the pod's are coming
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What are PODS? They are Personally Owned Devices, and they are already infiltrating our schools. For now they get tucked away in lockers and backpacks, but as the saying goes, “If there is an elephant in the room, introduce it!” Students are bringing small machines with huge potential into our schools. It is time to introduce these tools into our classrooms and also to make sure that we have the knowledge and the infrastructure to use them to their fullest potential. My post that inspired this presentation: http://pairadimes.davidtruss.com/pods/TRANSCRIPT
The POD’s are Coming!
David TrussBLC09
@datrussDavidTruss.com
http://pairadimes.davidtruss.com
The POD’s are coming!PersonallyOwnedDevices
Our classrooms will never be the
same again!
The POD’s are coming!PersonallyOwnedDevices
Our classrooms will never be the
same again!
Are you ready?
The POD’s are coming!PersonallyOwnedDevices
Our classrooms will never be the
same again!
Are ‘WE’ ready?
The POD’s are coming!PersonallyOwnedDevices
Our classrooms will never be the
same again!
Our students are ready!
POD’s:It started with a conversation, then
became a blog post, http://tr.im/PodsPost/
POD’s:It started with a conversation, then
became a blog post, http://tr.im/PodsPost/
“We are about 4 years away from [almost] every kid coming to school with more capability in their pockets and hands than most teachers have on their desk right now.”
POD’s:It started with a conversation, then
became a blog post, http://tr.im/PodsPost/
“We are about 4 years away from [almost] every kid coming to school with more capability in their pockets and hands than most teachers have on their desk right now.”
Will we be ready to utilize these amazing tools that will be brought into our classrooms?
POD’s: Personally Owned DevicesPresentation Outline
Why?
Walls
Will
POD’s: Personally Owned DevicesPresentation Outline
Why?
Walls
Will
The 4th Screen/technology is everywhere… except in our classrooms
“Thinning Walls” vs“Big Frickin’ Walls”
A call to action…“I am a digital teacher”
POD’s: Why?
The 4th Screen
To the fish, water is invisible.
To the fish, water is invisible.
Tech is invisible
Tech is invisible
Tech is invisible
However…
This is a staged photo:
This is a staged photo:
Technology may be ‘invisible’, but wecan choose how pervasive it will be.
My children do not have a phone, or a computer in their room; their computer time is monitored, and they ask before watching television or playing video games.
My reading stack: background furniture.
Are books‘necessary’?
Are books‘necessary’?
"But are not books necessary at all, when the pupils are furnishedwith slates?
…To such I believe books are not only useless, but on the whole, worse than useless.”
William A. Alcott, 1842
Are books‘necessary’?
"But are not books necessary at all, when the pupils are furnishedwith slates?
…To such I believe books are not only useless, but on the whole, worse than useless.”
William A. Alcott, 1842
Joe’s Non-Netbook
Batman Borg
“I come from the Batman era, adding items to my utility belt,
while students today are the Borg from Star Trek, assimilating technology into their lives.”
http://tr.im/BatmanBorg/
Batman Borg
“I come from the Batman era, adding items to my utility belt,
while students today are the Borg from Star Trek, assimilating technology into their lives.”
many
http://tr.im/BatmanBorg/
The 4th Screen/technology is everywhere… except in our classrooms!
The 4th Screen/technology is everywhere… except in our classrooms!
If there is an elephant in the room…
The 4th Screen/technology is everywhere… except in our classrooms!
The 4th Screen/technology is everywhere… except in our classrooms!
Sonya Woloshen
“As a new teacher, I don’t think of it as a issue when one student doesn’t have the technology available...
Sonya Woloshen
“As a new teacher, I don’t think of it as a issue when one student doesn’t have the technology available.
That’s not a problem, just something to work around.”
http://tr.im/DigitalTeacher/
POD’s: Walls
Thin Walls - Alec
Alec Couros http://tr.im/ThinWalls/
“Open teachers… support their students in the critical consumption, production, connection, and synthesis of knowledge through the shared development of learning networks.”
http://tr.im/BandW/
“We can still watch an old black and white movie, but we don’t go out and buy a black & white TV… Yet we place unnecessary limits on what can happen in our schools and classrooms…”
The Essay
Our students livein her essay’s future…
until they come to school!
…To such I believe books are not only useless,
but on the whole, worse than useless.
William A. Alcott, 1842
…To such I believe books are not only useless,
but on the whole, worse than useless.
POD’s books
Is this what we are saying when we ban POD’s?
Kathy Sierra http://tr.im/BigWall/
Wireless
Wirelessintro
Wireless
“Wireless should be like oxygen.We don’t ‘look for’ or
think about our next breath.” Brian Kuhn
Filters
Scenario 1: A teacher wants to go to a great Website about ‘ASSumptions’… but is blocked.
Scenario 1: A teacher wants to go to a great Website about ‘ASSumptions’… but is blocked.
Scenario 2: A student does a ‘safe’ search atschool, then later at home it isn’t so safe.
