Redekopp's Rant: T and T Oct 1 Weekend Edition

Class

Shift Happens - are you ready?

Apps I like (you can share too as the course goes on)

Important Idea #3

McLuhan - tetrads and “The Medium is the Message”

What is education?

What are schools for? What is education? Why are you here? What do you hope to accomplish with your students?
Write down a one or two sentence response
Share with one other person and modify/revise if you wish
Share with another pair of people
What do some 'experts' say? Audio excerpt from TVO - The Agenda

Do the 'experts' change your mind? Which of their definitions do you like best?
Course overview - continue from slide 12

Infusion into the curricula, not supplementary, complementary or integrated.
Use the tech when you need it to get info or solve a problem.

Plan and question
Gather resources
Produce and show understanding
Communicate
Reflect

Ethics and Responsibility
Motivation and Confidence
Collaboration
Social Implications

Knows and Comprehends
Analyze and Apply
Synthesize and Evaluate

Using Technology in Education for:

Basic Communication (blogs. email, texting and PP - students, parents & teachers)
Info Gathering (RSS, web sites and advanced search)
Subject Specific Software - Drill & Practice, simulations, GPS, graphing, labs
Info Creating (wikis, blogs, web sites)
Collaboration - wikis, docs, video, audio
Presentation / Motivation (Hawthorne effect and larger audience)

Zamzar.com will convert many file formats

RSS feeds - google reader, bloglines, netvibes, or as a widget in your web space

Google Docs - text, presentations, sites - sharing

Wikis - how to and examples - Learning new media “Cool Tools for Schools” and “Getting Tricky with Wikis” .
    - show off your students' work
    - do group/class projects
    - keep class notes

Sumopaint