Transcript Technology: a tool for the Teacher - Rowan University

Technology in Education
Georgette Sahm
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Georgette Sahm
• Public School Teacher - 16 years
• Teaching Experience
– Gateway - Home Economics grades 7 - 12
– WT - Computer Literacy grades 6 - 8
– Rowan - Graduate and Undergraduate Computer Literacy
• Masters in Instructional Technology
• Courseware Management Specialist at Rowan
University
• Train faculty - Bb-CE Online software, Macintosh
computers and MS Office.
Alternate Route Web Site
users.rowan.edu/~orlando
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Payment Information & Form
Phase II Schedule
Weekday & Saturday class dates
Emergency announcements
Web Sites
Digital Natives or Digital Immigrants
1990
Email is 23 year old and personal
computers are 16 years old
1990 - Tim Berners-Lee creates the World Wide Web
program
1996 - Palm Pilot
1997 - AIM - Instant Messaging
1997 - Blogs
1999 - Napster
Ten Years Old
2001 – Wikipedia
2002 – iPod
2003 - My Space
2004 - Facebook and Podcast
2005 – YouTube
2007 - iPhone
17 Years Old
Opening Assignment
1. List three types technology that you personally
use every day and explain how you use them.
2. List three types of technology that you use in your
classroom and how you use them
3. Would you take this class online?
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Highly Effective
Instructional
Technology
Tools
Tool 1 Textbooks & Teaching Kits
•Evaluate a Textbook - Compare current
text and two others (pg 3 - 9)
•Teaching Kits - What’s included?
http://www.free.ed.gov
Free Teaching Kits
Check the Publisher’s Website for
“Teaching Kits”.
Tool 2
Instructional Boards
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White on Black and Yellow on Green
White Boards
Smartboards
Bulletin Boards
– Static
– Interactive
• 15 hints (pg 17)
Tool 3
Learning Centers & Learning
Stations
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Individual or small groups
Self- Instructing
Student Paced
Designed for different purposes
– Introduce, develop, reinforce concepts, develop
awareness, foster enrichment, create interest.
Tool 4
Lettering Machines & Die-Cut
Letters
• Use proper Lettering Guidelines (pg 30)
• Letters
– Handmade, Ready Made Letters, Mechanical
Letters, Computer Generated.
• Die Cut Machines - Ellison and AccuCut
• Fonts
– Download free fonts - http://www.dafont.com
– Take it with you!
Tool 5
Overhead Projectors &
Transparencies
• Overhead Projectors
– Parts - Page 39
– The spare
– 90 degree to screen
• Transparencies
– What type of film?
– Special Markers
– Handmade, Copying Machines, Computer
Generated
Tool 6
Content Area Standards &
Technology Standards
Technology
Content Area
National
ISTE (NETS)
Professional
Organizations
State
Educational Tech.
Plan for NJ
NJ Core Curriculum
Content Standards
Local
District/School
Technology Plan
NJ Core Curriculum
Content Standards
Tool 7
The Internet
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Connecting
Browsers and Browsing
Communicating - email, chat, blogs
Social Networking: Facebook, YouTube,
MySpace, LinkedIn
• Safety
• Music
• Podcasting
Tool 8
Search Engines & The World
Wide Web
• Search Engines
• Search Strategies
Tool 9
Teacher and Student Web Sites
• Starting Points - Page 80
– Kathy Schrock’s Guide school.discovery.com/schrockguide
– Education World- www.educationworld.com
– Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
www.ed.gov/free
– Scholastic - www.scholastic.com
• Dr. Levy’s Page - users.rowan.edu/~levy
Tool 10
Scavenger Hunts & Web Quests
• Scavenger Hunts - Page 93
– Teaching Searching Skills
– Search one site
– Search at specific web sites
• Filamentality
– Lesson Web Page Creator Page 99
WebQuests
… inquiry-oriented activities in which
students interact with resources
on the Internet.
Building Blocks
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WebQuest
WebQuests
Learner
Teacher
• Use those already produced
on the Internet
• Produce your own
• Modify one you like
• Use educational resources
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Work cooperatively
Research using sites provided
Produce final project as a
newsletter, PowerPoint, oral
report, poster, etc.
Construct own as a project
Short-term WebQuests
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Complete in 2-3 periods
Goal is knowledge acquisition
Learner deals with new information
Makes sense of information; can put it to
use
Long-Term
WebQuests
• Can take several weeks, or 1-2 months
• Goal: extend and refine knowledge
• Student analyzes a body of knowledge; transforms it;
demonstrates understanding through project or
presentation.
Why Use WebQuests?
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Increase student motivation
Develop thinking skills
Cooperative learning process
Work with real resources
Questions that prompt higher level thinking
Students take on a role in a group
Sample WebQuests
• On the Cutting Edge
• Gobal Warming
• The Ocean’s in Trouble
• Spooky Spiders and Creepy Crawly
Insects
• Creep Crawly Insects
Evaluate - page 98
Tool 12
Drawing Tools & Clip Art
• Draw Tools
• Graphics
– File Formats
– Clip Art sources
– Download
• Editing Images
– Reduce Image File Size
Tool 11
Web Pages
• Parts of a Web Page
• Create a Web Site
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Plan and Organize
Gather Images, links
Compose pages - text, images, links
Save, Save, Save
Proof and test it
Publish
Update Regularly
Tool 13
Digital Images & Video
• Digital Input
– Cameras, scanners, touch screens, Electronic
Whiteboards, Web Cams
• Digital Output
– Video projector, Storage, CD, DVD
• Digital Video Camcorders
• Digital Video Editing
– Windows Movie Maker
– iMovie
Tool 14
Presentation Software &
PowerPoint
• Presentation Software
– Text, graphics, photos, animation, charts,
audio, video, interactivity, and links
• PowerPoint
– Tips - page 146
– Life After Death by PowerPoint
Tool 14
PowerPoint
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Present Lectures
Introduce Concepts
Review Material
Show Photos
Make Overheads
Produce Quizzes
Learner
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Produce a Portfolio
Present Projects
Write a Book
Make a Family Album
Construct a Scrapbook
Educational Software
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Provide simulated experiences
Allow students to work at own
pace without assistance
Take students to new places
Teach without assistance
Educate, while entertaining
Learner
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Become active participant
Receive individual attention
Experience Real-life Situations
Compose Music
Perform Science Experiments
Tool 15
Concept Maps & Inspiration
• Gives visual presences to ideas and
concepts
• Concept Map shows the relationships
between concepts.
• Software - Inspiration
• Concept Map Formats
– Unstructured
– Structured
Inspiration
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Prepare Lesson Plans
Produce Venn Diagrams
Create Idea Maps
Set up Assignment Plan
Brainstorm Ideas with Class
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Create a Character Web
Write a Lab Report
Analyze a Historical Period
Chart a Persuasive Essay
Storyboard a Project
Web Subscriptions
• Eduhound
• The Journal
• Tech&Learning
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Final Assignment
Using one thing that you learned
during today’s workshop, explain
in detail how you would
implement it into your classes
Be specific
Hand in your assignment.
Questions