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Vestavia Music Educators 2013
TECHNOLOGY FOR MUSIC EDUCATOR
IT USED TO BE SO EASY
teachers
students
KNOWLEDGE
CANDLE
something happened
today’s students are no longer the people our educational system was designed to teach
-mark prensky
digital native
digital immigrant
do you know more than your students about technology?
opt out
isolation
ignorance
irrelevance
opt out
isolationignorance
irrelevance
f a i l u r e
behold, i bring you good news
they aren’t that smart
they just know more than you
what they know is only skin deep
texting
tunes
expert consumers
expert consumers
novice creators
technology entertains
technology entertains
doesn’t instruct
informs them of events
informs them of events
doesn’t keep them organized
computer accompanies them to class
computer distracts them from professor
they only look smart
they only look smart
until you ask them a question
or ask them to actually DO something with
technology.
they still need you
they still need your:
wisdom
they still need your:
wisdommaturity
they still need your:
wisdommaturityguidance
Purpose of this presentation
Purpose of this presentation1. Understand the change that
is going on in education with technology.
2. Educate Yourself. Be better at what you do.
3. Work smarter and more efficiently.
EMERGING TRUTHS
The NMC (New Media Consortium) is an international community of experts in educational technology
People expect to be able to work, learn, and study whenever and wherever they want to.
People expect to be able to work, learn, and study whenever and wherever they want to.
BUT I’M A CHOIR/BAND DIRECTOR!
So, does this emerging truth hurt our case or
help it?
Emerging truth #2:
We will want our information to be accessible in any
device
Emerging truth #3:The world is increasingly collaborative, driving changes in the way students projects are structured.
Why is this good news?
Collaboration is a specialty of musicians.
We teach collaboration every day.
Purpose of this presentation1. Understand the change that
is going on in education with technology.
2. Educate Yourself. Be better at what you do.
3. Work smarter and more efficiently.
Personal Learning Network
Personal Learning Network
a personalized program of professional development
Personal Learning Network
You are responsible for your own professional development.
Personal Learning Network
TechnologyEducationDesign
how many of you follow twitter?
Leaders of today’s movements are tweetingCultivators of
knowledge:
They point their followers to relevant
information
Tweets often link to blogs
Tweets often link to blogs
Tweets often link to blogs
Tweets often link to blogs
blogs deliver the full message
Tweets
Facebook posts
Building your PLN: slideshare
slideshare
Core Principles:Share what you do with
others.
Do you remember this point?
The world is increasingly collaborative,
and you need to be a collaborating part of the
community
So many ways to share:Blog
TwitterYouTube
Newsletter?Slideshare!
Purpose of this presentation1. Understand the change that
is going on in education with technology.
2. Educate Yourself. Be better at what you do.
3. Work smarter and more efficiently.
This is the part of the presentation
where I throw things at you in a somewhat
disorganized way.
GoogleVoice – Texting
(soon to become part of Google Contacts)
choose the right tool for the job
synchronize your life: “cloud computing”
and “dropbox”“evernote”
Using Twitter to Communicate with anyone
i tweet
i tweetstudent gets text message
Let’s try it.
pull out your cell phonetext this number: 40404
with this message: follow philipco
(then hit send)
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Questions?