This is a presentation I gave in November at the International School of Singapore. It is an edited version of one that I've given previously. I eliminated slides on technologies that are not quite mainstream yet, and added some links geared towards high schools with 1 to 1 laptop initiatives.

1. The Role of
Technology in
Schools
Lucy Gray
The University of Chicago
Urban Education Institute
elemenous@gmail.com
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2. Hello!
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3. The Context
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4. The 21st Century Student
New Connections
Connected Individuals
New Communities
Virtual Communities
New Content
Collaborative Communities
Connected in innovative and new ways
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5. Millennials Want to Learn…
With technology
With one another
Online
In their time
In their place
Doing things that matter
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6. Transformational Learning
Classrooms are using
technologies that are:
Personal
Powerful
Pervasive
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7. Blogs
Wikis
Podcasts
Photosharing
Chat
Video
Google Tools
Social Networks
Simulations
Virtual Reality
Tools
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8. Blogs
individual web-based journals
Types Examples
Teacher/Admin
Student
Professional
Development
Cool Cat
Teacher Blog
From the
Principal’s
Desk
The MUS
Lower School
Blog
Newly Ancient
Consumer
Math Class
Collaboration
Nation
Weblogged ITM
Dangerously
Irrelevant
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9. Type Examples
Teacher/Admin
Student
Professional
Development
Educational
Wikis
AWNM
Liveblogging
50 Ways to Tell
A Story
6th Grade CS Flat Classroom
Global
Collaborations
Digital Native
Wiki
Alabama Best
Practice
Center
School
Computing
Wiki
Wikis
collaborative web pages
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10. Media Sharing
web-based tools for organizing & publishing
Tools Examples
iTunes
Flickr
YouTube
VoiceThread
iTunes U Coulee Kids Room 208
Map of
Migrations
Best Word
Book Ever
Merode
Altarpiece
Did You Know? TEDTalks Women in Art
Poems by Ms.
Gross’s
Students
Knuffle Bunny
Stories
K-20 Educators
Exploring SL
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11. Google
online collaborative software
Tools Examples
Google Earth
Docs &
Spreadsheets
Custom Search
Summer
Tomatoes
Teacher
Project
Google Lit
Trips
Scavenger
Hunt
Palo Alto High
School
Alex Ragone’s
Skype Preso
Mrs. Gray’s
Sites
Elementary
Language Arts
Global Voices
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13. Beyond Our Imaginations
immersive technologies
Groups in Second
Life
ISTE
Discovery
Education
Second Life Teen
Grid
Skoolaborate
Global Kids
Quest Atlantis
The River City
Project
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14. Participatory Pedagogy
other programs and projects
Digital Youth Network
Science Leadership Academy
Generation YES
Flat Classroom Project
MoLLIE
The School at Columbia
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15. Advice
make a plan
Develop a work flow for your students and
staff.
Utilize a network of other professionals.
Know your curriculum.
Focus on professional development.
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16. Network Resources
Global Education Collaborative Ning
Classroom 2.0 Ning
Laptop Learning Ning
ISED Ning
ISED-L listserv
Twitter
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17. Examples
The Apiary wiki
Mr. Cook’s Wikispaces
Karl Fisch’s AWNM Liveblogging Project
KF’s Constructivist Teaching with Technology
Thousand and One Flat World Tales
Michelle Bourgeois’ Digital Learning Summer Institute
MB’s Camp DoDifferent
Apple Learning Interchange
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18. “... if we teach today as we taught yesterday, we
rob our children of tomorrow.”
-John Dewey
A Final Thought 18
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19. Find me on ....
Gmail: elemenous@gmail.com
School: http://www.uei-schools.org/nkoelem/
Skype: elemenous
AIM: elemenous
Blog: http://lucygray.org
The Global Education Collaborative
http://globaleducation.ning.com
Classroom 2.0
http://classroom20.ning.com
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