Developing 21st Century Learners with Technology Rich Lessons

Jennifer Womble, nbct, Lawton Chiles High School

Tallahassee, FLwww.tinyurl.com/womble

Welcome to FETC!

• Come on a journey with me as we learn and share to improve educational technology use in every classroom!

Welcome to your Learning Vacation!

“Education is not the filling of a bucket, but the lighting of a fire.”

-- W. B. Yeats

21st Century Classroom

• Think back to 2003• VISUALIZE the 21st Century

Classroom…..

Vision:

But that was before this……

LG eXpo Smartphone and Projection system

Light Blue Touch

Technology Integration asks …Teachers to teach in ways they

were never taught using tools that were not invented when they were in school.

Teachers to be innovative, content driven, and process oriented to ultimately improve student achievement.

Session Objectives: Investigate current research on teaching and learning. Utilize online resources and free software. Design effective lessons--enhanced by technology

that integrate technology into classrooms for maximum content delivery and student achievement.

Discuss how to make effective decisions about the choice of technologies they utilize in their classrooms, and how to evaluate student products.

Teachers will be introduced to the features of SharePoint and Microsoft Office and learn how to effectively use technological tools, including digital cameras, scanners, document cameras, and audience response systems.

Teachers will leave with a completed technology enhanced unit plan for their classroom ready to implement!

Professional Development Goal

• Session: To help teachers discover how using computer technology to captivate, motivate and ultimately move students toward greater learning.

• Teacher Goal: To understand the research and resources needed to effectively integrate. To complete a lesson portfolio based on your curriculum that allows you to raise the level of excellence in your classroom and meet important learning objectives.

Let’s get started!

You will complete this task by creating a MASHED UP Power Point.

Go to www.tinyurl.com/wombleClick on the left side list “Power

Point”Open the folder titled “Introduction

Activity”Save a copy of “Introduce Yourself

Power Point” to your desktop folder.

Complete the templated activity!Have fun!

Scavenger Hunt

• Use the red form and rotate to each presentation.

• Fill in the signatures.• Look for something new!

Learning is a Social Event

• High Expectations• TEAMS can change the culture of a

School• Teaching is a TEAM Sport• Collegial Conversations about

student work are essential• We teach kids, not content• Motivation by student engagement:

increase the WOWs to increase the AYP!

• What is the ONE thing that has adults making sustained change?

PEER COACHING & MENTORING

Technology Integration

• Why Integrate? (pair and share)

“Technologies do not bring about revolutions, people do.”-Denise Murray, Director of NCELTR, Macquarie

University

• New questions: – How do students learn?– How can teachers help students

learn better?

Current Forces at work

• Globalization• Asian/Indian Education

(2MM)Explored• Shifts in Job Market-Comparative

Advantage• Automation of routine jobs• Influx of Technology• Environmental Awareness• Knowledge EconomyCHALLENGE & CHANGE

ED researchiBRAIN Brain and Learning ResearchDaniel PinkHoward GardnerSteven PinkerDavid SousaDaniel GolemanRichard RestakEric Jensenwww.dana.org

CONTENTWorld Class Twenty First Century Schools ResearchWilliam Daggettwww.leadered.com/

www.metiri.com/www.mcrel.org/William Glasser21st Century SkillsRigor, relevance

PEDAGOGYBest PracticesRobert MarzanoHarry WongJudith LangerMarcia Tate

Putting it all together

Changing Global EconomySCANS SKILLS

Flattened global economy through information technology

TOOLSRapid pace of

Technology InnovationAccess to data/information

NETS/Web 2.0

21st century StudentsMillennials

Digital NativesNet Generation

Developing Creative ThinkersRight Brain Skills

Design, Story, Empathy, Play, Meaning

Explosion of ResearchBrain Science

LESSON PLANS

Content standard

s

STUDENTS MUST BE ABLE TO SYTHESIZE and IMPLEMENT

KNOWLEDGECross curricularDeeper knowledgeProblem BasedCreative ProductsTechnology

LiteracyInterconnectedNovel ApproachStimulate

CuriosityCommunicator

Research & Application

Exploration-Curiousity

Freedom to DiscoverAnalysis of

InformationExpress IdeasSift-Sort-ConnectArtistry-EmpathyNarrative-Synthesis

Learning Shifts Review

• Save the SharePoint posted PowerPoint titled “learning shift” in the Presentations folder on your desktop.

• Review the slides and create your own personal summary or reflection of the entire show.

Slide Share Resource

Teaching that STICKSChip and Dan Heath discovered 6 traits that

make ideas stick:1. Simple2. Unexpected3. Concrete4. Credible5. Emotional6. Story

Note: *Sticky ideas are understood, remembered and change something

(behavior, values, opinions, etc.)Our job is to make ideas stick everyday!

