singapore learning institute keynote
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Here are slides used in my mini-keynote preso via iChat AV to the Singapore Learning Institute.TRANSCRIPT
The Role of Technology in Schools
Singapore Learning InstituteLucy GrayCenter for Urban School ImprovementThe University of Chicago
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Greetings! 2
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The Context
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+ The Connected Student
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A World is FlatWe can no longer compete in the global marketplace as in the past. Outsourcing is the economical choice of corporations.Ingenuity and creativity will be valued in tomorrow’s workforce.Most of the jobs our students will have do not exist today.
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A Whole New MindDesign – creative, engaging, beautifulStory – high-concept, high-touchSymphony – synthesis, big-pictureEmpathy – relationshipsPlay – games, humor, but still serious
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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 7
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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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BlogsWikisPodcastsPhotosharingChatVideo
Google ToolsSocial NetworksSimulationsVirtual Reality
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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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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 13
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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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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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Beyond Our ImaginationsOther technologies
Groups in Second Life
ISTE Discovery Education
Second Life Teen Grid
Skoolaborate Global Kids
Quest AtlantisThe River City Project
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Participatory PedagogyMisc. Programs
Digital Youth NetworkScience Leadership AcademyGeneration YESFlat Classroom ProjectMoLLIEThe School at Columbia
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“... if we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow.”
-John Dewey
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Find me on ....Gmail: [email protected]
School: http://www.usi-schools.org/nkoelem/
Skype: elemenous
AIM: elemenous
Blog: http://lucygray.org
The Global Education Collaborative:
http://globaleducation.ning.com
Classroom 2.0
http://classroom20.ning.com
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