Instructional Instructional Technology ResourcesTechnology Resources

Instructional Instructional Technology ResourcesTechnology Resources

New Teacher OrientationNew Teacher Orientation2009-20102009-2010

Doug WalkerDoug WalkerSupervisor of Instructional TechnologySupervisor of Instructional Technology

Technology Team• Bob Fleming – District Technology

Coordinator.• Rich Gherardi – Network Admin• Valerie Ciaburri - Secretary• Alex Santos – Technician (WR, Cozy and

Milton• Tom Creswick – Technician (Stanlick,

Briggs and Drummond)• Megan Banola – Technician (MS and HS)

Network Accounts• Logons• Username: first Initial last name• Password: jefferson• You will be asked to change your

password every 30 days.

File Shares• “U” Drive

– Save your work here. Do not save unnecessary files here.

• Other Shares: – Common Share – Read only for students– Staff Share – No student access– Student Home Folders – Accessible by all

faculty.

Network• Filtered Internet• Mandatory Profiles for Students• Roaming Profiles for Teachers• Profiles –

– Do not save large files on the desktop.– My documents folder does not pull

over on the profile and is not backed-up.

Email• www.jefftwp.org

– Link for Staff– Web Based– Calendar– Contacts– Can be connected to Blackberry or Iphone– Do not send a file larger then 4mb. – Storage Quota – No current archive but we

do backup.

Computers• Classroom Setup• Labs

– MS/High School lab Sign-up on the High School and Middle School websites under quick links.

• Mobile labs in the middle school.• LCD Projectors• Smartboard or Intelliboards

Technology Requests• Filled out in the main office of your

school. • Bob Fleming – District Technology

Coordinator.• Rich Gherardi – Network Admin• Alex Santos – Technician (WR, Cozy and

Milton• Tom Creswick – Technician (Stanlick,

Briggs and Drummond)• Megan Banola – Technician (MS and HS

Software• Office 2003 and 2007• Inspiration• Kidspiration• MS photostory• Windows Movie Maker• Dreamweaver• Photoshop• Etc.. List will be provided.

Subscriptions• Study Island• United Streaming• Turn-it-in• Media Center Database

Subscriptions

My Website• www.jefftwp.org – District Offices –

Instructional Technology

Any Questions?Any Questions?Any Questions?Any Questions?

Web 2.0 Educating the Digital Natives

By, Doug Walker

Supervisor of Instructional TechnologyJefferson Township Public Schools

Did you know? 2.0

“Digital Native” Children

• What do they like to do?

What do we block in school?

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“When I go to school I have to power down.”

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In order to ensure we are preparing our students to have 21’st Century skills we must understand & accept these technologies.

Can they be a tool to make connections?

What variations of these tools can we use to engage students?

By digitalizing our instruction & curriculum we give students

24/7 access to learning.

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These are key skills for the 21st century student and a requirement for success in our

global society.• Creativity

• Innovation and Design

• Collaboration and Communication

Left Brain Vs. Right Brain

WEB 2.0

WEB 2.0 WIKIS

SHARING

USER GENERATED CONTENT

BLOGS

OPENNESS

SOCIAL NETWORKS

RSS/FEEDS

Podcasts

Topics for Today

• Multi-Media

• Wiki

• Social Networks

• Distance Learning and Video Conferencing

• Podcasting

• Digital Storytelling

Multi-Media

Multimedia

• Hulu - http://www.hulu.com/ - Tv Clips and shows

• Teacher Tube – www.teachertube.com

• School Tube – www.schooltube.com

• Youtube – www.youtube.com – Convert them here:

• Academic Earth – www.academicearth.org

• For a – www.fora.tv

United Streaming

• http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/

• Video clips and full movies

• Advanced Search

• My Content

• Streaming VS. Downloading

Wiki

Wiki

Wiki In Plain English

• http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=20514&title=Wikis_In_Plain_English&ref=dwalker500

Wiki

• Wikipedia: 2,700,000+ articles in English– More than 10 million in 264 languages

• Wiktionary:1,131,000+ definitions in English

• WikiQuote: 16,400+ quotations

• Wikitravel: 20,500+ destination guides

• Lyricwiki: 400,000+ song lyrics!

What is a Wiki?

• A webpage with an Edit button• Easy to use• Perfect for collaborative learning• There are different types of Wiki • We have chosen Wikispaces

Collaboration

Student & Classroom Benefits

• Builds a classroom learning community

• Facilitates Collaborative Authoring– Learning From Others– Develop a high level of critical thinking– Deepening Investigative skills.

• Exercise creativity

• Empowers students to create knowledge

• Prepares students for 21st century

Why Bring It To The Classroom?

• Posting homework

• Creating a forum for discussion with students

• Use as a writing tool for students

• Classroom discussion and debate

• Collaborate with an international classroom

• Promotes communication between students, teachers, and

external resources.

• Collaborative environment for student group projects

• Display student work

• Each page on a Wikispaces site has a “Discussion” option at top of page:

Online Discussions Using A Wiki

https://edunology.wikispaces.com/wiki

Educational Uses

• Student writing• Discussion Forum• Group Projects• Test Review• Collaborating with

another school

• Class website• Links for a project• Organize a webquest• Publish student work• Post work for student

review• Online vocabulary

words with audio

Social Network / Blog

www.ning.com

http://mrsmaxwell.ning.com

Personal Learning Network

Collaboration and Video Conferencing

Good distance teaching practices are fundamentally identical to good traditional teaching practices.

