Tech Tools to Support Literacy Teaching and Learning
Tar River Reading Council
January 20, 2011
Dr. Brian C. Housand
East Carolina University
http://brianhousand.com
13. “For the first time in history, our jobs as educators is to prepare our students for a future that we can not clearly describe.” David Warlick
14. One thing is clear. We don’t have the option of turning away from the future. No one gets to vote on whether technology is going to change our lives. Bill Gates The Road Ahead
15. Every generation of teenagers embraces the freedoms and possibilities wrought by technology in ways that shock the elders.
24. Time to Adoption One Year or Less Cloud Computing Collaborative Environments Two to Three Years Game Based Learning Mobiles Four to Five Years Augmented Reality Flexible Displays http://wp.nmc.org
34. If your students can the answer, then you may be asking the wrong question.
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37. Rather than running the risk of having our students become "walking encyclopedias," we need to teach them how to think creatively. (Sternberg, 2006)
38. New Literacies IDENTIFY Important Questions LOCATEInformation CRITICALLY EVALUATE SYNTHESIZE Information COMMUNICATE Answers
39. “Every man should have a built-in automatic crap detector operating inside of him.” -- Ernest Hemingway
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44. LIVES in the CLOUD! Work is automatically saved.
45. Allows access to files from any computer that connects to the Internet.
74. 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.
75. Communication and Collaboration Interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media. Communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats. Develop cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with learners of other cultures. Contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems.
76. If technology is an event in your school,you are doing it wrong. Josh Allen
78. “Mobile devices are an integral part of children’s lives and they are here to stay… Our national debate must shift from whether to use these devices to support learning, to understand how and when they might be best used.”
Video games teach children what computers are beginning to teach adults--that some forms of learning are fast-paced, immensely compelling, and rewarding. The fact that they are enormously demanding of one's time and require new ways of thinking remains a small price to pay (and is perhaps even an advantage) to be vaulted into the future. Not surprisingly, by comparison School strikes many young people as slow, boring, and frankly out of touch.