Transcript Technology is Here… Now What???

By: Ann Marie Carrier
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Changes over Time
• TECHNOLOGY
THEN!
• TECHNOLOGY
NOW!
WHY Integrate TECHNOLOGY?
MOTIVATE YOUR STUDENTS…
INTERNET
•Research
•Webquests
•Scavenger Hunts
•Resources – NEW WEB 2.0
Technology!
NEW TOOLS of WEB 2.0
• Extra FREE WEB BASED Tools
• PARTICIPANT instead of OBSERVER
• New avenues for
• Steve Downes of the National Research
Council of Canada says that Web 2.0 “is
not a technological revolution; it is a
social revolution…It’s about enabling
and encouraging participation through
open applications and services”.
Web 2.0 Tools
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• Go2web20.net – Listing of over 2700 new
tools for you at home and at school
Mondavi.com – Free Online File Converter
Humyo.com – Free Online Storage
& ADrive.com (50gb) Access Anywhere!
Xtranormal.com – Text to Speech videos
Skype.com – Video Conferencing
Google.com/educators/ Online Lessons
TeacherTube/YouTube – Tutorials on
Everything!
WEBSITES
• Build a Specialized
List by Content Area
• Use as Formative
Assessment –
Evaluating Content
• Students Create
Organized Location for Content Learned,
Previous Assignments, Review Games,
Videos, Helpful Links & Student
Projects.
BLOGS
• Online Conversation Posting
• Constructive Feedback for Projects
by students and teachers
• News Updates for Class,
Discussion Topics,
Debates & Reflections
• Audio, Written or Video
• One way post or Two
Way Conversation.
How to Get Started
VIDEO
• Use Moving & Still Images
with Audio Effects
• Create Commercials, Songs,
Skits or News Broadcasts
• Create Video Montages of
Content in the World
• Requires Creativity &
Collaboration of Peers
• Reinforces Presentation
Skills, Decreases Fear &
Provides Real Audience
• Clips To Teach
(Unitedstreaming.org)
Student Samples
PODCASTS
• Still Images, Sound or Video
used for expressing what we
know or feel about a topic in a
downloadable format.
• Can be made on Movie Maker,
Photostory, Garageband or
Online Audacity Programs
• Uploaded to site, YouTube or
webblog host.
• Students can create photo
montage for verbal report of
learned content or
demonstration of understanding.
How to Get Started
Student Samples
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• Web 2.0 offers multiple gaming
options for education.
• Game Creation for Student
Projects & Assessment.
• Game Play for Education &
Review
• Reach Multiple Learning
Styles & Higher Order Thinking
• Create Interactive Lessons for
Independent Student Work
WIKIS
 Wikipedia = WIKI
 Wiki = Hawaiian for Fast
 Allows students a voice
to present what they know
 Collaborative Knowledge
Of Content for Assessment
 Flexible timeframe
 Analyze Validity of others &
edit incorrect data.
Create Database of Classroom
Knowledge & Evidence of
Georgia Performance Standards
Cell Phones in the Classroom
• Technology at their fingertips!
– Calculator
– Camera
– Video
– COMPUTER!
• Instant Web Searches
• Online Applications for Interaction
• Increase Communication between
Students & Parents with No#!
• Text Answers for Game Play
Second Life
• Virtual World – Separate
for teens & adults.
• Corporations, military &
universities using for
training.
• Educational locations &
possibilities for gaming.
• Can create virtual learning
environments & virtual
scavenger hunts of
educational data.
Social Bookmarking
• Delicious.com
• Furl
• Google
• Combine all of your
internet boomarks to one
site using tags for online retrieval
• Have students create Bookmark lists for
specialized content summarizing the
validity of each site for course content.
How to Get Started
RSS Newsreaders
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NewsGator
Bloglines
Google Reader
Subscribe to podcasts,
news sites or blog posts by favorite
authors or web locations.
• All Data comes to you – SAVES TIME!
• Students can review articles to your feed,
evaluate current events & contrast content
The Need for Teachers
to Adapt
• Life on Mars &
Back to the Future
• Digital Immigrants Vs.
Digital Natives
• Their Education, their comfort,
their futures, not ours!
• NO FEAR – just JUMP!
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