Presentation at Region VI Service Center on February 2, 2012, Texas Presenters: Rochell R McWhorter Diana McBurnett Demetra Baxter-Smith

1. Beyond the Walls of the Classroom
Technology Trends for 2012
 
Rochell R. McWhorter, M.Ed., PhD
Diana McBurnett, M.Ed., MAIS
Demetra Baxter-Smith, M.Ed., M.S.
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2. Project Share™
A State-Wide Learning Management System
with Professional and Student ePortfolios
 http://www.projectsharetexas.org
A global online learning community
where educators collaborate, share
resources and showcase accomplishments.
--Student Accounts Now Available--
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3. http://polleverywhere.com
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4. Region 6 Contacts
for Project Share™
Special Education
Deanna Wickes
936-435-8258
dwickes@esc6.net
Project Share
Melissa McClatchy
936-435-8380
mmcclatchy@esc6.net
technology.esc6.net
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5. Other Useful Technology Trends
for Learning
 Virtual Reality vs. Augmented Reality
 Virtual Reality is a created digital environment
 (i.e. Virtual Worlds; see Mancuso, Chlup & McWhorter, 2010)
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 Augmented Reality is the “layering” of digital information over the normal world
 (see: New Media Consortium, 2011, p. 5)
Source: R McWhorter Source: wired.com

6. Other Technology Trends to Consider
Technology Examples/Description Icon or Visual
Electronic Versions of Novels,
Electronic Books
Textbooks and Papers
(eBooks)
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Mobile Learning
Smart Phones, Digital Tablets
Game-Based Learning or Learning Activities that
“Gamification” earn “Points” or “Social Badges”
Gesture-Based
Kinect™
Learning
Sources : Amazon.com; Apple.com; New Media Consortium (2011); orangesoda.com; pcworld.com

7. Contact Us:
Rochell R. McWhorter
The University of Texas at Tyler
rmcwhorter@uttyler.edu blog: http://virtualhrd.wordpress.com
Diana McBurnett
903-988-6909
dmcburnett@esc7.net
Demetra Baxter-Smith
dbaxtersmith@uttyler.edu
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8. Dialogue in your classroom
at TodaysMeet.com
 Also, continue the discussion with us at a 3 hour hands-on Pre-Conference at the Council for
Exceptional Children-Texas (CEC-Texas, formerly TCEC),
San Antonio, Texas on Thursday, June 28, 2012.
o See: http://tcecweb.org/
o for details or email: rmcwhorter@uttyler.edu
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9. Our Favorite Resources
 Augmented Reality
 http://virtualhrd.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/augmented-reality-for-virtual-hrd/
Electronic Polling
 Polldaddy: Create surveys, polls and quizzes - http://polldaddy.com/
 Polleverywhere: http://polleverywhere.com
Electronic Portfolios (ePortfolios)
 Project Share Texas: http://www.projectsharetexas.org/
Technology Trends
New Media Consortium Horizon 2011 Report:
 http://csn.edu/PDFFiles/OTS/Website%20documents/getconnected/HR2011.pdf
Virtual Worlds
 Rochell's blog on her adventure in Second Life (2007-2010): http://exploresecondlife.blogspot.com/
 Second Life Virtual World: http://secondlife.com
Visual Organizer
 Pinterist --online pinboard to organize and share things you love! http://pinterest.com/
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10. References
 Mancuso, D. S., Chlup, D. T., & McWhorter, R. R. (2010). A study of adult
learning in a virtual environment. Advances in Developing Human Resource
Development, 12(6), 691-699.
 New Media Consortium (2011). The horizon report: 2011 edition. Retrieved
from http://wp.nmc.org/horizon2011/
 Project share (2012). Retrieved from http://www.projectsharetexas.org
 Virtual Human Resource Development (2012). Augmented Reality for Virtual
HRD (2012). Retrieved from
http://virtualhrd.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/augmented-reality-for-virtual-hrd/
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