online) is showing the most impact on students. As Shawn Wooden stated, Administrative Dean at Brownsburg West Middle School, "It's like co-teaching."
What does an effective blended room look like?
Sheryl Abshire - 1. Tons of student engagement; 2. Student voice is clearer for the learners that are quiet; 3. Teacher satisfaction with student engagement.
Susan Patrick: Promising Practices Paper on this is available on the iNACOL: 1. Shift from lecture to student-centered; 2. Increase the student-teacher interaction; 3. Integrated formative and summative assessments. http://www.inacol.org/research/promisingpractices/index.php ---See the blended learning paper.
Expanding Student Opportunities with E-Learning
From the President and CEO of International Association for K-12 ONline Learning (iNACOL), Susan Patrick.
Superintendents use this organization to help drive new ways of reaching students.
The three I's from the Italian consortium
I - innovation
I - individualization
I - inner Operability (Data and Content)
Goal: Global perspective from some overseas models.
Growth Perspective on Online Learning - Building a Case for Online Learning
1. See the work of the World Future Society - Rank Top 10 Bfeakthroughs (Excellent ideas for project-based learning and rigor) - one of these is virtual learning.
2. Digital curriculum banks to reach students and teach online (Canada / Mexico).
3. 15 million students in Turkey are taking online classes.
4. How can we use online learning to add AP and dual credit?
5. China is attempting to reach 1 million more students via online and accessing the best content for curriculum from around the world...they are accessing English courses, US History, ELL courses from anywhere...
6. Singapore is using Second Life to form communities with teachers.
Can we make Gold Standard Online Courses that are Open and Available to students in any state?
34 states have virtual schools.
Virtual schools can bridge those gaps in curricular areas where teachers are not highly-qualified.
Virtual Virgina has AP coursework
Could our students who travel to China take virtual courses back in the US? Can we make a partnership with Indiana Online Academy? Another state?
Grants are available for cooperation for districts to build online courses: Federal stimulus funding for the sustaining and scale up. Ties to innovation piece for the "Race to the Top" Funding.
Omaha Public Schools uses online courses for credit recovery. They have a model: "Monterrey"??? Is this an open source?
Can the TAP model provide master teachers who can develop online course work?
Superintendents use this organization to help drive new ways of reaching students.
The three I's from the Italian consortium
I - innovation
I - individualization
I - inner Operability (Data and Content)
Goal: Global perspective from some overseas models.
Growth Perspective on Online Learning - Building a Case for Online Learning
1. See the work of the World Future Society - Rank Top 10 Bfeakthroughs (Excellent ideas for project-based learning and rigor) - one of these is virtual learning.
2. Digital curriculum banks to reach students and teach online (Canada / Mexico).
3. 15 million students in Turkey are taking online classes.
4. How can we use online learning to add AP and dual credit?
5. China is attempting to reach 1 million more students via online and accessing the best content for curriculum from around the world...they are accessing English courses, US History, ELL courses from anywhere...
6. Singapore is using Second Life to form communities with teachers.
Can we make Gold Standard Online Courses that are Open and Available to students in any state?
34 states have virtual schools.
Virtual schools can bridge those gaps in curricular areas where teachers are not highly-qualified.
Virtual Virgina has AP coursework
Could our students who travel to China take virtual courses back in the US? Can we make a partnership with Indiana Online Academy? Another state?
Grants are available for cooperation for districts to build online courses: Federal stimulus funding for the sustaining and scale up. Ties to innovation piece for the "Race to the Top" Funding.
Omaha Public Schools uses online courses for credit recovery. They have a model: "Monterrey"??? Is this an open source?
Can the TAP model provide master teachers who can develop online course work?
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