EdTech Teachers’ MeetingEdTech Teachers’ MeetingThursday, March 6, 2008

GoalsGoals

To continue to develop the role of EdTech Teachers in Prairie Valley

To increase knowledge about visual literacy

To experience video production activities in a classroom-like setting

To use a variety of hardware and software to produce videos

Agenda Agenda

9:00 – 10:00 10:45 – 11:30 11:30 – 12:00 12:00 – 12:45 12:45 – 1:00 1:00 – 3:00 3:00 – 3:30

Teaching and Learning in the 21st CenturySample Movie Maker LessonAfternoon PreparationsLunchEdTech AnnouncementsVideo Editing ProjectsConclusion

HousekeepingHousekeeping

Bathrooms, Breaks, LunchMileage FormsWireless InternetExtra Software

Teaching and Learning Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century

ConvergenceConvergence

ChangeChange

Conceptual Age

Meaning makersSynthesizers

Creators

The Goals of EducationThe Goals of Education

Industrial Age

Factory Workers

Information Age

Knowledge workersAnalytical reasoners

Problem-solvers

Agricultural Age

Farmers

Education MythEducation Myth

or Educational Reality?or Educational Reality?

Educational PossibilitiesEducational Possibilities

Design CharacteristicsDesign Characteristics

Effective teaching and learningenvironments are:

– community centred– learner centred – assessment centred– knowledge centred

Bloom’s New TaxonomyBloom’s New Taxonomy

Now to YouNow to You

1. In our field, what do we need to start doing, stop doing, or change doing to make way for 21st century learning?

2. In what practical ways can you achieve this in your personal context?

Ancient Take on Visual LearningAncient Take on Visual Learning

“I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand.”

Confucius

Modern Take on Visual LearningModern Take on Visual Learning

Screenagers– Video Games– Images– Graphics– Colour

Video Production = Video Production = NextGen MultimediaNextGen Multimedia

From Consumers to ProducersFrom Consumers to Producers

Retention relies upon– making connections– integrating prior knowledge

and experience– engaging in differentiated

learning opportunities– receiving feedback and

reinforcement

EdTech Initiatives UpdateEdTech Initiatives Update

Innovation Grants PD Academy Rollouts TechQuest scheduling eJournalism VC project Distance Ed Online Subscriptions