Today is World Math Day. Unite with students and schools from around the world to set a new world record! This year’s challenge – to correctly answer more than 182,445,169 questions in 48 hours. Please participate and be part of the new world record.
These are the slides from my first Tennessee Educational Technology Conference presentation. Unfortunately the animations and effects were lost when uploaded to SlideShare. I’ve shared my notes and resources from this presentation over on my wiki, Learning Telecollaboratively. I hope to create a Vidcast or SlideCast of this presentation once I return home and things settle down.
I demonstrated that with freely available digital technologies students can demonstrate their understanding of course content in multiple ways (images, audio, video, presentations, artwork, and more). Each student’s end product (learning artifact) allows them to personally self-express their understanding of the content/mastery of the skills. Although teachers may not be comfortable using all of today’s technology it is important to consider allowing students to use it to communicate their understanding as they are often more naturally able to more fully express themselves with digital media.
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I developed the following activity for one of the educational technology courses I teach. We talk about the below scenarios and questions during the beginning of the semester. I would appreciate hearing your answers to the questions and I’m sure the teachers in the class would find it helpful.
Consider the following scenarios.
A. A teacher keeps attendance and grade records on the computer.
B. Students use concept mapping software to help them organize information for a research paper.
C. A first grade class practices math facts while playing Number Munchers in the computer lab.
D. Students use the classroom computers to check their email and read the news at ESPN.com during their free time.
E. The teacher includes video clips of scientific principles in the real world that can not be easily replicated in the classroom during the lesson.
F. Groups of students work together to produce a podcast (audio) or vidcast (video) in which they critically analyze the events that led to the tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet.
G. The teacher types and prints worksheets for students to complete for homework.
H. Pairs of students develop interactive games related to the Middle Ages using PowerPoint.
Please share your thoughts about these questions.
1. Which of these scenarios are examples of integrating technology with learning and instruction? Provide rationale for your responses.
2. What are some of the characteristics of effective technology integration in educational settings?
Today is World Math Day. Unite with students and schools from around the world to set a new world record! This year’s challenge – to correctly answer more than 452,681,681 questions. Please participate and be part of the new world record.
