Transcript A Vision for Teaching Differently with

A Vision for
Teaching
Differently
with
Technology
Why? How?
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C F Payne
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What leads us to teach differently?
Expectations
Learners
New
Tools
Learning Theory
Skills needed by
our graduates
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We adopt
new tools
and adapt
our
practices
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Teach Differently: How?
Best practices say learning should be
Active /
Engaged
Reflective
Expressive
Authentic
Student
Centered
Collaborative
Cognitive
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Online Resources
Primary
Sources
Online
Newspapers
Reference
Materials
Activities
Curriculum
Resources
Video
Resources
Simulations
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Cycle of Change
Stimulus
Adapt
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Rip Van
Winkle
awakes in
2007 after
100 year
long
sleep
By John Quidor
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Thank You !
Any Comments, Questions,
Items you would like to share?
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Web Logs
AKA Blog or Weblog : A web site
where the author, or "blogger,"
periodically posts news,
personal thoughts, links, or - in
some cases - picture/audio/video
files to which visitors to the site
usually can comment/respond
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Blog Examples
http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/
http://huckleberry.edublogs.org/
http://www.bookblog.net/
http://econlog.econlib.org/
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Wiki
A wiki (IPA: [ˈwɪ.kiː]
<WICK-ee> or [ˈwiː.kiː]
<WEE-kee>[1]) is a
website that allows the
visitors themselves to
easily add, remove, and
otherwise edit and
change available
content, and typically
without the need for
registration. This ease of
interaction and
operation makes a wiki
an effective tool for
mass collaborative
authoring.
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Wiki examples
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Many Wikis are hosted
free of charge for you
and your classes
<>
• Wikispaces (www.wikispaces.com)
• Peanut Butter Wiki (www.pbwiki.com)
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Creative Expressions
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Podcasts
A Podcast is an audio “recording” distributed
via the Internet. It might be used by a class to
share what students are learning
Listeners can
download
individual
recordings or
subscribe to a
series that will be
sent to an account
automatically.
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Podcasts
Podcasts may also be used as a source of
information: news, access to experts, etc.
To create one
you need a
computer,
microphone,
recording
software (free),
iTunes account
& service (blog)
to host it.
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Expectations
Parents &
Community
Government
(MDE)
District & Parent expectations - Informative
web sites, teacher use of email, online
assignment logs / grade records
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Deliberately teach technology skills & track MS
student progress. Include online learning
experiences in High School
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The
learners
are
changing
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Kids of the “Nintendo generation”
have been described as “Wired” by
others thinking of their immediate
access to the continued stimulation
of multimedia, “A.D.D.” by those
who confuse multi-tasking with short
attention spans, “Connected” by
those describing their Social
Networking,
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and “Digital Natives” by those
amazed by their comfort level with the
technologies of the past 20 years.
If they are Digital Natives,
what are the rest of us?
“Digital Immigrants”
maybe . . .
or “Digital Refugees” !
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These Digital Natives, have grown up on
the “twitch speed” of MTV and video games,
and are used to downloading music on
demand, having libraries on their laptops,
phones in their pockets, and instant
messaging. They have little patience for …
• Lectures
• Step-by-step logic
• “Tell & Test” instruction
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This, too, may push change
Digital Native Learners
Digital Immigrant teachers
• Prefer receiving information • Typically prefer slow and
quickly from multiple
multimedia sources
controlled release of information
from limited sources
• Prefer random access to
hyperlinked multimedia
information
• Typically prefer to provide
information linearly, logically, and
sequentially
• Prefer to learn “just-in-time”
• Typically prefer to teach “just-incase” (it’s on the exam)
• Prefer learning that is
relevant, instantly useful and
fun
• Typically prefer to teach to the
curriculum guide and
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standardized tests
Different
What is
teaching
“Merideth”
practices may
doing as she is
allow you to
working on her
take advantage
homework
of her
learning
today?