(see Teaching That Sticks article)

Teachers changing methods

• Real change can take a few years in schools rich with technology, and even longer in schools with less.

• Professional development can shorten the learning curve and return on investment.

• The important thing to consider is that professional development lies along a continuum—from learning discrete skills, to developing fully integrated lessons, to transferring those skills to new technologies and new methodologies like project-based learning.

• Sousa Chart on Retention (Toolbox)

Learning Process that is Product Driven

Students

“Experienc

e”Learning

Worksheets Don’t Grow Dendrites: 20 Instructional Strategies that Engage the Brain

1. Brainstorming and Discussion2. Drawing and Artwork3. Field Trips4. Games5. Graphic Organizers, Semantic Maps, and Word Webs6. Humor7. Manipulative, Experiments, Labs, and Models8. Metaphor, Analogy, Simile9. Mnemonic Devices10. Movement11. Music, Rhythm, Rhyme, and Rap12. Project Based and Problem Based Instruction13. Reciprocal Teaching and Cooperative Learning (peer coaching)14. Role Play, Drama, Pantomimes and Charades15. Storytelling16. Technology17. Visualization and Guided Imagery18. Visuals19. Work Study and Apprenticeships (Learn by doing)20. Writing and Journals

What tech

tool can be

used to

employ each

of these

strategies?

Infusing Technology into Classrooms• How is technology used as a

tool to enhance education?• COMMUNICATE• COLLABORATE• CONTENT ENGAGEMENT• ORGANIZATION/MANAGEMENT

Expand and Maximize LearningView “Favorite Online

Resources”

Technology Integration

The goal of technology integration is to use technology seamlessly in the classroom so that the technology itself is invisible in support of learning a standards based curriculum.

• Employing technology provides a variety of new ways to learn, and in the process, fosters independent thinking, problem solving, and collaborative learning.

Find 10 pictures/images on the internet to represent these concepts and save them in

folder on desktop:• Technology

Literacy• Read • Write• Problem

solving

• Creativity• Cross Curricular• Technology

Product• Collaboration• Autonomy• Rigor

How teachers plan to use technology

• SharePoint Site: save the Technology Integration Planning Map and the Enhanced Lesson Plan tool.

• Brainstorm a Lesson objective you teach.

• Create one lesson plan for your idea!

• View: Tech Enhanced Lesson Planning Map as guide

Why Integrate?• Improve student learning by creating better lessons• Increase the rigor of academics and the quality of learning• Stimulate curiosity and interest• Engage learners and motivate students• Improve how all students learn the content• Differentiate instruction• Formative assessments with immediate feedback• Project based learning is meaningful and prepares students for a

technology-dependent world• Increase communication• Reinvigorate teaching• Enhance Educational Experience with technology—fun,

interactive• Course Management Tools on-line www.moodle.org

• BOTTOM LINE: Implement Technology to Accomplish Greater Learning and improved Academic Achievement

FETC Challenge

• The FETC staff needs our help to prepare for the Opening Session featuring Ed Begley, Jr.

• Each team needs to help complete one of the five tasks for the FETC marketing team.

• You will share your products with all participants to get feedback based on the professionalism of the product.

Tasks:• 1. Press Packet—Design and create a poster to hang

in the convention center halls about the event . Also complete a press release about the event and determine which media outlets should be invited.

• 2. Staging/seating and A/V Design—Decide how the event stage should be set up and create a model reflecting the theme of the conference and topics and experiences of the speaker.

• 3. Marketing—Design and create a video commercial to air on the in-house monitors. Post video online as well to generate excitement.

• 4. Web Presence—design an appropriate web web site for the Opening Session event where live streaming/audio and digital photography can be posted. Include a design of event logo, carefully select font and colors to match event.

• 5. Event Team—You must write the introductory speech the FETC president will use to introduce Ed Begley and record it. Also prepare interview questions for after the presentation with our guest speaker from the point of view of Teachers, Students and Administrators.

Work in your teams

• Presentations at 1:30 pm

TEAM RULES:Make sure all team

member needs are met.No one is done until

everyone is done.

Visualize your class integrated

What does integration look like?

• Students can test scientific theories with simulations, find ways to prove ideas with multimedia ,and collect environmental data with hands-on experiments.

• They can use the Internet to experience the world through virtual field trips and find information to prove almost any point of view. They can exercise their creativity with art, writing, and music software and more.

• All of these opportunities mean using technology as a tool to promote content learning.

Pieces of Integration Puzzle

Teacher

Student

Content Tech Tools

First Piece: The teacher

• As you can imagine, using technology in the classroom changes the classroom structure, operation, and management.

