This document provides an overview of the history and evolution of technology use in K-12 education from the 1800s to present day. It begins with chalkboards and slate boards in the 1800s, then discusses the introduction of technologies like film projectors, radio, television, VHS tapes, computers and the internet throughout the 1900s and 2000s. The document also outlines national educational technology standards and how technologies have changed the skills focus from memorization to skills like critical thinking, creativity and collaboration.
2. Business/Technology Teacher – Southern Regional HS
Years in Education: 29
BS –Business Administration – Monmouth University
MA – Masters of Art – Instructional Technology –
Stockton College
6. Prior to chalkboards all students had slate boards. The
teacher was required to write the lesson on each one.
By 1853 chalkboards were widely used in classrooms
across America. It was the beginning of mass education.
8. During the Visual Instruction
Movement, film, slides and
photographs were used in schools to
educate students.
The motion picture projector
became one of the first technological
devices used in schools.
Thomas Edison predicted in 1913 that
books would become obsolete and
the motion picture would become
the primary medium of teaching. Of
course, that prediction was incorrect.
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9. New York City’s Board of
Education was actually
the first organization to
send lessons to schools
through a radio station.
Over the next couple of
decades, “schools of the
air” began broadcasting
programs to millions of
American students.
10. 2012
iPod Touch
1950’s
Based on the theory of “repetitive drill”
schools began to install listening stations
that used headphones and audio tapes.
Most were used in what were dubbed
‘language labs’ and this practice is still in Thousands of educational
use today, except now computers are used podcasts are available in
instead of audio tapes. iTunes. You can even create
your own.
11. The Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) decided to
set aside 242 educational
channels.
The Ford Foundation spent
$170 million for educational
instruction.
The only content was teachers
giving lectures.
Money ran out…no more push
for televisions.
12. VHS
STREAMING
VIDEO
MEDIA CONTENT
One website- Discovery Education - has Television shows available 1 day after
over 100,000 learning objects all tied airing. My Entrepreneurship class can
directly to state and national standards watch Shark Tank on a projected screen.
available for streaming.
15. Internet commercialized
in 1995
First wave – static
information on pages
Second wave - Interactive
– used to create and
collaborate
Third wave – idk
19. Created by the New Media Consortium,
Consortium for School Networking
the International Society for Technology in Education.
It identifies and describes emerging technologies
likely to have a large impact over the coming five years
in education around the globe.
2012 K-12 Edition, examines emerging technologies for
their potential impact on and use in teaching,
learning, and creative inquiry within the environment
of pre-college education.
21. Available technologies change our relationship with
information and thus, suggest changes in educational
goals.
Less memorization, and focus more on higher order
skills such as analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.
Technologies give us the means to work smarter and
learn more effectively.
22. Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Creativity and Innovation
Communication and Collaboration
23. One Sunday New York Times Newspaper holds more
information then a student in 1880 would get in a
LIFETIME.
Information is doubling every 5.5 years, according to
the American Association of School Librarians
(AASL), technical information is doubling every two
years.
24.
25. All students will use digital tools to access, manage,
evaluate, and synthesize information in order to solve
problems individually and collaboratively and to create
and communicate knowledge.
A. Technology Operations and Concepts
B. Creativity and Innovation
C. Communication and Collaboration
D. Digital Citizenship
E. Research and Information Literacy
F. Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and
Decision-Making
27. 1. Creativity and Innovation
Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct
knowledge, and develop innovative products and
processes using technology.
28. 2. Communication and
Collaboration
Students use digital media and environments to
communicate and work collaboratively, including at a
distance, to support individual learning and contribute
to the learning of others.
29. 3. Research and Information
Fluency
Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use
information.
30. 4. Critical Thinking, Problem
Solving, and Decision Making
Students use critical thinking skills to plan and
conduct research, manage projects, solve problems,
and make informed decisions using appropriate digital
tools and resources.
31. 5. Digital Citizenship
Students understand human, cultural, and societal
issues related to technology and practice legal and
ethical behavior.
32. 6. Technology Operations and
Concepts
Students demonstrate a sound understanding of
technology concepts, systems, and operations.
35. A blog is a
personal diary.
A daily pulpit.
A collaborative space.
A political soapbox.
A breaking-news outlet.
A collection of links.
Your own private thoughts.
36. Who blogs? …Anyone who wants to
What to blog about…something that matters.
Why do people blog…so their voice is heard
How do you get started? …Find a FREE blogging site
Edublogs, Wordpress
EDUBLOG
10 Ways to Use eduBLOG
37. Provide information anytime and anywhere
Post assignments, events, class projects, etc.
Acts a parent information portal
Use with group projects, school newspapers, class
websites, reflection journals, and more.
38. 10 Ways to use Edublog
Go to Edublog.org
And create an account
