Transcript COMPUTER ERA - Mississippi University for Women

Do you have
enough technology
in your classroom?
Do teachers want to ban
technology because it is a
distraction? (phones, cameras, mp3)
Do teachers have confidence to
incorporate technology or teach
in the way they were taught?
Are you and your
students excited
and engaged in
your classroom?
TECHNOLOGY
IN
TEACHING
Leslie Watkins – ED 503 Instructional Technology
Dr. Holden ~ Spring 2011
Overview of Presentation
• Success Stories
• Exclude vs. include
• Innovative inclusions
• Thinkfinity
• What research shows
• Benefits of technology
Successful Innovations
• Robotics
• VIDITalk to students around the world
• TV Studio & BHRD (“Be Heard”) radio station
 sports
 music
 talk shows
• Students use clickers & interactive
whiteboards
• 50 electronic databases
 age appropriate research
 All students K-12
• Harvard and MIT partnerships
 Digital ethics and morals
 Issues involve identity, privacy, copyrights, credibility
(Camhi, 2010)
Innovations to Reach All Students
• digital language labs
• digital document & video cameras
• computer-on-wheels (COW)
• laptop stations & mini-PCs
• MIDI synthesizers for music program
• Moodle system helps discuss curriculum content
(Camhi, 2010)
When Technology is Excluded
• Classroom management is challenging
• Lack of motivation
• Disinterested
• Distracted
• Disengaged
• Deception becomes focus
 Conceal headphones with clothes
 Text in pockets
(Johnson, 2010; Lei, 2009; Mulrine, 2007)
When Technology is Included
• Helps classroom management
• Increased interest and ability
• Common teaching practices enhanced
• Differentiates instruction
• Develops individual strengths
• Uniqueness encouraged instead of compliance
(Camhi, 2010; Johnson, 2010; Mulrine, 2007)
Innovative Inclusion
• Cell Phones & PDA’s
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Due dates and notes about assignments
Take polls among students
Photograph resources that stay in the library
Record lectures to recall at later times
• Google Docs – GO GREEN!
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Get worksheets online
Do work & submit online
File share with students and teachers
• Skype & Email students around world
• Assistive Devices for reading, writing, speaking
• Create units such as economic trading
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Use phones for Keypals: mock futures pit
Customers around world call with orders
• Online Collaborative Tools
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Ease of conversations after class hours
Students loose shyness in online conversations
Confidence built in student/teacher relationships
(Johnson, 2010; Mulrine, 2007)
HOW CAN YOU…
•Visit artifacts of Smithsonian Museums
•Go to concerts at the Kennedy Center
•Take an Xpedition with National Geographic
•FREE –1000’s of standard-based lessons/games
•Current events lessons to increase understanding
•Connections to past and historical events
http://www.thinkfinity.org/
THINKFINITY!
…AND MORE!
GREAT PreK-3rd grade websites
•http://www.starfall.com/
•http://www.funbrain.com/
•http://www.figurethis.org/index.html
•http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html
FREE tutoring for military families:
•http://www.tutor.com/military/how-it-works
Research shows…
• New teachers usually familiar with technology
• Familiarity is limited to social networking
• Even ‘digital natives’ lack confidence
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advanced technologies
incorporating instructional technology
lack of instructional technology modeled
• Teachers teach in ways they’re taught
• Systematic use and study of advanced technology
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empower students and teachers
have confidence to integrate technology
(Lei, 2009)
Traits Developed
With Technology
• Curiosity nourished
• Communication facilitated
• Easier to learn concepts on multi-levels
• Encourages inference and implications
• Creates higher order learning opportunities
• Stimulate critical thinking, problem solving, and
decision making
(Camhi, 2010; Johnson, 2010; Lei, 2009; Mulrine, 2007)
Benefits from Technology
• Reach diverse learners
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Kinesthetic
Gifted
Creative
Special needs
Competent = confidence
Students perform at optimum levels
Learning becomes multi-dimensional
Capabilities stretch beyond classroom
Invigorated instruction = engaged, excited
lifelong learners
(Camhi, 2010; Johnson, 2010; Lei, 2009; Mulrine, 2007; Silverman, 2011)
summary…
Some teachers want to ban technology…
…they lack confidence: HOW to integrate?
If they include instead of exclude…
increased interest
increased motivation
increased excitement and engagement
more innovation:
higher order thinking skills
creative thinking
problem solving
decision making
…The right amount of technology varies
No technology is NOT the best answer
(Camhi, 2010; Johnson, 2010; Lei, 2009; Mulrine, 2007)
RESOURCES
Camhi, S. L. (2010). How the 2009 Sylvia Charp Award winner used technology
to transform a once struggling school district. Learning & Leading
with Technology 12-15.
Johnson, D. (2010). Taming the chaos. Learning & Leading with Technology ,
20-23.
Lei, J. (2009). Digital natives as preservice teachers: What technology
preparation is needed? Journal of Computing in Teacher Education,
25(3), 87-97.
Mulrine, C. F. (2007). Creating a virtual learning environment for gifted and
talented learners. Gifted Child Today,30(2), 37-40.
Silverman, L. (2011). The Visual-Spatial Learner: An Introduction.
Retreived from:
http://www.gifteddevelopment.com/Visual_Spatial_Learner/vsl.htm
Thinkfinity/Verizon Foundation (2010). Enhance Learning With FREE Lesson
Plans & Educational Resources. Retrieved from:
http://www.thinkfinity.org/
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