Download - TETC 2014 Tech Tools Presentation
Tech Tools for the 2014 Classroom
• Welcome… let’s get this thing started.
• Please, take all of your devices out and place them on your table area in front of you.
BACKCHANNELS:
1. www.todaysmeet.com/TETC2014Edudream
2. #TETC2014Edudream on Twitter
The Importance of Tech Tools
Like a Good Neighbor…
Appropriate Tools
Tough Questions…
• Ask yourself if you have ever enjoyed the experience of being controlled and manipulated by someone with power and authority over you. The answer most would give is a resounding NO. If this is true for most people, it is also true for students.
SOURCE: SmartBlog on Education http://smartblogs.com/education/2014/03/26/doing-what-comes-naturally/
Tim the “Tool Man”
Shift
• Children’s access to mobile media devices is much greater today than two years ago. In 2011, only 8 percent of families with children ages 0-8 owned a tablet device. In 2013, 40 percent of families reported owning a tablet.
• Roughly twice as many children use mobile media today than in 2011. The amount of time using the devices has increased, which is a reflection of wider access to devices. Today, 72 percent of children ages 0-8 have used a mobile device. Source: eSchoolNews
Challenge…
• “If a child cannot learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn.”
–Ignacio Estrada
Challenge…
• “If we teach today like we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow.”
–John Dewey
What in the heck kind of name is Drinkwine?
• Nashville Native
Uneducated Parents
6th grade failure
• Product of MNPS
• UT Chattanooga – B.S.
• Trevecca Nazarene- M.Ed. And Ed.D.
Disclosures/Disclaimers/Bias
• I am guilty of empathy
• I am guilty of courage
• I am guilty of wanting to trailblaze
• I am guilty of being imperfect
• I am guilty of wanting to embrace forward-thinking philosophies.
• I am guilty of being resourceful. (i.e., Papa)
• Doctoral Research Study
Challenge…
• “Minds are like parachutes- they only function when open.”
–Thomas Dewar
#edudream
Professional History
• Teacher and Coach at Gra-Mar Middle and Hume-Fogg Academic
• Teacher and Coach at Sunset Middle in Brentwood
• Assistant Principal at Spring Station Middle in Williamson County Schools
• Presented at T.A.M.S. conference, TN Geographic Alliance, “Un”conferences, N.I.C.L.E. conference
Honors/Achievements
• Named First-Ever “eSchoolNews School of the Month”
BACKCHANNELS:
1. www.todaysmeet.com/TETC2014Edudream
2. #TETC2014Edudream on Twitter
www.tweetbeam.com
Forward Thinking
Assessment
• Why is it important that students develop proficiency with technology?
• How do we use technology to support student learning?
Modeling?
The non-tech classroom…
The Downside of Tech…
#Hashtag Culture
Selfie Culture
Toddler Tools…
Red Stamp…
Work Smarter Not Harder
BYOT in Use…
BYOT in PE
BYOT in the Cafe
BYOT in the hallway
Teacher BYOT
Powtoon
Not just your ordinary periodic table…
QR Codes
QR Codes
Skype
Student Voice…
Apps in the classroom…
Common Tools Used at Spring Station• Socrative -KidBlog• Wallwisher -Aurasma• Padlet -YouTube• Blabberize -Quizlet• Eyejot -Blogger/Blogspot• Animoto -Edmodo• Google Apps -Twitter• Prezi -TodaysMeet• Visible Tweets -Skype• Powtoon -GHO• Wordle
Sharing Tools
Classroom Tools
Efficiency Tools
Teacher Talk… 7th grade Math
• “Edmodo!!! Our video lessons are awesome especially since they can watch them ANYWHERE! WOOT!! They are such an amazing tool to get students in the same frame of mind before beginning a lesson the next day. It really cuts down on the baby deer in headlights we usually get when starting a new topic”
Teacher Talk… Middle School Gifted
• “With all the group projects I get my kids involved with, I taught them how to use Google Scholar (mainly for National History Day) and Google Docs. Google Docs has turned out to be a Godsend for them. Now it’s all they’ll use. They love being able to add/edit simultaneously in real time. My students also really love to use Preziwhenever they pre-test out of a unit and receive an alternate assignment from me.”
Teacher Talk… 6th grade Science
• “Remind 101- Free app that allows one way text messages to anyone that signs up for it. This is a great way to increase communication and the completion of homework assignments. Google Apps- Easily share interactive study guides that include links to music and videos. This provides students a more fun way to study. Students also create documents/presentations and can work at home or school with automatic saving.”
Media Tools
Augmented Reality
Social Media…
Social Media… the neglected tool
• Social media are used sporadically to foster student learning in my school or district — 41.46%
• Social media are not incorporated into student instruction in my school or district — 31.71%
• Social media use as part of classroom instruction is not permitted in my school or district — 17.07%
• Social media are used effectively to enhance student learning in my school or district — 9.76%
SOURCE: SmartBlog on Education http://smartblogs.com/education/2014/03/28/readers-views-social-media-and-todays-schools/
Social is engrained – Media has come onboard…
Why Twitter?
Twitter PD
Twitter Tools
School Twitter for Positive School Affiliation
• 75% of our community follows us on twitter!
#Hashtag Culture
#Hashtag
Survey Question via Google Apps
• “If you incorporate student owned devices (BYOT) into your lessons, how do you most likely utilize the devices?” [ranked in order of % of staff who use these resources]
• Research= 76%• Wallwisher= 41%• Organization (planner,organizer, reminders) = 34%• Email= 33%• Other= 28%• Texting Parents (reminders, requests, etc.)= 24%• Socrative= 24%• Social Networking (twitter, edmodo, etc.) = 21%• QR Codes= 10%
THINK
Balance
Unplugged Modeling
Challenge…
• “The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.”
–Carl Rogers
Challenge…
• “A ship in the harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are for.”
–William Shedd
“Mullet” Over
• Got any Questions to ponder???
Assessment
• Why is it important that students develop proficiency with technology?
• How do we use technology to support student learning?
BACKCHANNELS:
1. www.todaysmeet.com/TETC2014Edudream
2. #TETC2014Edudream on Twitter
www.tweetbeam.com
A Guidebook for Social Media
GUIDEBOOK:http://www.edutopia.org/blog/guidebook-social-media-in-classroom-vicki-davis?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=blog-social-media-guidebook-12-ways-image
