presentation for international school of singapore faculty

The Role of Technology in SchoolsLucy GrayThe University of ChicagoUrban Education [email protected]

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mailto:[email protected]


Hello!

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The Context

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The 21st Century Student

New Connections

Connected Individuals

New Communities

Virtual Communities

New Content

Collaborative Communities

Connected in innovative and new ways

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Millennials Want to Learn…

With technologyWith one anotherOnlineIn their timeIn their placeDoing things that matter

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Transformational LearningClassrooms are using technologies that are:

PersonalPowerfulPervasive

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BlogsWikisPodcastsPhotosharingChatVideoGoogle Tools

Social NetworksSimulationsVirtual Reality

Tools

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Blogsindividual web-based journals

Types Examples

Teacher/Admin

Student

Professional Development

Cool Cat Teacher Blog

From the Principal’s

Desk

The MUS Lower School

Blog

Newly Ancient Consumer Math Class

Collaboration Nation

Weblogged ITM Dangerously Irrelevant

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http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/




http://principalblogs.typepad.com/






http://musowls.blogs.com/lowerschool/






http://myfla.ws/

http://myfla.ws/

http://cm20sf07.blogspot.com/




http://pbogush.edublogs.org/




http://weblogg-ed.com/

http://weblogg-ed.com/

http://www.infinitethinking.org/

http://www.infinitethinking.org/

http://www.dangerouslyirrelevant.org/




Type Examples

Teacher/Admin

Student

Professional Development

Educational Wikis

AWNMLiveblogging

50 Ways to Tell A Story

6th Grade CS Flat Classroom Global Collaborations

Digital Native Wiki

Alabama Best PracticeCenter

School Computing

Wiki

Wikiscollaborative web pages

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http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/




http://karlfisch.wikispaces.com/AWNMLiveBlogging




http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/50+Ways




https://computerscience.wikispaces.com/

https://computerscience.wikispaces.com/

http://flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com/

http://flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com/

http://globalcollaborations.wikispaces.com/




http://www.digitalnative.org/Main_Page




http://abpc.wikispaces.com/






http://schoolcomputing.wikia.com/wiki/School_Computing_Home_Page






Media Sharingweb-based tools for organizing & publishing

Tools Examples

iTunes

Flickr

YouTube

VoiceThread

iTunes U Coulee Kids Room 208

Map of Migrations

Best Word Book Ever

Merode Altarpiece

Did You Know? TEDTalks Women in Art

Poems by Ms. Gross’s

Students

Knuffle Bunny Stories

K-20 Educators Exploring SL

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http://www.apple.com/education/itunesu/

http://www.apple.com/education/itunesu/

http://www.sdlax.net/longfellow/sc/ck/index.htm

http://www.sdlax.net/longfellow/sc/ck/index.htm

http://www.apple.com/education/profiles/wells/

http://www.apple.com/education/profiles/wells/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/youthlab07/1935905475/




http://www.flickr.com/photos/kokogiak/66087367/in/set-1425737/




http://flickr.com/photos/ha112/901660/




http://youtube.com/watch?v=iG9CE55wbtY

http://youtube.com/watch?v=iG9CE55wbtY

http://youtube.com/watch?v=nUDIoN-_Hxs

http://youtube.com/watch?v=nUDIoN-_Hxs

http://voicethread.com/share/20303/










http://voicethread.com/?%23u2331




Googleonline collaborative software

Tools Examples

Google Earth

Docs & Spreadsheets

Custom Search

Summer Tomatoes

Teacher Project

Google Lit Trips

Scavenger Hunt

Palo Alto High School

Alex Ragone’s Skype Preso

Mrs. Gray’s Sites

Elementary Language Arts Global Voices

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http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showflat.php?Cat=0&Board=EducationEducators&Number=740005&fpart=&PHPSESSID=




http://www.googlelittrips.com/




http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dfzj36ng_294htgfd6




http://www.google.com/educators/learning_materials/necc_docs_spreadsheets.pdf




http://www.ragonefamily.net/aims/AIMS_Presentation.html




http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=009322589025648193163%253Axvlyfpfjkv0




http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=006570007225670182132%253Agf-s9w0wwpg




http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=007428522693030678892%253Asqmn7dng4ns

http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=007428522693030678892%253Asqmn7dng4ns

Beyond Our Imaginationsimmersive technologies

Groups in Second Life

ISTE Discovery Education

Second Life Teen Grid

Skoolaborate Global Kids

Quest AtlantisThe River City Project

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http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Membership/Member_Networking/ISTE_Second_Life.htm

http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Membership/Member_Networking/ISTE_Second_Life.htm

http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/secondlife/




http://skoolaborate.com/

http://skoolaborate.com/

http://holymeatballs.org/second_life/

http://holymeatballs.org/second_life/

http://atlantis.crlt.indiana.edu/

http://atlantis.crlt.indiana.edu/

http://muve.gse.harvard.edu/rivercityproject/




Participatory Pedagogyother programs and projects

Digital Youth NetworkScience Leadership AcademyGeneration YESFlat Classroom ProjectMoLLIEThe School at Columbia

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http://www.stevehargadon.com/2007/01/interview-with-science-leadership.html

http://www.stevehargadon.com/2007/01/interview-with-science-leadership.html

http://genyes.com/

http://genyes.com/

http://www.iste.org/content/navigationmenu/membership/sigs/sig_newsletter/archives/20072/october/interview.htm

http://www.iste.org/content/navigationmenu/membership/sigs/sig_newsletter/archives/20072/october/interview.htm

http://grcmc.org/education/mollie.php

http://grcmc.org/education/mollie.php



Advicemake a plan

Develop a work flow for your students and staff.Utilize a network of other professionals.Know your curriculum.Focus on professional development.

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Network ResourcesGlobal Education Collaborative NingClassroom 2.0 NingLaptop Learning NingISED NingISED-L listserv Twitter

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http://globaleducation.ning.com


http://www.classroom20.com/

http://www.classroom20.com/

http://laptoplearning.ning.com/

http://laptoplearning.ning.com/

http://isenet.ning.com/

http://isenet.ning.com/

http://www.milton.edu/ISED-L/

http://www.milton.edu/ISED-L/

http://twitter.com/home

http://twitter.com/home

ExamplesThe Apiary wiki

Mr. Cook’s Wikispaces

Karl Fisch’s AWNM Liveblogging Project

KF’s Constructivist Teaching with Technology

Thousand and One Flat World Tales

Michelle Bourgeois’ Digital Learning Summer Institute

MB’s Camp DoDifferent

Apple Learning Interchange

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http://theapiary.wikispaces.com/

http://theapiary.wikispaces.com/

http://sciencefusion.wikispaces.com/

http://sciencefusion.wikispaces.com/



http://www.lps.k12.co.us/schools/arapahoe/21c/21c.htm

http://www.lps.k12.co.us/schools/arapahoe/21c/21c.htm

http://burell9english.wikispaces.com/

http://burell9english.wikispaces.com/

http://dlsi.wetpaint.com/

http://dlsi.wetpaint.com/

http://docs.google.com/View?docid=ajhd9dmwc2zs_8dvhkrb

http://docs.google.com/View?docid=ajhd9dmwc2zs_8dvhkrb

http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/

http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/

“... if we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow.”

-John Dewey

A Final Thought 18

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