Fasten your seatbelts!!!An accelerated ride through some

ed-tech landscapes

Daniel ChristianTitle II Conference | 8/11/11

Goals of this ride!

Not meant to overwhelm, rather to:

• Help you connect with other teachers and administrators

• Take a pulse check of what’s going on both now and in the near future

• Present a variety of ideas, options, possibilities, and resources

• Focus on the ones you think might help you and/or your students – and discard the rest

The ride begins as we zoom down…

Connections Avenue

Some tools for connecting w/ others

• Blogs powerful!• Online-based communities such as:• Learn Central• edWeb.net• Yammer-based

• Skype• Twitter• Facebook• Google +

Connecting with others: Yammer

Connecting with other teachers/admins: Blogs

• A blend of the term web log• Often individuals posting w/ invites for

comments• Key pt: You’re subscribing to streams of

content• To create your own WordPress• To gather/read postings Google Reader• To get started:• See RSS in Plain English

and/or this resource• Then get Google Reader or

another “feed” aggregator

• Langwitches.org By Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano

• Free Technology for TeachersRichard Byrne

• SteveHargadon.comBy Steve Hargadon

• AngelaMaiers.comBy Angela Maiers

• K12MobileLearning.com By Johnny Kisko

• NovemberLearning.comBy Alan November, others

• Edutopia.orgVarious

Connecting with other teachers/admins: Blogs

• TheJournal.comVarious

• EdWeek.org’s blogsVarious

• EduTecher.orgBy Adam Bellow

• Learning EcosystemsBy Daniel Christian

• edWebnetVarious

• iLearn TechnologyKelly Tenkely

Connecting with other teachers/admins: Blogs

Connecting with other teachers/admins: Skype

Connecting with other teachers: edWeb.net

Coming up to an intersection…

… we now need to take a right on Trends Blvd.

Trends: The pace of change has changed

Choose your metaphor…

Trends: The pace of change has changed

Trends: The pace of change has changed

Trends: The pace of change has changed

Trends: Changes in “Textbooks”

• Books e-Books Apps• Increasing levels of interactivity,

engagement, functionality• Multitouch• Multimedia-based (UDL)• Highly-accessible (UDL)• Digital learning that’s constantly

updated over the web• Helpful in illustrating abstract

concepts• 24 x 7 x 365

Trends: Some innovative startups/publishers

• Touch Press• Flat World Knowledge• Moonbot Studios• Inkling

Trends: Changes in “Textbooks”

http://morrislessmore.com -- Moonbot Studios

Trends: “Textbooks” of the future

Trends: Cloud-based computing

Basically refers to things coming from or being stored out on the Internet, such as:

• Applications• Content• Data

Trends: Quick Response (QR) Codes

• Somewhat like a bar code, but has information embedded into it

• Connects the physical world w/ the virtual world

• QR readers can be downloaded to smart phones (RedLaser, Neoreader, etc.)

• QR generators (SparqCode, Maestro, etc.)

Trends: QR Codes

• Here’s one idea:

Trends: Near Field Communications (NFC)

• A short-range wireless standard that allows devices to communicate securely and perform transactions

• Some believe NFC will be much more prevalent and popular than QR codes

• Heavily transactions-based; retail, banking, etc.

Trends: Augmented Reality

Definition:

• Augmented reality (AR) is a field of computer research which deals with the combination of real world and computer generated data.

• Often used in entertainment, military training, engineering design, robotics, manufacturing and other industries.