• Teachers learn to become a “guide on the side” rather than a “sage on the stage.”

• Getting there involves changes in philosophy and practice.

• Change is welcomed by students—visit Teacher Tube.

Teacher Technology Skills Competency Levels

• What level of daily technological integration is the teacher utilizing?– Daily Routine: type worksheets,

attendance, email, make charts. – Effective User: web portal,

discussion boards, advanced functions, specialized software, expert, models AUP, flexibility, use data to manage and solve problems.

– Innovative User: full array of software & hardware, strategic use of capabilities, produce, empower, mentor, foster continuous improvement.

Who is left out? Resisters

Beginners

Ways teachers integrate

• View document on sharepoint titled “ What technology integration looks like” and “Creating Student Support Materials”

• Save to your desktop• Work with your partner to add

three of your own examples of student products/tools to the list

• Be prepared to share your ideas.

Next piece: the student

• The goal of technology integration is to use technology in the classroom so that it becomes a tool to help students learn new things in new ways and prepare for the future.

• Yet it is a catalyst for greater change!• Employing technology affects the

classroom’s structure, operation, and management and requires new skills --both for students and educators.

Technology Standards

• NETS-S: ISTE’s Technology Foundation Standards for All Students (NETS) include six categories for addressing necessary technology skills:

1. Basic operations and concepts2. Social, ethical, and human issues3. Technology productivity tools4. Technology communications

tools5. Technology research tools6. Technology problem-solving and

decision-making tools

Student progress and the iBrain• As technology use becomes

increasingly interwoven in lessons and instructional units, it becomes increasingly important to measure student progress using a variety of tools.

• In addition to summative and formative tests, teachers should have rubrics, e-portfolios, and other assessment tools to measure content knowledge and degree of technological proficiency.

• Brain Plasticity

Student Assessment

• There are applications in the market place that provide 100% participation and collaboration during instruction. With these applications, teachers can gauge the pace of the instruction with real time student feedback.

Free online tools: • • QuizStar• • RubiStar• • 4Teachers.org

• Adjusting lessons and using this information to fill in the gaps between the students learning style and performance involves differentiating instruction, which is based on the beliefs that students differ in how they learn, classrooms that are not “one size fits all” are more effective, and students must be able to make meaning from subject matter. A differentiated classroom offers students different ways to learn subject content, make sense of ideas, and demonstrate learning. Teachers have many ways to provide instruction that is targeted to specific groups of students.

Tech based activities

• Looking at technology based activities, teachers can locate online projects and WebQuests that already infuse technology within the lesson while providing all the lesson resources, templates and assessment. These projects and offer a tried and true option in using effective activities and projects.

• Websites contain inquiry-based projects that have been developed by teachers as well as training and teacher materials.

Boost Student Productivity- Project-Based Learning• Writing • Research• Data Analysis• Critical ThinkingPresentations of content:

Newsletter MultimediaMovie Web-wiki spaceBlog E-journalBrochure Podcast

Third Piece: The content curriculum and standardsThe International Society for Technology in

Education (ISTE) believes that:“To live, learn, and work successful in an

increasingly complex and information-rich society, students must be able to use technology effectively.”

They developed standards to guide educational Leaders in recognizing and addressing the conditions for effective use of technology to support Pre K-12 education. They state, “Within an effective educational setting, technology can enable students to become--Capable information technology users:

• Information seekers, analyzers, and evaluators• Problem solvers and decision makers• Creative and effective users of productivity

tools• Communicators, collaborators, publishers, and

producers• Informed, responsible, and contributing citizens

Last piece: Technology Tools

• What tools do you have at your school site?

• What software or hard ware restrictions are there?

• What type of room set up and computer preparation is necessary?

• Do you know how to use, charge, upload and download all the equipment in your lesson?

• How do you select equipment to use?

Tech Tools• Digital Cameras• Software• Scanners, document cameras,

tablet pcs, Smartboards, hand held response system, digital video cameras, ipods

• What are there functions?• Try it before you teach it!• Evaluate tools to match your

needs and class size.• VISUAL TOOLS-remember 70%

more

Building an integration team

• Relationships are vital to the successful integration of technology in your classroom. The technology coordinator, media specialist, AP Curriculum, technology integrator, tech savvy students.

• Try it before you teach it!

Learning is a Social Event

• High Expectations• TEAMS can change the culture of a

School• Teaching is a TEAM Sport• Collegial Conversations about

student work are essential• We teach kids, not content• Motivation by student engagement:

increase the WOWs to increase the AYP!

• What is the ONE thing that has adults making sustained change?

