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You will receive MANY handouts for future reference. Information will also be posted on the internet

 Saving Your Work  Breaks/Schedule  Attendance  Class Participation  Assignments  Journals Important Things to Remember!!

 Collaborate  Network  Share  Support Professional Conversation

 Evaluate  Review  Speculate  Wonder  Respond  Assess Reflective Journal

Application Software  Cross Platform  K – 12  Multi-discipline  Higher Order Thinking Skills

Constructivism Learning is not only a matter of transferring ideas from one who is knowledgeable to one who is not…it is a process where knowledge becomes internalized. Teaching with Technology, Sandholtz, Ringstaff, Dwyer 1997, Teachers College Press, Columbia University

INSTRUCTIONAL EVOLUTION  ENTRY  ADOPTION  ADAPTION  APPROPRIATION  INVENTION FIVE STAGES

Entry Non-users of technology Minimal student technology use Disconnected technology use Traditional Instruction Technology is a problem, an inconvenience

Adoption Use technology for personal productivity Limited student technology use Traditional Instruction Technology seen as having some, limited utility

Adaptation Use technology for instruction Consistent student technology use Continue to do what they’ve always done, but now with technology Technology often an add-on Technology used for traditional instruction

Appropriation What will this tool let us do? Powerful student technology use Changes in teaching practice begin Technology becomes a powerful tool for learning

Innovation Non-traditional classroom Powerful student technology use Student-centered, learner- directed Constructivist Project-based Technology transforms teaching and learning

Demonstration of success  Teacher centered, didactic  Learner centered & interactive  Fact teller, always expert  Facts, memorization  Quantity  Collaborator & sometimes learner  Relationships, inquiry and invention  Quality Classroom Activity Teacher Role Instructional emphasis InstructionConstruction

Technology  Inquiry and problem solving based curriculum  Teacher as collaborator and sometimes, learner  Teacher as guide to curriculum  Use of internet, reference CDs, software to answer essential questions  Information does not all come from one place, students become experts in an area  Students research, construct and present information in a given area Constructivism

The New York State Learning Standards  Situate learning in real-life contexts  Help students be actively involved in their own learning explore, develop, apply, respond critically, analyze, evaluate  Show students how to explore, develop, apply, respond critically, analyze, evaluate  Focus on what the student will do, not what the teacher will do  Requires a change in instruction & assessment

Essential Questions Go to the heart of a disciplineGo to the heart of a discipline Naturally recurNaturally recur Raise other important questionsRaise other important questions Have no simple right or wrong answerHave no simple right or wrong answer

Essential Questions What makes a great author? Must you live it to write it? Is the U. S. 18th century constitution the best basis of government in the 21st century? Is the space exploration worth the cost? Did the Roman Empire fall or was it pushed?