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Why StaffDevelopment?
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Goal of Staff Development?
Change beliefs and behavior
Best professional development ≠ outside expert
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My Educational Beliefs We are all human beings Learn best with high level of
engagement Must build on prior experiences /
knowledge (scaffold) Learning is fundamentally social Learning should be fun!
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Theories About Technology Integration
Don’t need technology to be a great teacher
Gradual, Individual Process Early & Late Adopters, those in
between Procedural / Navigational Learners Most technology SD is ineffective
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Today I Want to Model
My educational philosophy Use of Multimedia Constructivist Learning Environment Data Driven Decisionmaking “Infomation” as well as “Automation” Use of humor & curiosity to open the door
to learning
Can You Relate?
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Goals Today:1. Dispel Myths2. Share Top
Integration Tips3. Afternoon plans?
Dispel Myths
“I'm not young enough to know everything.”
J. M. BarrieSource: Little Zen Companion, Schiller.
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Myth 1: Technology Literacy is Optional
http://www.sandi.net/carson/tech.htm
Required by law “Fast paced, nonlinguistic,
and visually distracting television may have literally changed childrens’ minds making sustained attention to verbal input, such as reading or listening, far less appealing than faster-paced visual stimuli.” (Jane Healy, Failure to Connect)
Digital Divide
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Myth 2: There are “dumb” Technology
Questions
http://www.becquet.com/cmi/add.htm
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Myth 3: Kids are Naturally Tech-Literate
Adults can feel threatened by new technologies
Tendency is to turn it all over to kids Don Tapscott’s perspective on N-Gen “idea of a ‘naturally’ computer literate
child is more of a social construct than an empirical reality” (Healy, Failure to Connect, p. 21)
Main distinction: lack of fear
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Myth 4: No Time for Project-Based Learning
http://192.225.33.10/instruction/mar98/18seconds.html
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Myth 5: I Can’t Do This!
http://cgi.datamade.com/kohlerandsons/quality.html
Top Integration Tips
“It’s philosophy, not technology, that is going to make a difference in your
classroom.”Dr Allen Glenn, Dean of COE, Univ of
Washington
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Tip 1: File Saving Basics
http://www.emeraldesigns.com/intro1.htm
Vocabulary: Path Start of the lesson! 2 Decisions to
make! Name? Location?
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Tip 2: Use Templates
http://aelvis.ael.org/rel/quilt/mchado7.htm
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Tip 3: Start Small - Focus on Your Teaching
Passion
http://edtech.db.erau.edu/courses/cs/moorhead/cs117/class.homepage.html
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Tip 4: Content First!(Then Bells and
Whistles)
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Tip 5: Assess the Process, Not just the
Final Product
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/779/gov/federal.html
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21st Century Literacy Skills
Access and Validate Information
Synthesize Problem
Solving
Group Collaboration
Team Leadership
Oral and Written Communication
Reasoned Risk Taking
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Contact and AccessInformation:
Wesley Fryer: [email protected]
All content from this presentation: www.wtvi.com/teks/tools