1. Did you ever feel this way? Building an airplane in mid-flight (EDS commercial)
2. Maslow's pyramid
3. 21st c. skills report
4. Changing job description for digital teachers
- industrial age > Knowledge age
- teacher-centered instruction >
5. Millenials want to learn
- with technology
- note we haven't clued into cellphones as learning tools
- with one another
- online
- anytime anyplace
- relevance
6. Who is Gen Y?
- Most popular college majors
- medicine, education, business, engineering, law, computer science
- Most valued qualities
- responsibility, independence, creativity, idealistic, commintted co-workers
7. Welcome to our (students') world:
- like laptops better than books
- info-abundant, not info-scarce
- producing real knowledge products
- organizing digital libraries and workspaces (folders)
- online textbooks
- "like having a little studio" right there in your computer
8. Redefining achievement (one reason some teachers resist "the shift")
- rethinking "term paper" - Marco Torres on "the language of multimedia for social studies term-papers"
- "irked" by 15-page term paper admin law
- assigned a "history of local, federal voting" film
- The Power of One
- (what editing program did they use for the titles?)
- interesting use of black space and titles with still photos
- "How many pages would it take to get the same message across"
9. Basic Skills
- Mastering the 3 R's:
- fundamental skills mastered more quickly with tech-based curriculum
- more engaged for longer periods of time
- adapts instruction to individual student needs
- Vocabucasting: DePortola Elementary
- 5 kids, two words per student, in groups
- into GB, then podcast (iWed or whatever)
- handheld mp3 recorder
- great student testimonial
- Technology Proficiency
- they write more and better when they word process (or use wikis)
- ready access to world of information
- digital media develops creativity
- increases pride
- Rethinking the Egypt Report
- criteria: who what where when appearance
- choices: keynote imovie podcast
- aligned with research standards
- improves engagement for gifted and talented kids
- example: Kid needed some audio editing instruction
- Preparing students for the Changing World
Inspiration8: there are free web-based ones now, that are more powerful too.
Wikis: Wikispaces is probably best, all around
Google:
Blogger (WordPress is better)
iWeb (only if students can edit from home; again, WordPress is better otherwise)
Powerpoint
Google Earth
KISS: Many disagree with this one, including Alan November.
10. Teacher Continuum self-evaluation
11. ali.apple.com KIS group
- will be featured at Apple Store, COEX mall
- deadline Spring 2008
Tools I want:
iWork
boom and shotgun mic
microhones for classroom podcasts (necessary?)
film editing computer suite
iMicrophone for iPod