1. Learning w/ Digital Media
Implications for students, parents
and teachers
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2. Media: Educational vs.
Quality
• “Quality” and “educational” are not the same
thing! –NAEYC 2011
• Educational in the title don’t mean an app has
educational value!
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3. Think Like a Food Critic
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4. Educational Connoisseurship
-Eisner
Just like a meal in a restaurant, learning
experiences are never identical. How can we
develop a palate that fosters our ability to identify
the best?
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5. New Media Connoisseurship
What makes new media educational?
The Machine is Using Us by; mwesch

6. Connoisseurship
To be a connoisseur you need three things:
1. Access
2. Awareness of qualities
3. Perceptivity: the ability to differentiate and to experience
the relationship between one quality and another
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7. Connoisseurship
• A way of making public what we come to know, the
complexities, nuances and subtleties of aspects of the world
in which we have a special interest.
– Ability to make fine grained discriminations among
complex, subtle qualities (Eisner, 1991)
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8. Qualities of new media for
education
• Traditional filters and focus are broken down
• Collaborative
• Open ended
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9. Spot the high quality
educational new media
• Consider a the following eight examples of
new media.
• Determine if you think they are high quality
educational tools.
*caution don’t be fooled by the titles
*remember to think like a connoisseur
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10. #1 Younow

11. #2 Chemistry Help

12. #3 policymic

13. #4 Spelling Video

14. #5 Google Science Fair

15. #6 FlashToPass Math

16. #7 iLab

17. #8 Virtual Choir

18. Educational new media checklist
New media that is educational is:
 Non-bias  Collaborative
 Constructive  Authentic
 Creative  Dynamic
 Adaptive
 Individualized
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19. “Social interactive wrapper”-Ito
• Focused
• Participatory
• Authentic built in feedback loop
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20. Learning w/ New Media
“67 percent of parents said they would
purchase a mobile device for their child to use
for schoolwork if the school allowed it, and 61
percent said they liked the idea of student
using mobile devices to access online Social view of learning, “we
textbooks.” –Evans 2010 participate therefore we are.”
Learning
Classical delivery model , “I
teach, you learn.”
Doing (Seely Brown, 2011)
Cartesian view of learning, “I
think therefore I am”

21. “Pro-users”- Bruns
• Students today must be both producers and
users of knowledge.
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22. Modern Learning and Living
Leaves Footprints
• Students interacting with new media leaves
footprints and shapes their future

23. Footprints as Learning
Opportunities
“The "publish" button isn't the end of the process.
Now it's time to talk to—and learn from—strangers.”
-Will Richardson, 2011
Online student publishing:
• Leaves positive digital footprints (builds online
resume)
• Builds connections
• Provides a large audience
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24. Footprints as Learning
Opportunities
Student Action News Network

25. Footprints as Learning
Opportunities
Lionsjournal

26. Footprints as Learning
Opportunities
Student blogs

27. Footprints as Learning
Opportunities
Social Networking Profiles:
• Linkedin- professional
• Facebook
• Twitter
Student self-portrait arimoore

28. Footprints as Learning
Opportunities

29. Parents
#1 Need to be wired
• Website, blogs and social media for school
communication @ ZIS
-zis.ch

30. Parents
#2 Need help
• Monthly help sessions
• Online parent resource center
#3 Need to talk to their students about new media
#4 Parents have more questions than answers
• Should they be “friends” with their child on Facebook?
• What are “they” doing on their phones all the time? “My
daughter even tries to text in the shower?”
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31. Teachers
#1 Need access to technology and new
media
“More technology does not necessarily make for
improved pedagogy” (Medina, 208).

32. Teachers
#2 Need professional development
– Professional Learning Networks are a key
component in helping teachers understand the
power of engaging with new media.
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33. Teachers
#3 Need to facilitate learning in a
blended environment
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34. The Future
All stakeholders must look out for future changes
through the lens of a connoisseur
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35. It’s not all about
technology
Shift from control to trust is essential for
educational institutions to embrace the power of
new media for student learning!
We all (students, parents, teachers, administrators)
must be educational connoisseurs when
approaching new media.
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36. Connect
Elizabeth Wargo
Educational Technology Coordinator
Zurich International School
ewargo@zis.ch @wargoelizabeth
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37. Reference
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Carr, N. (2008). Is Google Making Us Stupider? The Atlantic. Retrieved from http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/07/is-google-making-us-stupid/6868/
Christensen, C. (2008). Disrupting Class. New York: McGraw Hill.
Eisner, Elliot W. (1998) The enlightened eye : qualitative inquiry and the enhancement of educational practice. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Merrill, 1998.
Ito, M. (2010). Opening Keynote 2010 NMC. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GolWlpwQqOU
Ito, M., Baumer, S., Bittanti, M., boyd, d., Herr-Stephenson, B., …Horst, H. ( 2009 ) Hanging Out, Geekings Out and Messing Around. Retrieved from
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Linn, D., Kominers, P., Sauter, M. &, Vaidheesh, S. (2010). Re: Born Digital, in Video: Identities. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvrbgKDEii0
Medina, J. (2008) Brain Works. Melbourne: Scribe Publications.
Richardson, W. (2011). Publishers, Participants All. Educational Leadership, 68 (5), 22-26.
Seely Brown. (2010). Closing Keynote 2010 NMC. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4FPH-Oo1iM
Palfrey, J. & Gasser, U.(2008). Born Digital. New York: Basic Books.
Wesch, M. (2007). The Machine is Us/ing Us. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLlGopyXT_g&list=PL01C06F0B5E2B9EE4&index=1&feature=plcp
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