Technology Integration in Classrooms Keynote

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Teaching & Learning in the 21 & 1/10 Century

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Hello!

Cal Armstrong OAppleby College School OOakville, Ontario O Suburb of Toronto

O800 students OGrades 7-12 OIndependent, co-ed,

day/boarding

Hello!

Cal Armstrong O1:1 tablet computer school since 2004 O1:1 laptop starting in 1996

Fair warning O Drinking from a

fire hose

Goals O Prompt questions O Promote ideas O Start a conversation O Set a goal yourself O Write it down O Make it public

Collaborative Note Making http://bit.ly/keystone2011 Working with others Build on ideas Share resources Form community

Back Channeling sotto voce conversation NY Times Article: http://nyti.ms/iVoQBw Today’s Meet http://todaysmeet.com/

Change in Behavior O Expected to

contribute: O In real time O Reflection

O Vote with your feet O But‌

Where I Sit O Math teacher O Researcher O Community member

Guiding Principles Teaching & learning should involve: OOpen-ended problems OFormative assessment ODifferentiated instruction OEmphasis on collaboration and communication skills

Guiding Principles O Applications need to

be free or low cost O Not limited to one

device or technology (device agnostic)

Guiding Principles Avoid “There’s an app for that” Open versus closed systems

Guiding Principles O Just start using it O No need to push the

envelope here O It takes time O There will always be

problems

Guiding Principles O Evolution, not

revolution O Five years to see real change O Change is based on building (on) relationships

Quote used by Evans “If the change… threatens my whole self, I will deny the data and the need for change. Only if I feel that I will retain my identity or my integrity as I learn something new or make a change, will I be able to even contemplate it” (Schein, 1992, p.

300)

Schein’s book: Organizational Culture and Leadership

Second quote All experience hath shown, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.

So‌ Guiding Principles Engage in conversation with the folks who are trying something Blogs, Twitter, Facebook, Email

Try something‌ the handout O QR Codes O Links O Phone numbers O eMails O Contact info O Any text O Calendar event

Using on your phone O Text barcode to 313131 for

the i-Nigma app O More choices: http://bit.ly/QRReaders O Run app, camera starts, app

will recognize image as QR Code and will do what the code says

Creating QR Codes O http://goqr.me/

Using in the classroom O On handouts or

posters, linking to O Answers O Video tutorials O Webpages O More problems

O Waypoints O Geocaching O Check-ins

Clickers O Also known as SRS or

PRS or ARS O Clickers can improve

participation O Quick formative assessment

Clickers O Allow anonymous

participation O Introduce a simple

gaming concept into the class

Quiz Time O Laptops, cellphones and

tablet devices can mimic physical clickers O Use texting or web

interface O www.polleverywhere.com

Creating new poll O Creating a text-based poll

for free entry O www.polleverywhere.com

In the classroom (and out) O Formative assessment O Discussion prompt O Room D5, 12:40-1:30

Google Forms – A Free & Easy Online Tool for Collecting Classroom Data

Sharing O Document

distribution O Images of work O Videos O Audio recording

Evernote O Save and share

anything O Tag information O Access anywhere O Search anything O www.evernote.com

In class O Student work: O Photos O Video O Audio

O Anecdotal comments O Everything is

indexed & date stampted

Changing Assessment O Portfolio O Documentation of

Mastery

O Sharing resources O 24/7 accessibility (still

get excuses)

O Complete record to

analyze

Chart paper O Free flow, not structured O LinoIT

http://linoit.com O Use to recommend

WallWisher but its almost defunct

Mindmapping O MindMeister

www.mindmeister.com O Online mind mapping tools O Collaborative maps O Publish on the web for

anyone O Link images, video, audio

Wikis O Collaborative O Simple to edit O Easy introduction to

online tools O Most LMS has them as an option

Dropbox O Store files in the

“cloud�

O Accessible on any device O Not as integrated or

indexed as Evernote is

Google Storage O Ridiculous storage at

a ridiculously low price O Shared space for

docs, images, videos O Or books‌

e(Text)Books O Public domain vs

produced content O Remix textbooks O www.ck12.org O Differentiation O Challenges

eBooks - Challenges O More for fiction than

textbooks O Content improving

continually O Challenging on

phone-sized devices

“Your” Academy O Audiocasts O But learning needs

images!

O Screencasts

produced on O Computer O Tablet O Smartphone O Videocams O Smartboard O Powerpoints

Capturing O www.techsmith.com/jing O Free software but you

want to pay 15$ to get full version O Cloud storage, share link

not file O Five minutes max

Changing Instruction O Mastery O Teacher

feedback O Studentconstructed O “Flipping� classes O Content delivery

at home

Livescribe O Pen O Special paper O Pencasts used for

instruction, assessment

Pencasts O http://bit.ly/h12wjW

ShowMe App O Construct screencasts

on the iPad www.showmeapp.com

Changing assessment O Pod/videocasts O Hearing student

explanation along with student work is rich!

More sophisticated O Camtasia O Smartboard

recorder O Issues

Online classes O Snow days O Extra help O Tutorials (can be

recorded and replayed) O Student presentations

Online O http://bit.ly/TICclass O Wiziq O $10/month

individual plan

Collaboration O Collaboration O Skyping O www.skype.com

O Provide access to all

participants O Provide access to folks around the world

Twitter O Set up separate

account for class, course or unit O Set up a personal

account for great PD O “Attend� conferences

like TIC and meet new people

Twitter O 24/7/ubiquitous

conversation O #edchat

conversations weekly O Direct messages are

private

Changing teaching O Anytime O Anywhere O Tutoring O Differentiated

instruction O Student led discussion O Professional development

Looking beyond O Virtual realities O Augmented reality O Location based

systems O Automatic feedback systems O Mentoring systems

Growth from here O Twitter

@sig225 O ISTE

www.iste.org O Educon

educon23.org

US Army “a continuous adaptive learning model learner-centric, career-long continuum continuously accessible learning at the point of need

US Army O transparent to the

learner O a digitized learning media production O policies and resourcing models that are flexible enough to adapt

US Army “the shift from a coursebased, throughputoriented, instructor-led model to one that is centered on the learner.� http://bit.ly/USArmyPDF

If time… continue…

Scratch O http://scratch.mit.edu/ O “Logo” for the next

generation

Wolfram Alpha O Search engine based

on computation O Online computer

algebra system O Data storage and

representation

Changing instruction O “Show steps” Link

Changing instruction O “Show steps�

O Error correcting O Notation O Language

development O Other mathematical topics

Changing assessment O Can we assess out-

of-class algebraic work?

O Focus on analysis

and explanation

O Project based O What questions do

we ask?

Issues O $

Solutions O Talk to students O Talk to parents O Talk to administration O Talk to companies O Share devices O Bring your own devices

Issues O Cyberbullying O Sexting O Inappropriate images

Solutions O By using tech, we

have real teachable moments O They’re going to use

it for personal purposes regardless of academic use

Issues O Ubiquitous

connectivity O Anytime anywhere

learning

Solutions Reconfigure Oclassrooms Oschedules Oexpectations on teachers Oeducation