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Sharp Elementary and the 21st Century Classroom
A Vision of Our Today
It’s the law. . .
Technology Literacy in TexasTo assist every student in crossing the digital divide
–Every student required to be technology literate –Assessed in 8th grade –Regardless of the student's SES
No Child Left Behind, Title II, Part D
Title II Part D (NCLB))• TEKS – all subject areas should include
technology integration– describe how technology helps accomplish specific
tasks– start and exit programs as well as create, name, and
save files – use proper keyboarding techniques such as correct
hand and body positions and smooth and rhythmic keystroke patterns as grade-level appropriate
– produce documents at the keyboard, proofread, and correct errors
– apply keyword searches to acquire information– select appropriate strategies to navigate and
access information for research and resource sharing
– determine the usefulness and appropriateness of digital information
– use software programs with audio, video, and graphics to enhance learning experiences; and
– publish information in a variety of media including, but not limited to, stored files or video
Sharp Integration Vision
• Defining technology integration• Student-centered learning• Effective technology integration• Examples or non-examples• Cloud computing• Why bother?• Contact information
Pencil Integration
Pencil Integration• Students:
– Communicating ideas about learning
– Collaborating with other students
– Assisting in learning content– Making appropriate choices
about the tool(s) to use based on preferences, comfort zone, purpose
– Being engaged in learning
Technology
Pencil Integration• Pencil usage
– Real-world; authentic– Driven by the curriculum– Used for assessment– Ubiquitous - everywhere– Meets needs of diverse
learners – Equally accessible to everyone– Invisible/transparent
Technology
CollaborateCommunicate
GenerateContent
What is effective TI? • Active engagement• Authentic• Collaborative• Challenging• Performance-based
-- Proficiency in 21st Century skills
Example or non-exampleIntegration or Usage?
• Using WebAchiever to identify students’ proficiency in math
• Showing students movies from United Streaming• Researching the Internet for primary documents
to post a topic on WikiPedia• Using a SmartBoard to show a PPT
demonstration about factoring in math• Creating a public service announcement for the
Rotary club using Movie Maker
• Using a document camera to read a story to the students
• Using a scanner to import family photos into a presentation on family trees
• Using GPS to learn about latitude and longitude• Using spreadsheet to type in a personal budget
from textbook• Using probeware to analyze temperatures in a
science class
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And when the thrill is gone?
Technology Integration Is Not:• Taking students to the computer lab once a
week for 40 minutes.• Using the computer as an electronic
worksheet.• Using the computer as a reward station for
students who are finished with their other assignments.
Technology Integration Is Not:
• Accelerated Reader, Math Blaster, WebAchiever.
• Every student typing one PowerPoint a year, no matter what!
• What the teacher is doing with the technology.
Now, you!
• Provide two examples of integration:
• Provide two non-examples:
Endless possibilities?
Google Apps
YouTube/Edu
PBworks
Glogster
Blogger
Diigo
ooVoo
Flickr
Earth
Technology Integration Question
Why hasn’t technology been fully integrated into the classroom today?
Technology Integration Has Failed Technology Integration Has Failed Because:Because:
Why bother?
Research based evidence…• Research suggests technology integration– positively affects
• student achievement• academic performance• content area learning• higher-order thinking • problem solving skills, and• prepares students for 21st century
– Retrieved from http://www.edutopia.org/teaching-module-technology-integration-why
We must prepare learners for their future, not for our past.
-- David Thornburg
• A vision of K-12 Students
21st Century Skills
• Personal and social responsibility• Planning, critical thinking, reasoning,
and creativity• Strong communication skills• Cross-cultural understanding• Visualizing and decision-making• Knowing how & when to use
technology
Technology integration is the use of technology resources - computers, digital cameras, CD-ROMs, software applications, the Internet, etc. – in the daily practices of a classroom and in the management of a school. It is the transparent use of these tools that demonstrates integration. It is when the use of technology is routine. Technology integration is when a child or a teacher doesn’t stop to think that he or she is using a computer or researching via the Internet.
-- from http://www.edutopia.org/teaching-module-technology-integration-what
Steps to Integration
• Begin with the end in mind. – How will learning be different? – How will teaching be different?
• Technology is only a tool – not in addition to, but instead of!
• But, most importantly:
• Attend TST trainings!
