[The 2008 Horizon Report from educause.org, highlights technologies that the underlying research suggests will become very important to K-12 and higher education over the next one to five years. The main focus of the discussion of each technology is its relevance for teaching, learning, and creative expression. This afternoon we will take some time to read and respond to the summary and to the Grassroots Video sections. (Please save the document, we will be using it again in our next session…)
After reading the article and visiting some of the links, think about the recent advances in this type of technology and write about possible uses in school in the near future.
After viewing the Did You Know presentation. Write a response to the video and discuss if you believe the information shared in the presentation has any relevance to teaching and education?
Google Earth is an interactive map and atlas that teachers are using as a tool in all kinds of interesting curricular applications. This morning we will spend time learning about Google Earth and how to use it. We will also spend some time exploring how teachers have adapted this tool for classroom use….
In the article, Tools for the Mind, the author, Mary Burns discusses how even with the vast potential of technology, for the most part schools are using computers primarily to teach low-level skills. After reading the article, discuss why you think this is the case and what needs to be done to move schools to more creative uses of technology.
A wiki can best be described as a collaborative work space. This video from Common Craft does a nice job of explaining how they work.
NETS: The National Education Technology Standards are a series of standards developed by ISTE that set the stage for what students, teachers and administrators should be able to do with technology in the classroom. Please read over the standards for students and write a response. In your response please consider how you believe the standards are currently being implemented in your situation and consider the appropriateness of the standards in our classrooms…
Gin, Television, and Social Surplus – Here Comes Everybody:
Clay Shirky gave a talk at the Web 2.0 conference. He discusses the social surplus that for the last 50 years has been consumed by television watching and is now being used by people to create, share and interact using technology. His arguments about “finding time” are something to think about as we work with our colleagues who are constantly asking that same question…
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