PEER COACHING & MENTORING

Obstacles to Technology Integration

• No access to computers/equipment• Lack Time (to learn, to plan, to organize, to search

internet, etc)• No budget or high costs• Class sizes• Preparing for standardized tests• Lack teacher training• Set curriculum or standards• Technical problems (not admin. of machine)• Network down• Power Outage• Intimidating—non-expert status• Too many strategies to try now—one more thing.

Find Creative Solutions to problems with Web 2.0 tools

• For example: What can I do when it takes students too long to search the internet:

• www.Ikeepbookmarks.combooksite for students sites• www.del.icio.us bookmarking tool tags collective• www.Truthinker.com pay service to organize internet sites

Tech Integration as easy as PIZZA PIE !

PlanningImplementationZZ-reflectAnalyze the Data

How to begin? PIZZA process!

• Making good choices leads to effective time management. Teachers have to determine what their students need to learn for each assignment.

• Then they choose the best way to provide the material and the best way for students to learn it. They can begin by enhancing lessons with technology.

• They start by identifying the objectives of a lesson and looking for ways to infuse technology into activities.

• VIEW UNIT LESSON PLANNING TOOLS

P-Planning, Priorities, Peer-observations, Practice

• Brainstorm & Prep work• Create lesson plan and back up plan• Set expectations• Research needs and “tech talk” with the with

tech team• Plan to assess• Focus on learning objectives• Find relevant & appropriate resources• Model lessons:

www.hightechhigh.orgwww.Glef.orgwww.project-approach.comwww.Jasonproject.orgwww.goals.comwww.marcopolo-education.org

Developing Unit Materials

• Scaffolding:– Directions– Handouts, Diagrams, Tables, Hidden

Text– Rubrics (rubistar.4teachers.org;

www.teach-nology.com)– Lesson plans– Instruction sheets– Evaluation & Assessment materials– Resources & web sites: curriki.orgDiscuss: How to evaluate student

products?

I-Implement, Integrate, Infuse• Seamless technology• Participate in technology

based instruction• Storyboard of lesson plan• Scaffolding, templates• How to, step by step• Infuse resources: funding,

software, equipment, people, training, supplies and students.

• Allow flexibility and role shift.

ZZ-Evaluate and Reflect

• Reflect on the impact of the technology and the learning.

• Was it the right equipment?• Right software?• Did you have enough PD?• Review functionality.• Did you get appropriate support?• Use answers to make future decisions.• Communicate via email.• Collaborate with others in discussion boards,

surveys, Study group, think tanks, talk time with teachers to share ideas– Zoomerang.com– www.learn.org (collaborate in global community)– TeachAde.com (collaboration)– Learningtimes.org (virtual learning community

network)– www.edu.actionsurveyresources.com (ERC)

A-Analyze with Data

• How does technology increase teacher productivity?

• Focus on results, not technology• EVALUATE to avoid future glitches• Look at the outcomes and align to goals of

curriculum• Were the benefits worth the sacrifice? (return

on investment)• Data: test scores, attendance records, student

attitudes, improved learning and attitudes• No such thing as a failure!• What support do you need next time?• What do you need to know for next time?• SHARE SUCCESS STORIES• Insight! • Constant improvement is key.

TOP TEN INTEGRATION TIPS1. Start with a lesson you are very familiar with and have taught before2. Focus on the learning objective3. Make it interactive and fun4. Problem based activities will engage and make

relevant for students.5. Do it yourself FIRST (see one, do one, teach

one)6. Build relationships7. Talk about copyright often!8. Know the standards (state, NETS, Information

Literacy Standards)9. Revise teaching style to accommodate

technology (adaptation)10. Use peer observations and online video

demonstrations as often as possible to learn more!

11. Tap into your students’ creativity

Your Story

• Using PhotoStory and the 10 images you selected earlier, create a digital story about where you are in the technology integration process and describe three goals you have for increasing the amount of technology enhanced lessons you will deliver in the next year!

Recap Session Objectives:• Investigate current research on teaching and learning.• Utilize online resources and free software.• Design effective lessons--enhanced by technology

that integrate technology into classrooms for maximum content delivery and student achievement.

• Discuss how to make effective decisions about the choice of technologies they utilize in their classrooms, and how to evaluate student products.

• Teachers will be introduced to the features of SharePoint and Microsoft Office and learn how to effectively use technological tools, including digital cameras, scanners, document cameras, and audience response systems.

• Teachers will leave with a completed technology enhanced unit plan for their classroom ready to implement!

That is a WRAP!

• Workshop evaluation and sharing!

• Questions and answers!

• Many thanks for your dedication, time and effort today!

• Enjoy the conference!• Follow up emails at:

womblej@mail.leon.k12.fl.us