This document summarizes a presentation about leveraging emerging technologies for teaching and learning. It discusses how students are digital natives and engaged by new technologies. It promotes using tools like social media, mobile devices, and online content to enhance learning and developing 21st century skills. However, it cautions that the tools are not the focus, but rather how they can facilitate creative, authentic, and collaborative learning experiences.
1. The New 3 E’s of Education Leveraging Emerging Technologies for Teaching & Learning Alternative Education, Dropout Prevention, and Summer School Professional Development Meeting Thursday, September 1, 2011 Joquetta Johnson Library Media Specialist Pikesville HS
8. About Speak Up National Initiative of Project Tomorrow, the nations leading educational nonprofit organization dedicated to the empowerment of student voices in education
9. …students to reach their potential through increased access to educational resources and experts that extend learning beyond the capacities or limitations of their school or community Source: http://www.tomorrow.org/speakup/pdfs/SU10_3EofEducation%28Students%29.pdf
10. …students in rich, compelling learning experiences that develop deeper knowledge and skill development especially the problem-solving, creativity and critical thinking skills so highly desired for our world today Source: http://www.tomorrow.org/speakup/pdfs/SU10_3EofEducation%28Students%29.pdf
11. …students to take responsibility for their own educational destinies and to explore knowledge with an unfettered curiosity, thus creating a new generation of life long learners. Source: http://www.tomorrow.org/speakup/pdfs/SU10_3EofEducation%28Students%29.pdf
23. To better understand the reality of how well schools are currently leveraging technology to enhance learning…each of the stakeholder groups (students, parents and educators) were asked this simple but pointed question… http://www.flickr.com/photos/colinkinner/2200500024
24. Is your school doing a good job of using technology to enhance learning and/or student achievement? http://www.flickr.com/photos/langwitches/4511930995
25. The results are unsettling, especially at the high school level… 74 % of high school teachers, 72 % of high school principals 62% of parents of high school aged children said yes to that question…
32. Reading is a foundational skill for learning, personal growth, and enjoyment. The degree to which students can read and understand text in all formats (e.g., picture, video, print) and all contexts is a key indicator to success in school and in life. As a lifelong learning skill, reading goes beyond decodingand comprehension to interpretationand development of new understandings. http://www.morguefile.com/archive/display/137704 Standards for the 21st Century Learner
41. Adolescents have been called "digital natives," but data suggests that they are both comfortable with new technologies, and yet not always as technically savvy as we collectively believe them to be. http://pewinternet.org/topics/Teens.aspx
42. BENEFITS Creativity Authentic Learning Collaboration 24/7 Access Global Audience Innovation Critical Thinking Supports 21st Century Skills Global Awareness Communication When Kids Are Engaged… They Learn Better
52. One in three teens sends more than 100 text messages a day, or 3000 texts a month. http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/Teens-and-Mobile-Phones/Summary-of-findings.aspx
57. "Schools need to think how powerful it could be as a learning tool [social media] to bring that engagement outside the classroom into the classroom…you insert a simple tool that allows students to connect with each other or their peers in other schools and countries whenever they want, you just see kids' faces light up. That's what we saw in a class where our kids were talking to students in Iowa." Chris Lehmann, principal of the Science Leadership Academy (SLA) in Philadelphia http://www.technewsdaily.com/teachers-embracing-social-media-in-the-classroom-0509/
62. If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. Abraham Maslow
63. We must educate the students we have, not the student we used to have, nor the student we wished we had. We must adapt to today's student, not them adapting to us. We must adapt to their world of today's 21st century technology. We cannot teach like we've taught forever anymore. We must change ourselves to adapt to their world.They are hyper-communicators and must "power down" just to go to school. http://teacherlingo.com/blogs/sharingtechnology/archive/2008/02/23/using-youtube-in-the-classroom.aspx
64. We shouldn't expect "out of the box" thinking when we only employ "in the box" teaching. Tom Whitby
67. Joquetta “The Digital Diva” Johnson Library Media Specialist Pikesville High School 410-887-1231 jjohnson@bcps.org www.pikesvillehslibrary.pbworks.com www.joquettajohnson.com www.twitter.com/accordin2jo http://www.slideshare.net/accordin2jo/ http://www.youtube.com/accordin2jo http://www.diigo.com/joquettajohnson @accordin2jo
68. Image Attributions Globe with Mice http://tiny.cc/3ha7c Social Media Classroom http://tiny.cc/v2ol4 Bored Students http://tiny.cc/lla7u Classroom http://tiny.cc/0xjiry29z4 Texting http://tiny.cc/5cy4v Digital Footprint http://tiny.cc/grhq5 Naysayer http://tiny.cc/b2hu4 Globe http://tiny.cc/5z1s6 Twitter http://tiny.cc/veeo8 Hand http://tiny.cc/hk59tvp9v5 Kids with Handheld Devices http://tiny.cc/i2hb9 Kids at Computer http://tiny.cc/7lygy Teens with Cell Phones http://tiny.cc/9145t36mm4 Social Media Logos http://bit.ly/aKgE4O Hand Holding Globe http://bit.ly/cLCyZT YouTube Blocked Logo http://bit.ly/af0SZa Homeworkhttp://tinyurl.com/29yod7p Second Life http://tinyurl.com/24nvmvw Globe in Hands http://tiny.cc/p0xon Girls with Computers http://tiny.cc/de6d0 Kids with iPods http://tiny.cc/vvyb3 Boys with iPads http://tiny.cc/g1q7k NIE Logo http://tiny.cc/n4rnt Hammer & Nail: http://tiny.cc/twuwi Thinking Outside of the Box: http://tiny.cc/277v3 Locked Door http://tiny.cc/aypxcm08le