1. New Technologies in Education Discovering Caribbean Diversity workshop January 23, 2010 Dr. Swapna Kumar

2. What is ‘new’? Internet, Search Engines, Digital Resources Internet, Search Engines, Digital Resources Available online, often free of cost Available online, often free of cost Access to tools Access to tools Cell phone cameras – photos and videos Cell phone cameras – photos and videos Downloadable music and podcasts Downloadable music and podcasts Teacher AND student access Teacher AND student access How do we integrate it into our teaching? How do we integrate it into our teaching? © Copyright Swapna Kumar

3. Integrating new technologies Teacher integration Teacher integration Resources Resources Presentation Presentation Engage students, ‘speak’ to them Engage students, ‘speak’ to them Student involvement Student involvement They find resources They find resources They present (‘tell a story’ through their ‘lens’) They present (‘tell a story’ through their ‘lens’) They are engaged They are engaged New technologies facilitate student involvement. New technologies facilitate student involvement. © Copyright Swapna Kumar

4. New technologies http://www.go2web20.net/ http://www.go2web20.net/ http://www.go2web20.net/ VoiceThread/ Animoto VoiceThread/ Animoto VoiceThreadAnimoto VoiceThreadAnimoto Timelines Timelines Xtimeline.com Xtimeline.com Xtimeline.com Timetoast.com Timetoast.com Timetoast.com Timerime.com Timerime.com Timerime.com Capzles.com Capzles.com Capzles.com Google Earth Google Earth © Copyright Swapna Kumar

5. New Technologies (continued) Concept Maps Concept Maps Bubbl.us Bubbl.us Bubbl.us Gliffy.com Gliffy.com Gliffy.com Text2mindmap.com Text2mindmap.com Text2mindmap.com Blogs Blogs Blogger.com (to write your own blog/for student blogs) Blogger.com (to write your own blog/for student blogs) Searching for blogs about different countries and events Searching for blogs about different countries and events Technorati.com Technorati.com Technorati.com Blogsearch.google.com Blogsearch.google.com Blogsearch.google.com © Copyright Swapna Kumar

6. New Technologies (continued) Wikis Wikis The joy of multiple users The joy of multiple users Creation of a shared product Creation of a shared product Can anyone edit it Can anyone edit it http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/wiki/wikiideas1.cfm http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/wiki/wikiideas1.cfm http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/wiki/wikiideas1.cfm http://www.pbwiki.com http://www.pbwiki.com http://www.pbwiki.com http://drcoop.pbwiki.com/Wiki%20Examples http://drcoop.pbwiki.com/Wiki%20Examples http://drcoop.pbwiki.com/Wiki%20Examples http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Examples+of+educational+ wikis http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Examples+of+educational+ wikis http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Examples+of+educational+ wikis http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Examples+of+educational+ wikis http://sleducation.wikispaces.com/ http://sleducation.wikispaces.com/ http://sleducation.wikispaces.com/