Integrating Technology into the Curriculum for the Millennial

Student Presenter: Stephanie Martinez, M.Ed.

Technology Application TeacherC0-Presenter: Kelly James

Social Studies TeacherCastleberry High School

This presentation will introduce and share several ways to use 21st century technology and Web 2.0 tools to make technology an integral part of classroom curriculum.

What’s the Point?

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Millennials are the largest generation in American history. Born between 1978 and 2000, they are 95 million strong, compared to 78 million Baby Boomers.

What is a Millennial?

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Self-aware and committed to generational solidarity. Strongly progressive, socially tolerant, environmentally-conscious,

peace-loving, and poised to lead the biggest left ward shift in recent American history.

Sober but optimistic in their assessment of the future. Enthusiastic about the power of collective social action. Unselfish and socially committed. Incredibly tuned in to technology, having already played a major role in

creating and shaping technologies (such as social networking) that are changing the world.

Innovation-minded, seeing not a world of limits but one of possibilities in which anything can be accomplished with enough creativity and determination.

Post-ideological, post-partisan, and post-political.

Research reveals that the Millenial Generation is………..

http://www.gen-we.com/sites/default/files/Greenberg%20Millennial%20Study%20Survey%20Results.pdf

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21st Century Skills Comparison

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Collaborate

Which 21st Century Skills you feel are most important, AND Why.

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Now the Free and Inexpensive Resources to help you infuse technology into your curriculum!

Welcome to the Future

Online Applications and Web 2.0

Free and Connected Enhances 21st Century Skills Easy integration in curriculum Appealing to digital natives Cross platform Accessibility

Why?

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What is a QR Code? This is a QR or Quick Response Code. It is a 3D

barcode. It's a much more sophisticated version of the barcode on your bag of Lays Potato Chips. QR Codes are popping up everywhere and are gaining in popularity in education.

QR Codes

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One little code can contain up to 4000 characters of info

Quick and easy obtainable links to web addresses, contact info, and blanket text messages

Kids LOVE to find out what’s “inside” them. Easy to make with an online QR code

generator QR reader apps are available for most smart

phones

Why?

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Just one way to use them……

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Wordle Tagxedo

Word Cloud Generators

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1. Students can use it to monitor the frequency of word usage in their own writings.

2. Students can use it to analyzing news articles. 3. Teachers can use it for field trip reviews. 4. Teachers can create a Current Events Analysis. 5. What are your students listening to? Copy and paste the lyrics of

popular songs into Wordle and find out. 6. What is important on your school campus? Copy and paste your

schools mission and vision statements into Wordle and find out. My schools Wordle.

7. Self Reflection; If you where to write a story about yourself, what would your Wordle say?

8. Current Study posters. What is curricularly important in your class this week? Create a Wordle that visualizes that.

Using Word Clouds in Class

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TitanPad (Work on one doc simultaneously) Demonstration

http://titanpad.com/bcSdZRmLrX

Collaboration Sites

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Wallwisher (Online Notice Board)

http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/hstwconference

Collaboration Sites

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CoSketch (Whiteboard app) Demonstration http://cosketch.com/Rooms/xtqjnei

Collaboration Sites

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Collaborate

Discuss with your neighbors or raise your hand and suggest how you could integrate a collaborative site into a current lesson.

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Take aim at one traditional lesson and rewrite it to fit a new technology application

Discover the world of Project Based Learning and discover how technology makes new things happen

Integrate 21st Century Skills Use a past unit of lesson and use multiple

sources of technology to bring it to the 21st Century

Transform PD and become a member of a PLN

Techniques to Facilitate Transformation

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http://www.techedknow.com http://teacherspodcast.org/ http://www.freetech4teachers.com/

Helpful Sites (with FREE ideas!)

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Links QR Codes Ideas And Additional Web2.0 resources

Handout

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjJg9NfTXos

Why is this important?

Please contact me at martinezs@castleberryisd.net

I’ll be happy to discuss any ideas you have as to how to integrate one of these tools into your lessons.

Thanks!

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