Category: IDT7078

Technology Integration Showcase

There was a lot of interest in this particular session during the 2008 AECT Convention so we’ve made the recorded Ustream and presenter resources available.

Technology Integration Showcase: Strategies and Tools Worthy of Discussion
2008 AECT Convention
Orlando, FL

This session allows participants to see various technology integration strategies and tools. Participants will also discuss their effectiveness and implications related to their use.

Presenters

  • Kathryn Land – Georgia State University
  • Lloyd Rieber – University of Georgia
  • Clif Mims – University of Memphis
  • Tonya Amankwatia – DeSales University

    • Presentation Resources
    The presenters are compiling their handouts, PowerPoint files, notes, etc. here.

    Watch the Presentation

    Live TV : Ustream

    Collaborating with Online Word Processing

    We’re in the second and final day teaching our professional development workshops with the Power Center Academy. This is a new charter school that will open its doors to students for the very first time next week. Take a look at PCA’s mission and consider ways that you can contribute to their worthy efforts.

    We’re going to be looking at collaborating with online productivity tools this afternoon. I’m briefly going to highlight a few strategies and examples for using Google Docs and leading a quick collaborative activity. I went ahead and put together a self-guided module to which the teachers can refer for additional resources, video examples, and a more in depth look at integrating online word processing with teaching and learning. I invite you to share your related ideas and resources at the bottom of the wiki page.

    It’s Good to Be Back

    Kannapolis City SchoolsI’m excited to be working with Kannapolis City Schools again (Previous Posts: 1, 2). I’m helping provide professional development for part of their grant funded technology integration initiative called IMPACT. I’ve been asked to facilitate the following workshops:

    Please share any resources, information, cases, scenarios, etc. that you think will help teachers learn more about these topics by clicking on the session titles above and adding your contribution to the Notes and Resources from My PLN section at the bottom of each wiki. Rest assured that I welcome your input in this endeavor!

    Teaching and Learning with Web 2.0

    I’m posting this again as the course will begin in less than a week. Please join the fun!

    Teaching and Learning with Web 2.0I’m teaching a special topics seminar this summer for graduate students. The topic will be Teaching and Learning with Web 2.0 Technologies. I began preparing for this course in June 2007 and I’m very excited about it. While we’ll consider common trends and issues and survey many of the popular tools and services related to Web 2.0, the heart of the course will be learning to effectively integrate Web 2.0 technologies and principles with teaching and learning. The focus will be on K-12 education but accommodations can be made for individuals from other fields (health, corporate, military, higher education, etc.). This draft version of the Course Topics provides an overview of the likely curriculum.

    While the dominate driving force in the development of the curriculum and resources has been the upcoming class, I always planned for this to be a relatively open learning community. In keeping with the principles of Web 2.0 I encourage the participation of everyone with an interest or expertise in this topic. You may contribute to the discussion and fun by using the following tag/keyword: idt7078

    Related Resources

    NECC This Afternoon

    Here are the presentations/discussions that I attended/ participated in during the first half of this afternoon.

    A Plan for Wiki Adoption by Ken Pruitt
    Ken’s presentation was an adaptation of Stewart Mader’s Wikipatterns. Ken shared suggested strategies for implementing the use of wikis at all levels.

    Educational Technology and the Law facilitated by Jon Becker and Scott McLeod
    While preparing for the Teaching and Learning with Web 2.0 seminar I’ve realized how important it is that I become more knowledgeable about copyright, intellectual property, plagiarism, and related topics. I especially liked how they were able to pose existing IRL analogies for the virtual situations under discussion.

    I’m off to the the much anticipated (at least by me) poster presentation of the ISTE Classroom Observation Tool. I plan to share what I learn soon.

    NECC This Morning

    I’ve spent most of today participating in the following sessions and meeting online friends in the Bloggers’ Cafe. I’m looking forward to the presentation of the ISTE Classroom Observation Instrument (ICOT) later today. I’m curious to see how it stacks up against similar instruments like LoTi. Perhaps I’ll get a chance to post my thoughts about it. For now, here’s what I’ve attended to day.

