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Teacher and TechnologyCourse Summary
EDUB 1990 Winter 2013
Dr. R Redekopp
So what's really important?
You as a learner/teacher
You as a teacher/performer
Tech as a helper to understanding - RWL
Tech as a gift to those who don't express themselves well in writing
Meta-Teach-Nition
What to do when there is nothing else to do:• Watch – especially people who are not like you
• Listen – especially to people who are not like you
• Learn - that others are different and you need to understand
It’s not about YOU
It is about:• Mainly your students and their learning• Making your work easier and/or more interesting
• In other words – pedagogy and policy• AND you don’t need to know everything!!
Your Turn
Tell 3 or 4 people near you:
• One or two of the things you seen in the lab or the presentations that you are most likely to use.
The Way We Were
One computer, many students
The Way We Are
One computer per student
The Way We Will be
Near Future – Many computers per student
How hard is this going to be?
• Very – if you need to know and control everything.
• Moderate – because you have to set some things up initially (web space, RWLs, collecting assignments, easing into new ways of marking, etc)
• Manageable - once you have used things a few times and make things work for you.
Terminology You Should Know
Terminology
For quick overviews try the 7 Things You Should Know series from Educause on • twitter, clickers, online editing, e-Readers, presentation tools …
Your Turn
Tell 3 or 4 people near you:
• Your current ‘tech’ comfort level compared to where you were. What have you tried this term?
•The next tech you would like to try
Why are we doing this?
If education is:
• Content/info• Socialization• Process (how to learn/direction of learning)• Safety (babysitting)
How does technology enhance these?
Why are we doing this?
• How do we sort the HYPE from the real goals?
• Where is the good research? What does it really say?
• What kinds of learning benefit?
• What does brain research say?
The Brain argument
• Left brain – logical, rational, analytical, look at parts
The Brain argument
• Left brain – logical, rational, analytical, look at parts
The content argument
• Facts, formulae, dates, computations, maps, timelines, body parts, recipes …
The content argument
• Facts, formulae, dates, computations, maps, timelines, body parts, recipes …
The ‘engagement’ argument
• Is it enough to just have cool tools? • Is engagement that simple?• What happened with TV, film, filmstrips, whiteboards, coloured chalk, laser discs ???
• Is infusion the answer? (Apologies to LwICT)
Your Turn
Tell 3 or 4 people near you:
•Are you more ‘right’ or ‘left’ brained
•How do you best remember things? Memory, paper, audio, apps, email?
So what are we really getting?
Consider the tech bias:• White, western, middle class, male, efficient, discrete parts, speed …
• Are the Amish right (fewer choices are better)? Where has this taken us?
• Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes - The Joy of Stats - BBC Four
•http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbkSRLYSojo
Your Turn
Tell 3 or 4 people near your biggest concerns/needs about technology and your classroom
And what comes with it?
• Cyber-bullying• Identity theft• Too much info• Bad info• Disconnectedness (while over connected)
But don’t be discouraged
There are some huge benefits to using technology - especially for those who don't fit into the system!
We need to consider the best ways to use and adopt these technologies – that’s where the fun lies.
We will need to give up some control – the info is now out there for all, just like Gutenberg opened up the Bible to the public (using a wine press!).
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