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Presents 5 ideas on how to "integrate" technology into instruction.
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What you should be doing (now) to integrate the Tools
of Technology intoyour Teaching
J o h n G . H e n d r o nG o o c h l a n d C o u n t y
Buzzword 1:integration
combinemerge
unite
fuseconsolidate
unify
homogenize
Change the way you teach.Change the way students learn.
“Integration” means…
Change is difficult.
Buzzword 2:access
Buzzword 3:Accountability
I want to know this is going to work.
I want effective solutions for teaching.
Buzzword(s) 4:Connected Learning
Too many times,what’s done on a computer is
inauthentic.
Quality learning must connectto the real world to make a lasting impression
on the lives of learning children.
Buzzword 5:Enhance
[Instruction]
Will technology enhance what I’m already doing?
What’s the value of enhancement?
supplement
augmentimprove
complement
intensifyimprove quality
My Five
Classroom Blogging
Research and Problem Solving
Let Me See It
Let Us Collect
Practice Makes Perfect
ClassroomBlogging
This is easy to do—for students, and for teachers.
Students become publishers.
With RSS, blogs are easy to handle administratively.
Blogging is at once social but also fosters introspection and self-evaluation.
Research &Problem-Solving
The future is content that is imperfect that requires scrutiny... so—
Teach students skills in information literacy by conducting research online +
Use the power of collective intelligence that the Internet provides.
Have students construct their own new knowledge by finding it.
Use technology (hardware + software) as one or more tools to solve problems, answer questions, or enlighten perspectives.
Let Me See It
Digital photography, and
stock photo sources make
finding visual media easier
than ever before in the history
of humankind.
It takes longer than writing words,
but we are visual animals,
and many of our students learn
well visually.
So...Let’s Tell a
Story
What do you know about me?
What do you know about Goochland High School?
Are images coming to mind? Or only what I talked about?
Let Us Collect
Where do we put Information?
Do you forget things? (I do)
What would happen if we cataloged, or collected our knowledge, so we could browse it later?
What’s the Idea?
Use technology to help students provide their own scaffolding by collecting and organizing the products of their knowledge.
Databases, wikis, blogs, digital portfolios
Practice Makes Perfect
Is drill and practice software effective?
What do others say?
Is most effective when:
it’s targeted for students who require practice, but who are also self-motivated
the software provides feedback
connections are made by the teacher for the student from the software to the real world
Drill & Practice
ConclusionsWhereWe Are
in2005-2006
Integration
National, State, and Local Mandates
Access
Change!—Professional Development
Effectiveness of Technology
Which Strategies?
Something easy
Something that accommodates access issues
Something that is based in sound educational/pedagogical theory
Something that targets discovery, constructivist learning, and higher-order Blooms
5 Strategies
Classroom Blogging
Research and Problem-Solving
Let Me See It
Let Us Collect
Practice Makes... Perfect
Thanks!John G. Hendron
www.johnhendron.net
Goochland CountyPublic Schools
www.glnd.k12.va.us