role of the teacher in cyberworld of students
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The role of teachers In the Cyberworld of students
Ms. Kiran Budhrani Instructional Designer / Author
June 8, 2011
IN HIGH SCHOOL
IN ELEMENTARY
How a student learns is not entirely dependent on the student alone.
Students perform depending on
what is expected of them by the teacher.
YOU are a major influence
Rethink
WHAT and HOW we teach
Advances in technology, information, and communication,
have changed the way learning and instruction
are carried out.
The Internet broke through and
changed everything
Students today are doing things differently from those 20 years ago
Educators are faced
with even more CHALLENGES than the last century
CENTURY 21st
Handwriting Typing
Post-It Spiral Notebooks
Highlighting Filing
Paper-based culture
TEXT
Screen-Based culture
E-mail Webcams
Blogging Gaming
Googling Streaming
Chatting Social Friends
TEXT +
NON TEXT
How we acquire information We are
V isual 70% of the time,
we put effort on
SEEING
USE multiple representations beyond the textbook
Print Images Animation Videos
Audio Internet Wikis, Blogs Chat
Generation I don’t know… but I can find out!
13 HOURS Worth of video is uploaded in YouTube every MINUTE
412.3 YEARS To take to view them all
1,000,000,000 materials, links, etc. shared every week
5,000,000,000 minutes spent in facebook every day
98M Population
98M Population
NEW SOURCES
Facts
• Students use technology and they LIKE it
• Students use technology differently from their teachers
• Students like to learn from different modes, different people, different sources
Technology Changes Everything
• How we define literacy
• How we communicate
• Our role as teachers
• Where learning takes place
• How learning takes place
The Role of the Teacher MUST CHANGE
Join Them! There’s no other way…
Factual Change
• Teachers use technology and must LIKE it
• Students use technology similar to their teachers
• Teachers should learn from different modes, different people, different sources
i Am Present
i Search
i Share
i Collaborate
i Create
i Protect
• Do not limit yourself to the classroom
• 24/7 teacher
• Be visible in the Cyberworld
• Use what students use
– Information Technologies
– Websites
– Social Networks
i Am Present
• Do not limit yourself to the textbook
• Find content online
– Pictures, videos, animations
– Blogs, wikis, articles
• Collect content that is relevant, useful, interesting, cool, fun, new
i Search
http://visual.merriam-webster.com/
http://www.flickr.com
http://www.ehow.com/
http://www.physicscentral.com/
http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/
Yenka
http://virtual.itg.uiuc.edu/
http://chemtoolbox.free.fr/uk/screenshot.php
http://www.teachertube.com
http://www.youtube.com
“Build Your Toolbox”
Online Resources Digital Media
• Provide a good reference list to students
• Share with colleagues and peers
• Learn from your students as well
i Share
www.delicious.com
• Provide a good reference list to students
• Make the connections among the different information available online
• CONNECTIVISM principle
i Share
LINK RESOURCES BY TOPIC AREAS
Example: The SUPERMOON - multiple sources
• Form a network with colleagues
• Form a new relationship with the students -- online facilitator
i Collaborate
• Asynchronous
– E-groups
– Online activities in groups
– Message boards / forum
– Social Networks
• Synchronous
– Online conversations (chats)
i Collaborate
• Once you are ready, create your own materials
– Blog / Wiki Articles
– Videos
– Audio Podcasts
i Create
• New paradigm of sharing your knowledge, information, and materials for FREE
– File Sharing
– Group Access
i Create
• Intellectual Property
– You, your students, others
• Cybercrime
– Spam
– Fraud
– Obscene or offensive content
– Harassment
i Protect
21st Century Instructional Factors
Learner Teacher Classroom Curriculum
i Am Present
i Search
i Share
i Collaborate
i Create
i Protect
Curriculum Goals
• Integrate technology
• Project-based learning activities
• Performance-based assessment
– Beyond testing
– Use rubrics
Project Based Activities
• Design activities that students like to do
– Listen to lecture
– Watch a video
– Teach each other (presentations, videos)
– Create slide shows
– Tell stories (words, photos)
All this media
talads to
WW TEACHERS!
BECOME
Thank You! Contact me:
k iranbudhrani@gmail .com TWITTER: kiranbudhrani BLOG: cybersmartguide.wordpress.com