1. Creating an Environment for Students to Succeed in Using Technology An Administrator’s Perspective Springdale Public Schools Ben Smith and Jared Mader www.edtechinnovators.com Red Lion Area School District Wednesday, October 07, 2015Wednesday, October 07, 2015Wednesday, October 07, 2015Wednesday, October 07, 2015

2. About Us Ben Smith: Physics Teacher K-12 Science Coordinator Technology Resource Teacher Keystone Technology Integrator Doctoral Student in Instructional Technology STAR Discovery Educator ISTE Board of Directors Jared Mader: Director of Technology Former Chemistry Teacher Technology Staff Development Trainer Keystone Technology Integrator Masters Student in Instructional Technology STAR Discovery Educator ISTE Consultant

3. Why Use Technology? Make work easier - productivity Typing, calculating, recording information Help students learn better Visualization, reading Prepare students for 21st century jobs Communicate Collaborate Be Creative Solve Problems Image from http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/

4. Today’s Students 21st Century Learners Multitaskers Text Messengers Gamers Appropriaters Today’s college students have spent 5000 hours reading 10000 hours gaming 20000 hours watching TV Marc Prensky - Digital Natives, Digital ImmigrantsSee ArticleSee Article

5. Ready or Not... The World is Different Then … Now Now … telecommunications audio tapes video tapes simulationsemail web projects problem-solvingmultimediahypermedia mobile access laptops (1:1 access) GIS/GPS systems instant messaging wikis / blogs MUVEs cell phones virtual reality

6. Pedagogical Foundations Curriculum must drive the need for technology integration Technology is the tool used to facilitate student- centered learning Scaffolding technology skills has to occur prior to the expectation that students can make thoughtful choices about its appropriate use Degree to which students can utilize technology is also dependent upon their level of cognitive ability.

7. National Educational Technology Standards for Students

8. National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers

9. National Educational Technology Standards for Administrators

10. Knowing Content is NOT Enough In order to be successful in the 21st Century, ALL students must be able to Construct new understandings Solve problems Make decisions Communicate and express themselves Understand complex issues Work collaboratively Set goals and work to a timeline Make ethical choices

11. A Taxonomy for Integrating Technology into Diverse Classrooms Increasing Levels of Cognition Curriculum mastery deepens Increasing Complexity of Technology Skills Technology choices become autonomous

12. How to Include ALL Students Have students move through the taxonomy appropriate to their abilities. As students acquire the skills of using a technology…. It becomes a tool they may choose The emphasis of an activity shifts from the technology to the cognitive skills students must employ Becomes invisible

14. Observing Students are passive spectators of technology Students view PowerPoint during lecture Teacher uses Interactive Whiteboard during lecture Students view websites on large screen Students listen to a podcast

15. Incorporating Students are leveraging technology to increase productivity Type papers using Word Make graphs with Excel Online Searches Calculators Tutorials

16. Producing Students create a product with a single technology Students record a podcast Students make a movie Poster session in PowerPoint

17. Exploring Students engage in discovery learning prior to formal instruction Students use online applet to learn about a topic Students conduct a lab with probes

18. Collaborating Students interact with peers, instructors, and outside resources Students make group contributions in text format to a Wiki Students work together on a Google Doc Web 2.0 Tools: mindomo, VoiceThread, etc. Student email - Gaggle Blogging

19. Applying Students are guided to combine and integrate technologies Students use Excel, Probes and Accompanying Software, and Photobooth in Notebook to create lab report Students use PowerPoint to make slides to import into iMovie Students add movies, MP3s and images into a Wiki

20. Creating Students are making sound choices about the appropriate synthesis of content and technology into a final product Students are given an assignment and must choose the format for communicating information

21. How to get Students to be Creative Creating the Canvas Word, PowerPoint, Inspiration, Wikis, Google Docs Learning to Paint User Created Content: Podcasts, Movies, Animoto, Mapping Creative Process Instructional Design: Be Vague

22. Planning Documents Year Long Plan Being Creative Curriculum Map What are 21st century skills? What are technologies you / your students can use? What are your current integration activities?

23. Observations Classroom Walkthoughs Supervision Plans Building Goals

24. Administrative Issues Collaboration Policies iPods / Cell Phones / PDAs Security

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