Ed 633 Persuasive Powerpoint Presentation

Student Achievement› How can we improve it?

Resistance to Technology› Why me? Why now?

Collaboration and Coordination› What will it take?

Teaching Today’s Students› Who are our students today?

How has No Child Left Behind changed our idea of technology?

Things to think about…

Individual Learning StylesPatterns in TeachingStudent-centered instructionWhere to find support

Hannafin, R. D. and Savenye, W. C. (1993). Technology in the classroom: The teacher’s new role and resistance to it. Bountiful, Utah: Educational Technology.

Why me? Why now?

Our WORLD isn’t the same place it used to be!!!

Information Technology is our middle name…

Where would we be without technology?› Assessment› Evaluation› Instructional design & curriculum (Hannafin & Savenye,

1993)

› What do we want all students to know and be able to do?

› How will we respond when students already know it?

› How will we know if they have learned it?

› How will we respond when students do not learn?

Adopted from the Fargo Public School Employee Portal Website: http://www.fargo.k12.nd.us

Technology Timeline

ELL TECHNOLOGY

Estoque, C. M.  (2010). The effectiveness of tele collaborative learning activities on students’ performance in English. Kent, Ohio:  Journal of the Research of Educational Technology.

Who are our students?

Special Education Students

English Language Learners

Gifted and Talented Students

Average Learners

Intrapersonal Learners

Bodily-Kinesthetic Learners

Logical Learners

Musical Learners

Hands on Learners

Sequential Learners

How can we improve it?› Technology + Teaching=Motivated Students

Why me? Why now?› WE=Teachers of the

future What will it take?

› Hard work› Determination› Planning and support

Who are our students today?› Melting pot of learners