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21st Century Digital Classrooms
Welcome to the Future
Students of Yesterday and Today
Yesterday
• Relied on lagging
communications
• Focused on
pencil/paper/overhead
• Waited for feedback on
tasks
• Focused on one thing at a
time
• Were “wowed” by new
technology
Today
• Carry cell/smartphone 24/7
• Live in a digital age
• Connect through social
media digital sources
• Primed for instant feedback
• Focus on multiple tasks at
once
• Expect technology to be
used
“Techy” Terms
How can we as teachers use
technology to connect with
students?
Students of Today
Today’s students are in an ever changing technological world. If we as
teachers do not adapt…
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We are left behind
We fight a battle with students
We do not progress
Students are not prepared for the changes they will face throughout their
lives
Education of both teachers and students suffers
HOW CAN WE AS TEACHER’S
USE TECHNOLOGY?
Ways I use technology in the
classroom
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Online Testing…no longer www.mycaert.com
Classroom Website…more info to come
Chapter Website…more info to come
Group texting of officers
Digital secretary’s/treasurer’s book
Scrapbook produced digitally
Electronic recordbooks/proficiencies/applications
Videos to enhance instruction
Digital officer books to enhance traditional ones
Digital class notes/web clips
Plan to use video conferencing on lessons/collaboration
Remote access to school computer
Facebook and twitter pages for chapter
Announcements can be instantly added to web via twitter
“Agriculture” Applications…more to come
Online Testing
I use www.classmarker.com to do online testing. It is similar to
www.mycaert.com. I am able to upload questions into question banks and
into tests. There are some features I like better than MyCaert.
ClassMarker allows you to register up to 1000 students. Once a test is made,
it can be stored indefinitely. Also, you can set multiple choice, multiple
response, essay questions, etc. Very self explanatory.
After students take the test, I print an Excel sheet with the scores and enter
directly into infinite campus.
Classroom Website
• I use my classroom website to tell students about me, list homework
assignments and announcements, keep a classroom calendar, share files
(worksheets and PowerPoint's) with students, share links and photos.
• I used a free Google template to develop my websites.
http://sites.google.com/site/wesbeltclassroom
Chapter Website
• I use my chapter website to tell students about announcements, events,
proficiencies, degrees, photos, and any chapter documents.
• http://sites.google.com/site/lyoncountyffachapter
Videos
• There are a plethora of videos on the web to enhance instruction. Many
sites such as KET Encylcomedia (Discovery education), Hulu, YouTube,
Google videos are available and appropriate for use in class.
• You can keep these videos long term by downloading and converting.
• I use www.zamzar.com to download web videos and store on my hard
drive.
Other
• For class notes, I use www.evernote.com. I can make notes, share
digitally, and also I can clip information in the web and share with my
students.
• I plan to use Skype to do video conferencing. Skype has a program for
educators where they can post ideas for a conference and others can
respond. At Dual Credit training at Murray we discussed using Skype to
share lessons on the class
• Remote Access: I use a program called www.logmein.com to gain access to
my computers from any computer with an internet connection.
• DropBox: Online file storage which “syncs” between computers.
www.dropbox.com
There’s an App for That!
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Blackboard Mobile
Groovy Grader
iFormulas
Periodic Lite
Leafsnap
Tacs mini
TankMix
MixTank
GH Calculator
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Bolt & Nut
Farm Futures
Brownfield
Farmer Info
Growing Degree Days
Ag Wired
Siri
Soil Web
Ohm’s Law
There’s an App for That!
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Angle
Clinometer
Level
CH Lite
Convert Units
Skype
Dropbox
Evernote
Twitter (Ag Chats)
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Facebook
Dragon
Motion X
ArcGIS
Google Earth
iBooks (Store PDF’s)
Smithsonian Channel
Educate
iTunes U