technology new fronteirs
DESCRIPTION
Living in today's digital age provides a wealth of learning opportunities and a wide range of communication possibilities. Along with its many benefits, the World Wide Web poses real challenges to even the most informed user. This session will explore strategies to help students become powerful “infosumers” that can find, decode, analyze, and effectively use information from the web in powerful and productive ways.TRANSCRIPT
Exploring New Frontiers:Exploring New Frontiers:How Technology ChangesHow Technology Changesthe Way We Do Businessthe Way We Do Business
•Labor MarketLabor Market•DemographicsDemographics•WorkforceWorkforce•Skills SetSkills Set
2121stst Century World Century World
• Technology Technology Improves EducationImproves Education
• 2121stst Century Century Teachers Need to be Teachers Need to be Tech-SavvyTech-Savvy
• Today’s Students are Today’s Students are Digital LiterateDigital Literate
Digital Natives?Digital Natives?
Technology Digital LiteracyTechnology Digital Literacy
They Still They Still Need Us!!Need Us!!
How can We How can We BE the BE the
Resource?Resource?
Get Comfy
Build on Strengths
Give them Tools
Step One – Tech Comfy
Step Two – Generation “C”
Collaborator
Co-Creator
Connector
Step 3 - Toolbox
CriteriaCriteria
Saves timeSaves time
Impacts teaching & learningImpacts teaching & learning
FREE!FREE!
You already…You already…
• Read/Tell Stories
• Engage in Conversations
• Share Knowledge
Talk
View
Listen
Go Digital
Story Telling
25
ConversationsConversations
Podcast
S o m e o f M y F a v o r it e T h in g s …S o m e o f M y F a v o r it e T h in g s …
Technology Improves Technology Improves EducationEducation
2121stst Century Teachers Need Century Teachers Need to be Tech-Savvyto be Tech-Savvy
Today’s Students are Digital Today’s Students are Digital LiterateLiterate