style
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C F Payne
Another factor is our
increased awareness and
understanding about the
nature of the learner & the
learning process
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We then change practices, based
on our awareness of …
Learning
styles
Engaged
Cognitive
Learning
Strategies
Metacognition
Brain Theory
Information Processing
- Meaningful,
- Organized,
- Elaboratively rehearsed
Impact of
Emotions on
Learning
Multiple
Intelligences
Student’s
Zone of
Proximal
Development
Power of
Student Choice
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The skills needed in the
workplace have changed
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New
hardware,
software,
and
practices
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Active,
hands-on,
concrete
experience
is the most
powerful &
natural form
of learning
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Picture of the Day
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WebQuest: an Inquiry oriented activity in
which most of the resources needed are
found on the www
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Using WebQuests for
Guided Inquiry
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WebQuest Collections
• Saskatoon (East) School District collection
of WebQuests – an extensive collection of over
1000 WebQuests categorized by subject area
http://sesd.sk.ca/teacherresource/webquest/webq
uest.htm
WebQuest News - the original “home” to
WebQuests at San Diego State University
http://webquest.org .
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Weblogs in Education
General Ideas Around Blogs
1. use blogs for real-world writing experiences
2. prolong discussions outside the classroom or for question and answer
3. easily include discussions with authors or guest speakers
4. quickly give feedback to students, and students to each other (no stacks of
paper)
5. track student writing development
6. encouraging students to help each other with their writing
7. create a classroom newsletter by using a multi-user blog for the different
topics. I.E. classroom trips, sports, upcoming trips …
8. create a school website with sections that can be easily updated
9. students using peer networks to develop their own knowledge
10. update new information such as homework and assignments
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We meet changing expectations
• Stress additional aspects of the learning
process.
– Collaborative learning
– Differentiation
– Impact of multi-sensory inputs for the learner
– Power of active, engaged, learning
– Increased motivation due to student choice
– Importance of reflection
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Elements Present in Good Models
of Teaching with Technology
• Active Learning: curricular activities rely on virtual and/or
real manipulative materials
• Constructive Learning: students construct their own
understanding building on what they already know
• Authentic Learning: real world tasks and primary sources
connect learners to the world around them
• Cooperative Learning: students work in groups with
specific tasks or roles assigned
• Intentional/Reflective Learning: students are encouraged
to generate their own questions and explain their problem
solving strategies
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For the past 5 years I have spent significant time with GRPS teachers helping
them to enhance teaching and learning with tools and resources of technology.
This year there is new excitement among these GRPS teachers because of
the implementation of cabinets of technology resources they had only dreamed
of before. Yes, they have had laptops or desktop computers in their
classrooms for two year, Yes their 6th grade classes have had 1-to-1 laptop
computer available for 3 years, but now in their new buildings and remodeled
buildings each classroom has or is getting a technology cabinet, fixed to the
wall near their teacher’s desk. Now they can do things they only dreamed of
before. You will soon have that same capacity.
Wireless Microphones, Speakers in the ceiling, DVD/VCR Players, Document
Camera, and less I forget – the biggest treasure – A data projector mounted on
the ceiling
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Merideth lounges on her bed in her room doing her homework.
Books are scattered about, and a computer monitor glows
before her. She is working on two Word documents and has
four Web sites open. She checks her school e-mail account
where she finds a message from her teacher reminding the
class that the podcast from the author whose novel they are
studying has now been posted from the class RSS
subscription, and they may download it to her iTunes account
so she can listen to it on the way to school tomorrow on her
iPod., She also checks her Bloglines news aggregator, and
Furls of an online article for her independent study. Her study
partner on the cell phone has just sent her some pictures she
took of the poster she is making. She quickly transitions from
this to respond to other group members on Instant Messenger
who have attached PowerPoint slides for their upcoming class
presentation.
"The computer gives me a contact with all the people I need to
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talk to," Merideth says. "It's a gateway to the world."
Rip Van Winkle awakes in the 21st century after a hundredyear snooze and is, of course, utterly bewildered by what he
sees. Men and women dash about, talking to small metal
devices pinned to their ears. Young people sit at home on
sofas, moving miniature athletes around on electronic
screens. Older folks defy death and disability with
metronomes in their chests and with hips made of metal and
plastic. Airports, hospitals, shopping malls – every place Rip
goes just baffles him. But when he finally walks into a
schoolroom the old man knows exactly where he is. “This is a
school,” he declares. “We used to have these back in 1906.
Only now the blackboards are green.” I don’t think that would
happen if RVW walked into an EGR school. EGR schools
continue to change.
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