    Diigo: A Swiss Army Knife for Your Browser by Maggie Tsai, Diigo Co-Founder
    Maggie gave a crash course in the basic features and use of Diigo. After her presentation she asked to interview me on camera and I reluctantly agreed. I shared some of the most common ways that Diigo is being used by my students, teachers with whom I mentor in professional development, and by me. She also asked me to share ways that I thought their technology could be improved and I reiterated ideas that I’d previously shared on Miguel’s discussions (here and here) related to this topic. I was pleased with her responses to my technical and design suggestions (She even contacted the engineers about one of the issues while we were talking.) and she provided Diigo’s rationale for why the ads, for now, will continue to exist throughout the tool. She assured me that they are indeed considering

    Creating a Ning Network from Scratch by Steve Hargadon
    If you want to learn about setting up your own Ning you might as well learn from the master. I’m comfortable using this “tool” but Steve provided useful insight regarding design and implementation which I found valuable.

    Using Understanding by Design (UbD) to Create Technology Rich, Deep Learning Unit Plans by Chris Lehmann and Marcie Hull
    There are oodles of similar models out there but I found this one to be practical but thorough. I’m going to take another look at Understanding by Design when I return home.

    This Afternoon at EBC

    Diving Deep into Google Earth and Google Maps

    Web 2.0 in Teacher Education (Program Info)

    1. My presenter notes
    2. Alternative to the term Web 2.0 is the Read, Write Web
    3. Teacher education and professional development that effectively helps teachers better integrate technology with teaching and learning
      • Allow the teachers to select their own goals and help them reach them
      • Online social networks can more easily provide the in-time assistance, coaching, mentoring, etc. that individuals during development/learning, but teachers often don’t think about using the networks
    4. How do we prepare teachers to teach in the 1-to-1 environment?
      • The emphasis should change from "teaching" to designing learning that engages the students.
    5. Resources for future teachers

    Designing the 21st Century Global Learning Environments (Program Info)

    1. Building on some online discussion that has been ocurring for the past year here and here.
    2. If there were no barriers what would education look like? Brainstorming notes

    This Morning at EBC

    I’ll be updating this post throughout the day to alert you of things happening here at EBC San Antonio. The full list of sessions is here. I’ll be sharing information form the sessions that I’m attending. The session titles are in bold.

    Social Networking for Professional Development

    Scott Merrick is sitting next to me and streaming this discussion live.

    1. Should it be organized or self-forming?
      • Should the tool(s) be dictated?
    2. An atmosphere promoting risk-taking is imperative.
    3. Teachers know what they want to learn. Professional development should be tailored around them rather requiring them to attend PD in which they had no say.

    Social Networking in the Classroom

    Vicki Davis is sitting by me and is streaming this seession here.

    1. Teachers in the room are using Ning, Elgg, and several private online communities.
    2. Julie Lindsay and Vicki Davis updated us about the Flat Classroom and the Horizon Project.
    3. How important are digital citizenship and pedagogy in these decisions?
    4. If someone says a curse word in the classroom do we close the school? If there’s a fight at recess do we quit having recess? Why do we over react to these problems in online spaces?

    Greetings from North Carolina

    Kannapolis City SchoolsI’m spending the next couple of days providing professional development for some of the tech-savvy outstanding teachers with Kannapolis City Schools. My classes will be focusing on teaching and learning with Web 2.0 (Becoming my new thing, I guess.) and creating and using podcasts in the classroom.

    Note to my online PLC:

    I hope to demonstrate the power and benefits of an online personal learning community (PLC) during my time here, but I’ll need your help with that. Please share your ideas, resources, examples, and advice on these topics. I’m sure the teachers here at KCS would appreciate and benefit from your input. You can respond in the comments section of this post or add information to the related section on my wiki.

    PLEASE share! 🙂