1. Ed Tech as Journey
Martha Guarisco

2. The journey of a thousand miles . . .
. . . begins with a room full of crying teachers

3. 5 levels of tech integration
1) No integration of technology
2) Technology used to automate or to present
material electronically
3) Use of web 2.0 tools
4) Students beginning to collaborate with
others on a local scale
5) Lessons gone global

4. All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost.
--J.R.R. Tolkein, The Fellowship of the Rings

5. Early lessons
• Things don’t always work how they “should”
• Tech for tech’s sake isn’t necessarily great
teaching
• Hand-holding can feel really nice

6. Steps to true integration
1) Substitution – switching out technology for a
previous tool
2) Augmentation – some functional
improvement
3) Modification – significant task redesign
4) Redefinition – creations of new, previously
impossible tasks

7. Writing in Mrs. G’s class
1) Substitution – “Let’s all use Word”
2) Augmentation – “Let me show you how to
use the thesaurus in Word”
3) Modification – “Let’s use Edmodo to share
ideas with kids in other classes”
4) Redefinition – “I’m ready to try
quadblogging”

8. Am I “tech savvy”?
http://www.edutopia.org/quiz-tech-savvy-
teaching
Edutopia calls me an All-Star!