Teacher and Technology Sept 14/15 2010

Sept 14/15 2010

Teacher and Technology - Dr. R. Redekopp

Shift Happens - are you ready?

MetaTeachnition - a new word for you to know. It means to think about your (or anyone else's) teaching and what is going on in terms of the you, the students, the classroom environment, your lesson, etc.

Introductions - one interesting thing about you!
- pictures (put your name - large and dark - on a piece of paper) and Mimio

Course outline
      Assignments! Read and weep - then boldly go where you have not gone before!! You can do this!!!

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?

For next week (Sept 21/22) read/watch/listen:
McLuhan - McLuhan Overview - roddy99 on YouTube (watch and take notes on the four things that change for next class)

Nicolas Carr – Is Google Making Us Stupid?

We can still read! - Why Digital Doesn't Mean Dumb!
What is a good teacher?
Gladwell - How to Identify a Good Teacher Prospect

CS Methods Sept 2010

Welcome here! It should be an awesome term.

ManACE/MindSet/Microsoft Summer workshops

 Announcing the ManACE/MindSet/Microsoft Summer Sessions

Once again most of the sessions are two-day sessions, but there are a few that are only one day long. The registration fee for all sessions is $35.00 (plus $1.86 registration fee) which is mainly to cover food costs. This is our first increase in more than 5 years! The main costs are covered by MindSet and Microsoft and we appreciate their support very much.

Note that we have:

• some specialized Smartboard sessions and
• one for resource teachers or anyone working with special needs students.
  

We still have to finalize a couple of sessions so check back if you don’t find what you need.

Dates: July 5/6, July 7/8, Aug 30/31

We have some sessions in Winnipeg (at various locations) and some in Elm Creek (it’s worth the trip) and Sunrise SD (also worth a trip).

Elementary Teachers

PLN – Building a Personal/Professional Learning Network July 5-6

Dabbling in Technological Design - Elm Creek School Jul 5-6

Smartboard (Early Years Focus) - Elm Creek School Jul 5

Ya Mean It’s A Phone TOO!?! Jul 6

Blogs, Blabs & Inquiry - Elm Creek School Jul 7-8

A Picture Tells a Thousand Words - Elm Creek Jul 7-8

iTouch for Special Needs: There's an App for That! Jul 7

Fun and memorable multimedia projects for Kindergarten-Grade 8 Classroom Teachers Jul 7-8

Building Your Professional Learning Network the Web 2.0 Way Jul 8

Get SMARTer (taking the next step with a SMART Board) Aug 30-31 – Sunrise SD

Cheap and Easy Multimedia in the Classroom - Portage Collegiate Aug 30-31


Middle Years Teachers

PLN – Building a Personal/Professional Learning Network July 5-6

Dabbling in Technological Design - Elm Creek School Jul 5-6

Flash Animation and Games made Simple Jul 5-6

Smartboard (Middle Years Focus) - Elm Creek School Jul 6

Ya Mean It’s A Phone TOO!?! Jul 6

Blogs, Blabs & Inquiry - Elm Creek School Jul 7-8

A Picture Tells a Thousand Words - Elm Creek Jul 7-8

iTouch for Special Needs: There's an App for That! Jul 7

Fun and memorable multimedia projects for Kindergarten-Grade 8 Classroom Teachers Jul 7-8

Building Your Professional Learning Network the Web 2.0 Way Jul 8

Get SMARTer (taking the next step with a SMART Board) Aug 30-31 – Sunrise SD

Cheap and Easy Multimedia in the Classroom - Portage Collegiate Aug 30-31


Senior Years Teachers

PLN – Building a Personal/Professional Learning Network July 5-6

Dabbling in Technological Design - Elm Creek School Jul 5-6

Making games: Channel the energy used playing games into creative activity Jul 5-6

Get SMART with Senior Years Math Jul 5–6

Flash Animation and Games made Simple

Ya Mean It’s A Phone TOO!?! Jul 6

Blogs, Blabs & Inquiry - Elm Creek School Jul 7-8

A Picture Tells a Thousand Words - Elm Creek Jul 7-8

iTouch for Special Needs: There's an App for That! Jul 7

Literacy with ICT for Senior Years teachers. Jul 7

Building Your Professional Learning Network the Web 2.0 Way Jul 8

Get SMARTer (taking the next step with a SMART Board) Aug 30-31 – Sunrise SD

Cheap and Easy Multimedia in the Classroom - Portage Collegiate Aug 30-31


Register early to avoid disappointment. Registration will close on June 25 so we can let instructors know how many people will be in their sessions.

You must use a credit card and register online. We use Paypal to collect the fees, but you DO NOT need a Paypal account to register, just a credit card. If you are reluctant to use your credit card online, ask your principal or superintendent to register for you.