Scenario 1: A teacher wants to go to a great Website about ‘ASSumptions’… but is blocked.
Scenario 2: A student does a ‘safe’ search atschool, then later at home it isn’t so safe.
Scenario 3: The class wants to social bookmark,or use wikis or blogs, but they can’t!
Scenario 1: A teacher wants to go to a great Website about ‘ASSumptions’… but is blocked.
Scenario 2: A student does a ‘safe’ search atschool, then later at home it isn’t so safe.
Scenario 3: The class wants to social bookmark,or use wikis or blogs, but they can’t!
Filters
filter
learning!
Another Scenario: A student goes to an inappropriate site while at school…
What can a teacher potentially do?
Another Scenario: A student goes to an inappropriate site while at school…
What can a teacher potentially do?
Put any group of teachers together and they will come
up with countless possibilities!
(We call this a teachable moment.)
Another Scenario: A student goes to an inappropriate site while at school…
What can a teacher potentially do?
Put any group of teachers together and they will come
up with countless possibilities!
Policies
http://tr.im/MissManagement/
http://tr.im/BlogRules/
Respect
Inclusion
Learning
Safety
Expectations are better than rules!
Respect
Inclusion
Learning
Safety
Expectations are better than rules!
My del.icio.us links(bookmarks) for
AcceptableUse Policieshttp://tr.im/aupLinks/
Consistency Matters!
What happens when we are inconsistent with expectations for…
Consistency Matters!
• Dress code• Tardiness• Rough Play• Appropriate Language• Noise Levels
What happens when we are inconsistent with expectations for…
Consistency Matters!
• Dress code• Tardiness• Rough Play• Appropriate Language• Noise Levels
What happens when we are inconsistent with expectations for…
…how and when we use POD’s
• Using POD’s • Dress code• Tardiness• Rough Play• Appropriate Language• Noise Levels
High Expectations Matter!
Consistency Matters!
• Using POD’s • Dress code• Tardiness• Rough Play• Appropriate Language• Noise Levels
High Expectations Matter!
(A part of the continuum of things we monitor, model
and mentor students about with high expectations for
appropriate behavior.)
Big Frickin’ Wall
Attitudes
I’ve seen a real shift in my own thinking recently. Forget whining about access, disregard the slow speed of change, get over the obstacles! Go after meaningful results. Engage and empower students...
I’ve seen a real shift in my own thinking recently. Forget whining about access, disregard the slow speed of change, get over the obstacles! Go after meaningful results. Engage and empower students...
Be a leader and a role model. http://tr.im/NoLimits/
POD’s: Will
“Fear is a wonderful
servant, but a terrible master…
When you’ve conquered your fears by acting courageous in spite of them, life blossoms.”
“Fear is a wonderful
servant, but a terrible master…
When you’ve conquered your fears by acting courageous in spite of them, life blossoms.”
“Fear is a wonderful
servant, but a terrible master…
When you’ve conquered your fears by acting courageous in spite of them, life blossoms.”
Dan Millman,Sacred Journey of
the Peaceful Warrior
We permit our students to learn from their mistaks...
Do we permit ourselves?
We permit our students to learn from their mistakes...
“Teachers who use technology in the classroom are: flexible, willing to take risks and try new things, not afraid of failing, able to learn from their students, adaptable, and comfortable with the fact that they are not the smartest person in the room.”
Kim Cofino http://tr.im/Cofino/
“Teachers who use technology in the classroom are: flexible, willing to take risks and try new things, not afraid of failing, able to learn from their students, adaptable, and comfortable with the fact that they are not the smartest person in the room.”
Kim Cofino http://tr.im/Cofino/
So my challenge to you…
Do not go quietly into your classroom!
Image Credits by Slide Number 1. ‘B’ Movie Screamer FROM Movie Dearest2. The Scream BY Edvard Munch3,4. Katie iPhone Scream and iPhone Smile BY me, David Truss5. Heidi BY NMC Second Life on flickr13,14. Fisch BY Gertrud K. on Flickr15-18. Cassie Tech-ed Out BY me, David Truss20. Wishful thinking BY me, datruss on Flickr23. ‘Reading Zone’ BY me, datruss on Flickr29,30. Introduce it… ToonDoo BY me, David Truss32. Sonya Teaching BY Sonya Woloshen34. Open Teaching - Thinning the Walls BY Alec Couros35. School Limits ToonDoo BY me, David Truss40. (and adapted on 41, 45, 53 and 64)
Incremental vs. revolutionary improvements BY Kathy Seirra42. (and adapted on 43 & 44) Cloud = Freedom BY MichaelMarlatt on Flickr54-56. (All cropped) Miss Management ToonDoo BY me, David Truss68. (and adapted on 69) fear BY chandrika221 on Flickr70. (and 71 both adapted and cropped) One giant leap… BY dachalan on Flickr72-73. I Can’t! ToonDoo BY me, David Truss75. Mindset not a skill-set BY Kim Cofino