Trends: Augmented Reality

Trends: Augmented Reality

From t-immersion.com

Trends: Augmented Reality

From K12MobileLearning.com – by Johnny Kisko

Trends: Augmented Reality

Trends: Mobile

Trends: Mobile

Trends: Mobile

Trends: Mobile

Trends: Mobile

Growth of digital video

Trends: Convergence

Growth of digital video

Trends: Convergence/Multiple Devices

Growth of digital video

Trends: Convergence/Multiple Devices

Trends: Transmedia Storytelling

• Telling stories across multiple platforms and formats

• Commercial& entertainment-oriented for now;but educational applications may soon follow

Growth of digital video

Trends: Convergence

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Trends: Convergence

Convergence

Growth of digital video

Trends: Growth of digital video

Growth of digital video

Trends: Growth of digital video

• Video traffic surpassed global peer-to-peer traffic in 2010

• Internet video is 40% of consumer Internet traffic; 62% by the end of 2015

• Internet video to TV tripled in 2010

• Video-on-demand traffic will triple by 2015

• 5+ years to watch the amount of video that will cross global IP networks every second in 2015

Merging…

… onto Resources Street

Resources: New Media Consortium (NMC)

Time-to-Adoption: One Year or Less

• Electronic Books• Mobiles

Time-to-Adoption: Two to Three Years

• Augmented Reality• Game-Based Learning

Time-to-Adoption: Four to Five Years

• Gesture-Based Computing• Learning Analytics

Resources: New Media Consortium (K-12)

Time-to-Adoption: One Year or Less

• Cloud Computing• Mobiles

Time-to-Adoption: Two to Three Years

• Game-Based Learning • Open Content

Time-to-Adoption: Four to Five Years

• Learning Analytics• Personal Learning

Environments

Resources: Khan Academy

• K-12 math, science (biology, chemistry, physics)

• K-12 humanities (finance, history)

• ~ 10 minutes long videos

• Best viewed on a computer

• Free of charge• 2400 video tutorials• 67+ million views

Resources: Make Khan Academy-style videos

• If using a PC:• A Wacom Bamboo Tablet with

Smooth Draw to create the doodles on the computer screen and Camtasia Studio (or similar) to record those doodles

• If using an iPad:• TechSmith’s ScreenChomp

application• Also see iPad Stylus roundup

From Digital Inspiration blog

Resources: Communities of Practice (COP)

… a self-governed learning partnership among people, who:

• share challenges, passion or interest

• interact regularly• learn from and with each

other• improve their ability to

do what they care about

-- Etienne Wenger | April 5, 2011

Resources: Communities of Practice (COP)

Also see:

• Etienne Wenger: Learning in and across landscapes of practice (April 2011)

• Jenny Mackness’ notes on Etienne’s presentation (above)

• Communities of Practice (from Informal Education)

Resources: Communities of Practice (COP)

• Along these lines, might want to follow the work of Dr. David Smith at Calvin College

• Director, Kuyers Institute for Christian Teaching & Learning

• Recently gave a workshop entitled Teaching as a Christian Practice that featured Wenger’s work

Resources: Extensive list of top learning tools

Potential roadblock ahead…

Potential challenge:

Gaining and keeping students’ attentions

Potential solution…

Digital Storytelling: The power of story

• The Master Teacher, Jesus Christ, constantly used parables to teach

• Stories:• Gain our attention• Stay with us – esp. with repetition• Have power to illicit emotion• Can help us make meaning• Have universal appeal• Encourage imagination,

participation, interaction, and creativity

Digital Storytelling: Example of student creativity

Digital Storytelling: Many ways to contribute!

• Creating multimedia presents opportunities for cross-disciplinary assignments• Digital video /editing• Art / illustration• Music / digital audio / singing• Writing /scripting • Acting / drama / set design• Editing audio/video/plots• Graphic design / illustration • …and more

Digital Storytelling: Resource

Example for cross-disciplinary assignment

We’ve reached the end of our journey

Keep an eye on…

• Educational gaming / serious games• Learning agents• Personalized, customized learning• Robotics• The need to be lifelong learners• The increasing need to find/tap into

streams of content• Continued growth

of – and offeringsfrom – online learning

Thanks for your time!

Daniel Christiandanielschristian.com/learning-ecosystems

Daniel Christian

Thanks for your time!