Teaching Students to Fish with Better Poles: Promoting Lifelong Learning through

Emergent TechnologyBethany Marston and

Steve HoneywellRasmussen College Rockford

A Short History of Technology in the Classroom

To understand where we currently stand with technology, we must acknowledge how far we have

come.

A Short History of Technology in the Classroom

To understand where we currently stand with technology, we must acknowledge how far we have

come.

A Short History of Technology in the Classroom

1890: ChalkboardPerhaps the most durable instrument of American education, it would remain a standard tool from the era of the one-room schoolhouse to the computer age.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/09/19/magazine/classroom-technology.html

A Short History of Technology in the Classroom

1930: Overhead Projector

Widely used by the US military to train forces in World War II, the overhead projector eventually spread to schools.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/09/19/magazine/classroom-technology.html

A Short History of Technology in the Classroom

1972: Handheld CalculatorThough studies showed that calculators improved students’ attitude toward math, teachers were slow to adopt them for fear that they would undermine the learning of basic skills.

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A Short History of Technology in the Classroom

1980: Plato Computer

Public schools in the US averaged one computer for every 92 students in 1984; in 2008 there was one computer for every 4 students.

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A Short History of Technology in the Classroom

1999: Interactive Whiteboard

The traditional whiteboard was reinvented using a touch-detecting white screen, a projector, and a computer.

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A Short History of Technology in the Classroom

2010: Apple iPadThis piece of equipment is the most recent adaption to the technological scale. It is called the “all-in-one portable computer device.”

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Tablets– All-in-One Technology

Tablets can replace many pieces of equipment that students do NOT have to bring to class including:

Textbooks Laptops Spirals Calculators

Digital DivideResistance from students to use new tools

example: Noodlebib

Resistance from facultyexample: iPad pilot

BYOD MovementBYOD: Bring Your Own Device

60-80% of students own smart technology

Virtually all students with smart technology use it for education

“The place of technology is to enhance teaching and learning, but not to entirely replace existing

approaches”(Sanders, 2012, p. 536).

Advantages of BYOD in the classroom:

① Students are using familiar technology

② Inclusive environment

③ Simpler infrastructure

Disadvantages of BYOD in the classroom:

① Students without smart technology

② Lowest common denominator

③ Security

Brainfriendly Technology

① Passwords

② Cognitive Load

③ Auditory Components

④ Interactive Content

Adapting to Diverse Learning Styles using Technology

Visual/ Spatial: use images and pictures to enhance your lectures

Musical: incorporate music from youtube

Logical-Mathematical: Create games, puzzles, quizzes, and polls

Learning Styles (continued)

Intrapersonal:students have the ability to work independently and at their own pace

Bodily-Kinestheticstudents can interact with apps using their hands or create videos

Verbal-LinguisticStudents can read e-books, websites, and blogs

Boost Your Students’ Motivation

Here are a few ways to boost student engagement:

① Poll Students (Socrative)② Provide interaction with

theoretical concepts③ Convert Words into Raps (AutoRap)④ Make lectures more exciting by

integrating images, videos, games

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Enhance Your Material with Technology

“The potential for TEL is huge, but if all it entails is putting lectures on podcasts, making a PowerPoint to a flash e-learning module, and putting paper text on the web, then we have not really used the technology to fulfill its potential” (Dror, 2011, p.6)

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Apps We LoveApps to help support teaching:

• Videos– http://youtube/rAy2HiBfRUU

• Doceri– An app that allows you to use your computer wirelessly. Also a whiteboard.

• Show Me– Recordable whiteboard

• Quisr Pro– Customizable quiz game

Apps We LoveApps to help support students:

• Flashcards+– Create flashcards for any subject

• Evernote– Take Notes, Save Images, Create Reminders

• Penultimate– Use a stylus/finger to create custom notes. Can be saved to evernote.

Flipped Classroom:

Traditional classroom events (lectures) take place outside of the classroom on the students’ time

Class time is used for assignments and traditional “homework”

Students learn at their own pace and style and can get help specifically when they need it

A Flipped Classroom Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngnLm14iSH4

Technology Benefits of Classroom Flipping

① Students have access to instructional materials at all times

② Students can use familiar technology to develop learning skills

③ Students can learn to be content creators rather than merely content consumers

How this All Applies to Lifelong Learning

Students learn to incorporate both familiar and new technology into their education

Learning is removed from the classroom and put into daily life

Learning stops being passive and becomes something in which students are active participants

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