NAGC 2011 Where Is My Jetpack?

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Brian HousandEast Carolina Universitybrianhousand@gmail.com brianhousand.comAngela HousandUniversity of North Carolina - Wilmingtonahousand@gmail.comangelahousand.comNAGC 58th Annual ConventionNew Orleans, LouisianaSaturday, November 3, 20117:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.Room: Versailles BallroomWe are now in the second decade of the 21st century. Our world is filled with amazing technological advances, yet our schools and classrooms have largely gone unchanged since the late 19th Century. The promise of the future is attainable with available free tools like cloud computing, mobile devices, game based learning, and augmented reality. Join us as we explore how gifted students are and could be using technology to lead us into the future. This session explores past predictions for the future and demonstrates how the technology of today can create the classroom of tomorrow.

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Brian HousandEast Carolina University

brianhousand@gmail.com brianhousand.com

Angela HousandUniversity of North Carolina

Wilmingtonahousand@gmail.com

angelahousand.com

FOR HANDOUTS VISIT:

http://bit.ly/nagc-jetpack

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Cloud Computing

Mobiles

One Year Or Less

Google Docshttp://docs.google.com

No software to purchase or install!

LIVES in the CLOUD! Work is automatically saved.

Allows access to files from any computer that connects to the Internet.

Collaborate on documents in REAL TIME. Instantly see what your collaborators are typing.

FORM function allows you to create and deploy web-based surveys with results that are automatically compiled in a spreadsheet.

FOLDER function allows you to store ANY file online. You can access from anywhere and share with anyone.

Ideas for Using Google Docs

•Collaborative writing projects•Peer editing•Project planning•Brainstorming•Group presentation creation •Data gathering and analysis•Survey creation•Mind mapping

Dropbox is software that syncs your files online and across your computers.

How Much Space?

2GB FREE

Install on another computer.

Sharea

folder.

Invite a friend or colleague.

Install on your phone.

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Technology Creates a WorldThat is Massively Interconnected

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“Every generation of teenagers embracesthe freedoms and possibilities wroughtby technology in ways that shock the elders.”

Time  March  27,  2006

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www.google.com/mobile/goggles/

the answer, then you may be asking the wrong question.

If your students can

Game Based Learning

Open Content

Two to Three Years

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stemchallenge.org

gamestarmechanic.com/

wowinschool.pbworks.com

3dgamelab.org

ocw.mit.edu

curriki.org

khanacademy.org

ted.com

iTunes U

www.openhighschool.org

Learning Analytics

Personal Learning Environments

Four to Five Years

Learning  Analy6cs

More  than  tes6ng  and  tracking...

Learning  Analy6cs

Addresses  student’s  learning  goals  and  needs  by  extrac6ng  informa6on  from  the  flow  of  learning  ac6vi6es

Learning  Analy6cs

Will  be  used  to  gather  data  about  teaching  prac6ces  for  con6nuous  improvement.

Personal Learning Environments

Personal Learning Environments

Personal Learning Environments

Tear down the wall

We welcome change and openness; for we believe that freedom and security go together, that the advance of human liberty can only strengthen the cause of world peace.

Keep technology in the hands of

students

Why  Do  We  Ask  Kids  To  UNPLUG  

At  School?

80%

Conner CohenAGE: 11

iSketch App

Ozair PatelAGE: 13

Berry School Mate

APP  GAP

LOWER  INCOME

UPPER  INCOME

2%17%

APP  GAP

LOWER  INCOME

UPPER  INCOME

38%3%

APP  GAP

LOWER  INCOME

UPPER  INCOME

48%91%

A  Vision  of  the  Future

Education Isa social process

Education IsGROWTH

Education IsNOT

a preparation for life

Education IsLIFE

ITSELF.

Brian HousandEast Carolina University

brianhousand@gmail.com brianhousand.com

Angela HousandUniversity of North Carolina

Wilmingtonahousand@gmail.com

angelahousand.com

FOR HANDOUTS VISIT:

http://bit.ly/nagc-jetpack