ira 2011 the tech tools teachers say they use by kylene beers and robert probst
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This is the PowerPoint we used in the Digital Media Symposium of IRA 2011. This presentation focused on what 140 middle school teachers from 10 schools told us about the tools the do (and don't) use.TRANSCRIPT
IRA 2011
Kylene Beers
Robert E. Probst
Twitter.com/kbeers
Beers.probst@gmail
What are the tech tools teachers and students report they use?
To understand how the “how” is changing, let’s look back to the literacy demands of an earlier time…
NEEDED:
ONE MOBILE DEVICE THAT SENDS A TEXT MESSAGE
And what are the tools you use today?
Are you a stranger, visitor, or resident?
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--Wayne Otto
“When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”
“In the future, how we educate our children may prove to be more important than how much we educate them.”
The World is Flat
Thomas Friedman
Learn More
Twitter/KyleneBeers or Twitter/BobProbst
KyleneBeers.com (Kylene’s blog)
Article from us on why reading lit is important:
Bit.ly/f79ziP
Slides at Slideshare.com
Summer Reading Institute in San Antonio, Texas, June 19-22, 2011
Summer Reading Institute in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, June 26-30, 2011
Info for both at www.heinemann.com (click on workshops)