1) The document describes a day in the life of a teacher who teaches using technology. It outlines the teacher's daily routine from waking up and taking the bus to school, to teaching three classes throughout the day using a SMARTboard and engaging students. 2) The teacher discusses three principles of teaching - engaging students' preconceptions, building conceptual frameworks, and promoting metacognition. In each class, the teacher employs techniques like "Watch It, Do It, Teach It" to reveal students' thinking and build understanding. 3) At the end of the day, the teacher reflects on teaching experiences and reads about educational topics online before ending the day with dinner and bedtime.

1. A Day In The Life
of a teacher teaching with technology
(from principle to practice x 3)
Darren Kuropatwa
http://adifference.blogspot.com

2. about 9 hours
919 km 47 mins
2

3. Alarm Rings

4. Wake Up

5. Time To Go

6. iPod Ready
for -35°C

7. iPod Ready
for -1°C

10. Steppin’ Out

11. Catchin’ the Bus

12. DMCI

13. My Class

14. Firing Up the SMARTboard

15. Workshop

16. Three principles

17. Studentsʼ Errors and Misconceptions
(Principle 1)
Based on Previous Learning
Students come to the classroom with conceptions of numbers grounded in their
whole-number learning that lead them astray in the world of rational numbers;
e.g. multiplying always makes numbers bigger.
x =
TEACHERS MUST ENGAGE STUDENTSʼ PRECONCEPTIONS

18. The Knowledge Network:
(Principle 2)
New Concepts and New Applications
UNDERSTANDING REQUIRES FACTUAL
KNOWLEDGE AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS

19. (Principle 3)
Metacognition
A METACOGNITIVE APPROACH
ENABLES STUDENT SELF-MONITORING

20. Watch It. Do It.
practice #1

21. Teach It.
practice #1

22. Watch It. Do It. Teach It.
REVEALS STUDENTSʼ PRECONCEPTIONS
x =
practice #1

23. Watch It. Do It. Teach It.
BUILDS CONCEPTUAL AND SOCIAL NETWORKS
practice #1

24. Watch It. Do It. Teach It.
PROMOTES METACOGNITION
practice #1

25. Next Problem

26. Twitter
practice #2

27. practice #2

28. Lunch

29. School Day Ends

30. Slideshare.net
practice #2

31. My SlideSpace
practice #2

32. Transparency
practice #2

33. share everything
practice #2

34. Thinking
practice #2

35. Transparency & Sharing
REVEALS STUDENTSʼ PRECONCEPTIONS
x =
practice #2

36. Transparency & Sharing
BUILDS CONCEPTUAL AND SOCIAL NETWORKS
practice #2

37. Transparency & Sharing
PROMOTES METACOGNITION
practice #2

38. Leaving

39. Search Engine & Spark
Spark
http://www.cbc.ca/searchengine/
http://www.cbc.ca/spark

40. The Other End of the Street

41. Home Again,
Home Again,
Jiggity Jig!

42. Dinner, Magic, Bath, Compass & Bed

43. Class Blogs
practice #3

44. Learning is a Conversation
practice #3

45. Learning Requires Reflection
practice #3

46. Learning Requires Reflection
practice #3

47. Teachersʼ Errors and Misconceptions
(Principle 1)
Based on Previous Learning
x =
TEACHERS MUST ENGAGE THEIR OWN PRECONCEPTIONS

48. (Principle 2) Build Knowledge Networks
CONCEPTUAL AND SOCIAL NETWORKS

49. (Principle 3)
Metacognition
ACTIVELY AND TRANSPARENTLY
REFLECT ON YOUR TEACHING

50. Catch Up on My Reading
http://reader.google.com

51. K12 Online Conference
http://k12onlineconference.org

53. Credits
220
the thinker
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeope/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattwright/526492646/
249159137/
How Students Learn reflection
http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=10126 http://flickr.com/photos/barnett/206994953/
Pewter Letters Numbers thoughtful
http://flickr.com/photos/lwr/sets/72157594512642436/ http://flickr.com/photos/ronlayters/440835731/
This body is networked Transparency
http://flickr.com/photos/funksoup/403990660/ http://flickr.com/photos/lightmash/2393645062/
The Thinker Sharing
http://flickr.com/photos/renny1967/1509761982/ http://flickr.com/photos/furiousgeorge81/177926979/
DNA Girl Talk
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ghutchis/124782978/ http://flickr.com/photos/e06158/2272739708/
question mark ? Big Screen Reflection
http://flickr.com/photos/lwr/12364944/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/benward/181425257/
Mira reading the Griffiths Quantum Text start of the mobile content era
http://flickr.com/photos/ailric/390832774/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/lynetter/329280898
all other images (cc) dkuropatwa
workstation
http://www.flickr.com/photos/striatic/241843728/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/dkuropatwa/tags/adayinthelife/
My Class Blogs 2008-2009
AP Calculus AB (2008-2009) Applied Math 20S (Fall 2008)
http://apcalc2008.blogspot.com http://am20sf08.blogspot.com
Applied Math 40S (Winter 2009) Pre-Cal 20S (Fall 2008)
http://am40sw09.blogspot.com http://pc20sf08.blogspot.com
Pre-Cal 40S (Winter 2009) Pre-Cal 30S (Fall 2008)
http://pc40sw09.blogspot.com http://pc30sf08.blogspot.com

54. thanks
Darren Kuropatwa
http://adifference.blogspot.com