Examples of Distance Learning

• Web chats

• Real time e-mail exchanges

• Wiki

• Social Network

• Supports the teleconferencing activity or project

Global Classroom

• Two or more classrooms

• Different locations

• Common activity or project

• Agreed upon time limit

Electronic Appearances

• Subject matter expert

• Usually one time visit

• Example: Science in the Cinema

• Your Congressional Representative in Washington, D.C.

Impersonations

• Ed. Director at Monticello answers questions as Thomas Jefferson

• Older students impersonate historical figures for younger students– Biographies– Question and answer

Presentations and Exhibits

• Science Fair Projects

• Art Show

• Food Preparation

• Plays

• Singing

Information Exchanges

• Sharing interesting information

• Example: Cultural Exchange Global Grocery List

• Compares prices on a virtual shopping list

Hong Kong Exchange

• Shared packages of items depicting ourselves

• Shared video of a typical day at school

• Shared video about lunch time

• Shared packages containing snacks

• Sang songs

• Shared short skits and presentations

Database Creation

• Collecting and assembling information for future use

• Example: Multicultural Calendar

• Students around the world contribute information about holidays and celebrations

Tele-Field Trips

• NASA Space Center

• Philadelphia Art Museum

• Rutgers Stedman Art Gallery

• Liberty Science Center

• Cape May Zoo

• Ellis Island

Pooled Data Analysis

• Gathering and analyzing information

• Example: Water Analysis Project

• Students around the world analyze water content and pollution

Electronic Publishing

• Poems, stories, journals, magazines, etc. on the Internet

• Older students writing and sharing stories, poems, etc. with younger students

Parallel Problem Solving

• Problems are presented, explored and solved

• Students compare, contract, and discuss their separate problem-solving methods

Sequential Creations

• Collaboratively creating a common work

• Examples:– Sequential written text like stories or poems– Sequential acts of a play or video– Sequential music compositions– Alternative sequences or endings

• Skype in Schools. I have used Skype several times in my class. Once during Read Across America (Dr. Suess's birthday) I read a book to another class in another county and they read to us. We then used Google Earth to locate their school. It was a great experience and a virtual field trip without leaving the classroom. I love it...so do the students!!!

What is a Podcast?

• Audio or Video recording

More Detail…..

• Ipod + Broadcast = Podcast

• A podcast is a digital media file which is distributed over the Internet using syndication feeds for playback on portable media players and personal computers.

Guess What…..

Types of Podcast

• Audio

• Video

• Screencasting

21st Century Skills

– Promotes collaborative, independent, and differentiated learning.

– Authentic, real word task that is of interest to them.

– Hone students critical thinking and information literacy.

– Provide an opportunity to promote media literacy rather than compete with the popular media students consume out of school time.

Why use this technology?

– Stimulates students interest through the use of media production techniques as well as their attention and motivation.

– Facilitates small group, collaborative work so that each student can serve as a resource and amplifier for their peers learning.

– Allows for the creation of a digital portfolio that can be made available to next years teacher.

How is this any different then a tape recorder???

It’s distributed

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http://itunes.stanford.edu/

Examples

• Elementary – Audio - http://bce2.eanesisd.net/bluejay• Science - http://www.mschien.com/podcast/• Math - http://students.saugususd.org/baguemath/weblog/• Our City Podcast -

http://www.learninginhand.com/OurCity/index.html

Some Ideas

• Digital Story• Create a book talk-

book reviews and dialog focuses on literature.

• Student conducted interviews

• Record lessons

• Screencast a lesson• Student presentations• Assessment• Audio Newsletter• Old time Radio

Broadcast• Test Reviews• Foreign Language

Practice

It’s evolving

Digital Storytelling

“Tell me a fact and I'll learn.Tell me the truth and I'll believe.

But tell me a story and it will live in my heart forever.”

- Indian Proverb

Engagement with new forms of publishing

What is Digital Storytelling?Images

Graphic

Music

Sound

Voice

Video

A modern expression of the ancient art of storytelling

“Digital storytelling is a process of connection. It is a remembrance of life stories, in combination with the power of voice and imagery. Digital Storytelling allows people to connect, using technology that's relevant to the way they live today.” (Hicks & Woodburn, 2004)

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4th Grade Digital Story Project

• Pick and research a topic of interest

• Follow a rubric/guidelines

• Data/research template

• Store shared drive

• Store images

• Store music

• Edit project

Elementary Example: Science Animal Unit Project

• Pick animal to research

• Use project outline

• Gather research

• List works cited

• Save images

• Save audio

Elementary Example- Important Parts

• Record story using appropriate software

• Narration templates- write research

• Guidelines

• Rubric

Students in technology rich environments showed increased and positive effects of achievement and students’ attitudes toward learning had improved. (Milken Foundation, 1999)

https://edunology.wikispaces.com/Digital_Storytelling

Examples

• http://www.bedminsterschool.org/70327062145616/cwp/view.asp?A=3&Q=297797&C=55622

• http://www.hillsdaleschools.com/535711012173814/podcasts/browse.asp?A=399&BMDRN=2000&BCOB=0&C=53663

Any Questions?