You can register at:
http://mmmsummer2010.eventbrite.com/

Glenn Wiebe - Guest Post as part of Blog Swap

As part of the I Love EdTech blog swap, Reyn has allowed me to write a guest post. I work as a curriculum / technology consultant for an educational service center based in Hutchinson, Kansas and spend a lot of my time with social studies teachers around the Midwest.

Part of what I do is to find ways of integrating video games into classroom instruction.

I happened to glance out the window the other day and noticed my son swinging in the hammock with his iPod Touch. He seemed completely focused and so I asked him later what he had been playing.

Jake, knowing that I’m a big believer in the power of games in education, was smart enough to say

I was doing world history.

Of course, now I needed to know specifics. So Jake shared his latest iPod app called Civilization Revolution. And as a social studies guy, the title got my attention. I’ve played Sid Meier’s Civilization series for years and have even used those games as part of history instruction. Some of what I borrowed was created by Kurt Squire, from University of Wisconsin-Madison, who put together a wonderful unit design using Civilization III as the centerpiece.

And if there is a mobile app that can do the same thing, I had to play. While it’s not exactly like the full version of the Civilization series, it’s pretty close.

Like the original, you get 16 different civilizations to play, famous historical leaders with special abilities, the option to explore randomly generated planets, multiple difficulty settings to vary game length and an integrated tutorial to ease you in. The mobile version does have its own distinct visuals and the gesture-based interface unique to the iPod Touch.

The research on video games is becoming clearer – used appropriately, games encourage high levels of learning.

The big question now is not whether games are good for kids. The question becomes one about delivery and about which tool works best in the classroom. And the more I see my own kids using iPods and web-based cell phones, the more convinced I become about the power of handhelds in the classroom.

Why spend anywhere from $400 for a netbook to $1500 for a high-end laptop if as a teacher I can have students access the same material using a $200 (soon to be less) iPod Touch? And while there is no Civilization app for other sorts of phones, more and more games are being ported to those types of platforms.

As educators, we need to be willing to look at all of the ways that content can be delivered, not just those we’re used to. And like it or not, handhelds such as iPod Touchs and cell phones aren’t going away.

Mobile Learning

I have been part of a conference called Mobile Learning this past week - one session in Winnipeg (March 16) and one in The Pas, Manitoba (March 22). The sessions focus on new ways of learning and interacting with students and technology.
Carly Shuler is the keynote speaker and she presents her research from Pockets of Potential report - sponsored by the Joan Ganz Cooney Center of Children's TV Workshop. She has some interesting info on using mobile learning for learning - in and out of the classroom.
She mentions program such as Learning2Go and ookl.
I give a talk on Educational/Serious Games in Education which covers some of the brain research of digitally immersed (commonly called digital natives - which is an awkward term) people and also on the characteristics of a new age of students. Finally I look at some of the obstacles that teachers face to using games and how to move beyond these. I feature some of the video of James Paul Gee from Edutopia and audio of Angela McFarlane from her talk on novemberlearning.com.
That's the morning for the teachers, but we also have a student session and they spend their morning on Mobile Learning, using their cell phones to gather and share information. This session is led by Rob Fisher, Darren Kuropatwa and John Evans from Manitoba Education.

In the afternoon the teachers do the activity led by Rob, Darren and John and the students learn about possibilities in the IT industry in Manitoba and finish by playing an online/mobile game.
The idea and program were developed by Norm Lee from MindSet - the Manitoba Network for Science and Technology

T and T Final Post Winter 2010

EXAM Questions 

Course Survey online - A13, A14, A16, A18, A35

Thanks! Have a great teaching block!!

Check your T and T March 2-3, 2010

EXAM Questions

NOTE: A16 is in room 222.

Check your marks on Angel

Presentations
A!3 - MaryJane and Reuben and Melody
A14 - Cerrone, Darcy and Joel (Mac vs. PC)
A35 - Alena, Steph & Courtney --- Stacy, Mary Ellen, Rachelle
A16 - Dan,Krysten & Lisa ----- Brandy, Kelly, Tegan  ---- David
A18 - justin and andrew

BIAS!
Important Ideas - 14 - ?

Online Polling with Cell Phones - www.polleverywhere.com

A13 - Text CAST 25114 and your message to 32075
A14 - Text CAST 25118 and your message to 32075
A35 - Text CAST 24346 and your message to 32075
A16 -
A18 -

Facebook EULA (thanks Nathan) and other agreements

Integrade ??

Differentiated instruction and differentiated presentation/communication ?

Big MetaTeachnition - attendance/on-time, re-writes, class participation marks snd/or engagement (especially from the 'shy' people)



Final Exam questions? Final Exam video?

Paper evaluation