Transcript Technology Director

Forrest J. Fisher
[email protected]
Technology Director
Overview
 A story and a movie
 On the same page….
 Tiers Progression
 2013 PILOT Results for Mabton
 Research
 Educational Technology Focus for 2013
 Examples
 Training Plan
It was a dark and stormy night…
It was another dark and stormy night…
A little fun…
What’s the Problem?
On the same page
1
2
3
4
PILOT Results for Mabton SD 2013
Back to the Basics
• We learn visually, aurally and
kinesthetically/interactively
• But mostly visually
Research
• Percentages vary by personality type
• Right or Left Brain
Research
That
sounds
like fun.should
Can we
What
movie
Wow,popcorn?
it’s a beautiful
get some
I canday!
chew
we
on that
all see?
day long!
“The
Sound
ofis
Yes, but
this meeting
I guess so…. Just don’t get any
too long and I’m bored. I
MilkMoosic”
Duds! That’s cannibalism!
of
want to go to the
moooooooovies!
course!!
Mabton School District
Educational Technology
Focus for 2013:
Improving Visual Support
for Learning
 Suggested Goal: Each teacher each
week will enhance at least one
learning experience with
new/improved visual material(s)
Examples and Resources
 A brief tour
 The first of many
 A summary and links available under Staff
Resources
 Training resources (videos and handouts) will be
posted there as well
 Big question: Which areas presented do you
want to pursue this year?
Document Camera
 Teacher Use
 Demonstrate
 Magnify
 Take Pictures
 Student Use
 Share their work

Teach/Expect good presentation skills
 Presentations
 Homework Leaders
Direct instruction with website
resources and multimedia (video)
 Suggested Website Resources
 www.thinkfinity.org
 www.khanacademy.org
 www.hippocampus.org
 Suggested Video Resources
 District Provided

Learn 360
 Free Sources



YouTube
TeacherTube
TED talks
 Recommendation

Download all videos from free sources in advance

Directions on website in Staff Resources
Teach/Present with
software tools
 Prezi.com
 Non-linear creation of content
 Free online tool and app
 PowerPoint
 Educational Animation


Not distracting
Fading Bullets
 Obtain Images


www.bing.com > Images
License > Free to Use and Share
Capture/Organize Brainstorm
Activities
 Now available (or soon to be) on all district
computers
 Inspiration
 Now available (or soon to be) on all Artx-Fox
computers
 Kidspiration

Check out the Math Activities
Let’s try out
Inspiration!
Interactive Instructional Tools
 Interactive Whiteboard
 Captures/Saves board work for review,
sharing, etc.
 Classroom Response Systems
 Engages all students during question/answer
session



Start Socrative Student App
or
Access m.socrative .com
 Join room “Mabton120” and answer questions
Training Plan
 General classes as needed/possible
 Online Tutorials on website
 Watch during PLCs, etc.
 Workshop on Demand
 Request the training you want
 When enough have request that training it will be
provided at a mutually convenient time/location.
 Short trainings
 Held during times of your choice: PLC’s, common prep
times, lunch, after school, etc.
 Training will be “combined” to earn clock hours (3 hrs.
minimum)
Forrest J. Fisher
[email protected]
Technology Director
Visual Literacy: What is it?
Visual literacy is the ability to interpret, use,
“
appreciate, and create images and video
using both conventional and 21st century
media in ways that advance thinking,
decision making, communication, and
learning.”
21st century skills: visual literacy. (87). Retrieved
Mar. 14, 2005, from 21st Century Skills Web site:
http://www.ncrel.org/engauge/skills/vislit.htm.
Supporting Research
"Young people learn more
than half of what they
know from visual
information, but few
schools have an explicit
curriculum to show
students how to think
critically about visual data."
Mary Alice White, researcher, Columbia Teacher's College.
Supporting Research
"The majority of information
absorbed by human beings
is collected with our sense
of vision. It seems logical
the we emphasize the
development of visual skills
as a way of preparing for
successful and satisfying
lives."
A Guide for International Visual Literacy Association
Board Members and Officers (Page 4)
Return
This is your brain
Actually, it is a picture of a brain
model showing the two hemispheres
The Belief
Left Brain
 Analytical
 Logical
 Sequential
 Rational
 Analytical
 Objective
 Looks at parts
Right Brain
 Creative
 Random
 Intuitive
 Holistic
 Synthesizing
 Subjective
 Looks at wholes
The Reality
 Both hemispheres are involved in cognition and
memory.
 The right hemisphere tends to remember the gist
of an experience.
 The left hemisphere tends to remember the
details.
 The left hemisphere can only pay attention to
items on the right side of the visual field; the right
hemisphere has a global spotlight.
Return
(Medina, 2008)