Transforming the Classroom into
a Digital Age Learning Center
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Ben Smith and Jared Mader
www.edtechinnovators.com
Thursday, June 24, 2010
About Us - EdTechInnovators.com
Ben Smith:
Jared Mader:
Physics Teacher
K-12 Science Coordinator
Technology Resource Teacher
Keystone Technology
Integrator
Doctoral Student in
Instructional Technology
STAR Discovery Educator
ISTE Board of Directors
Director of Technology
Former Chemistry Teacher
Technology Staff Development
Trainer
Keystone Technology
Integrator
Masters in Instructional
Technology
STAR Discovery Educator
ISTE Consultant
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Today’s Students
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Marc Prensky - Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants See Article
Our Purpose of 1 to 1
Students work digitally
Productivity and Efficiency
Students learn Global Age Skills (NETS-S)
Technology becomes invisible
Note: 1 to 1 means each student has a
computing device (Laptop, NetBook, iPod /
iPhone / iPad)
What do we want students to be able to do?
Why Go Digital?
The World is Flat
Google: Did You Know Video
Change the way students work
Create a Paperless Environment
Move students from Digital Intuitives to Digital Natives
Skills to Survive
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How to Make Digital Happen
Turn the printer off
File Exchange
Hand In / Distribute
Drop Box
Provide Templates
Purposefully Plan for the use of Technology - Our
Taxonomy
Getting Teachers to Integrate
Ways to Use Technology
Personal and Professional Use
Instructional Enhancement
Observing in the Taxonomy
Using with Students
A Taxonomy for Integrating Technology
Increasing Complexity of Technology Skills
Technology choices become autonomous
Increasing Levels of Cognition
Curriculum mastery deepens
Observing
Students are passive spectators of the technology
Incorporating
Students are leveraging technology to increase productivity
Producing
Students create a product with a single technology
Exploring
Students engage in discovery learning prior to formal instruction
Collaborating
Students interact with peers, instructors, and outside resources
Applying
Students are guided to combine and integrate technologies
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Creating
Students are making sound choices about the appropriate synthesis of content
and technology into a final product
How to Erase Technology
Have students move through the taxonomy
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
How to Integrate Technology
Know your kids
What are their strengths and weaknesses
What technologies are available?
Look for Connections between curriculum goals
and technology
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?
Creating Scaffolds for Students
Tutorials
Word
Screentoaster
Student Examples
Modeling
Assessing Technology Integrated Projects
What are the goals / objectives of the project?
Curricular
Skills
Technology
Develop a rubric
Curriculum Focus should be first
Need a rubric area to deal with technology aspect
Collaboration
Problem Solving
Communication
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
Questions
Email: info@edtechinnovators.com
Website: www.edtechinnovators.com