promoting new learning experiences with gadgets
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Promoting New Learning Experiences with Gadgets. MEC Conference • March 14, 2007 Therese Turman & Margie Brown. Overview of Presentation. Foundations for the Future Professional Development - Explorers Guild Interactive Gadgets Demonstrations. Foundations for the Future (F3). - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Promoting New Learning Experiences with Gadgets
MEC Conference • March 14, 2007
Therese Turman & Margie Brown
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Overview of Presentation
• Foundations for the Future
• Professional Development - Explorers Guild
• Interactive Gadgets Demonstrations
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Foundations for the Future (F3)
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Foundations for the Future
• Foundations for the Future (F3) is a collaboration of Georgia Tech researchers that helps accelerate the application of technology for K-12 schools for collaborative learning, promotes cyber safety awareness for parents, students, and teachers, and provides summer educational opportunities
• A successful program that can be replicated in any state with school administrators, government agencies, and industry partners.
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Potential Program Focus
• Help accelerate technology applications for collaborative learning, remote access to educational facilities, and Internet-based resources for the K-12 community.
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F3 Services Provided
• Technical assistance and resources
• Proposal writing assistance
• Professional development workshops
• Monthly award-winning community newsletter “Outta Site!”
• Training and information outreach to K-12 schools in Georgia
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F3 Outreach• Provided over 80 county and
city school systems across Georgia with various outreach efforts.
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Explorers Guild
www.f3program.org/explore
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Objectives for Explorers Guild
• Opportunities for teachers/administrators to learn:
• new technology tools
• cutting-edge applications to assist in the classroom
• strategies for increasing funding base
• Georgia Tech researchers and other K-12 specialists lend their technical expertise in an informal setting
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The Concept
• The Explorers Guild mission is to conduct teacher-driven professional development workshops for F3
• Teachers can implement new technology concepts in the classroom for student, parents, and community use
• Explorers Guild attendees receive PLU credits
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Workshop Topics• Digital Photography
• Making Excel Accessible for All Users
• Web Design Principles
• Evaluating Websites for Learning
• Test Taking Skills
• PowerPoint Projects in the Classroom
• How to Find, Extract and Use Digital Resources
• Online Resources for the Classroom
• Gadgets
• Math and Science Websites
• Computer Troubleshooting
• Using Photoshop Elements in the Classroom
• Interactive Whiteboards
• Introduction to Editing Video
• Firewalls and Filters
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Outta Site!• Helps families explore the Internet together, safely
and effectively.
• Aimed at parents of children in upper elementary to middle school.
• Distributed monthly during the school year by The Friends School of Atlanta, Foundations for the Future (Georgia Tech), and the Family Technology Resource Center (DeKalb County School System).
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Interactive Gadgets Demonstrations
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Web Cams• Enhance online experiences
• View real-time events and bring far a way places to life
• Inspire curiosity and imagination
• Virtual Field Trips
• * Address safety concerns *
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PDAs• Small and portable
• Wireless communication
• Classroom management
• Use in different subject areas
• “Beam notes to students”
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Wireless Digital Hotspotter• Inexpensive, small and
convenient
• Wi-Fi detection with a LCD display
• Provides network information
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QuickLink Pen Scanner • Provides electronic note-taking
capabilities
• Moderately priced
• Stores up to 1,000 pages of text
• Scans and captures addresses, Internet links, and tables
• Creates Word and Excel documents from notes.
• 97% accuracy rate
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Wireless Adaptor• Teachers can connects a
desktop or notebook to a high-speed wireless network
• Instantly creates an access point
• Very compact and easy to store
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Contact Information
Therese Turman [email protected]
Margie Brown [email protected]
www.f3program.org