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Shelee King George
Puget Sound Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology
What’s your invention?Think of an invention that you use
regularly that would impact your life greatly if you had to live without it.
Table Connections
Introduce yourself to your table mates. Share your name and where you
live and workYour current jobThe invention you use regularly
Pleased to meet you!
My past My present My belief in education
In this session… Change Tomorrow’s workforce Innovation vs. invention Technology in the classroom REAL learning tasks
Beyond today – Take action on at least two ideas to promote innovation in the classroom.
Change
What are some big elements of change occurring in the past 30 years?
Table talk
Share
Our Dreams As Educators
What skills do our students need to cope with change?
21st Century Skills: US
Critical Thinking/Problem Solving Written and Oral Communications Teamwork/Collaboration Diversity Information Technology Application Leadership
Real World Example
Bellingham, WA Radio Ad: 104.3 FM
Wanted: Traffic Reporter Assistant
Must have skill with Word, Excel, PowerPoint and graphic manipulation
Also, must be able to multi-task and prioritize in a fast paced office
environment
Dreams to Reality
Explore the kind of learning needed to prepare students with these skills….
Reaching Our DreamsWhat skills and knowledge do TEACHERS need
to offer this type of learning to their students?
Teachers Need To (ISTE):
Inspire student learning and creativity Design, develop digital age learning
expectations and assessments Model Digital age work and learning Promote and model digital age citizenship Engage in professional growth and leadership
Innovation vs. Invention1. Read the 4 discussions comparing
innovation to invention.
2. Which one helps you clarify the comparison the best?
While I was completing my Masters Degree in Instructional Technology, I was convinced that by helping teachers integrate technology into their lessons (doing the same thing…just with technology) would make the difference.
Langwitches Blog:
http://langwitches.org/blog/2009/06/17/never-was-about-technology-time-to-focus-on-learning/
As a Technology Integration Facilitator … I was convinced that by co-teaching with classroom teachers, we would give students the opportunity to work with different media to extract/ share information and express themselves while not adding to the teacher work load of doing “one more thing”. We used technology tools to engage students and activate THEIR way of thinking and learning while teaching the CURRENT curriculum and that would make the difference.http://langwitches.org/blog/2009/06/17/never-was-about-
technology-time-to-focus-on-learning/
It Never Was About the TechnologyNow, I have arrived at a point in the
process where I believe that it is not (never was) about technology. To make a difference, it has always been about good teaching, reflecting and focusing on (relevant?) student learning.
http://langwitches.org/blog/2009/06/17/never-was-about-technology-time-to-focus-on-learning/
Technology Carousel
Think about the ways students work and the types of activities you include in your lessons.
How can technology add value to or make the work easier for the following learning tasks?
CommunicationCollaborationGathering InformationOrganization of InformationExpression
The Learning Activity Checklist Overview Filter through which we can look at
lessons
A REAL Task
REAL Audience REAL Problem REAL Product
REALTask or not?
Innovate a Traditional Task Groups of 3-4 Choose a recorder Task Template Revise an existing traditional task so
that it meets the 3REALS of engaging tasks.
Post your paper for viewing when done
Wows and Wonders Gallery Walk View and travel as a team Sticky Notes to leave your comments:
Wows for insights gainedWonders for questions you have
Wait for the music signal to move to the next station
