The role of teachers In the Cyberworld of students

Ms. Kiran Budhrani Instructional Designer / Author

June 8, 2011

IN HIGH SCHOOL

IN ELEMENTARY

How a student learns is not entirely dependent on the student alone.

Students perform depending on

what is expected of them by the teacher.

YOU are a major influence

Rethink

WHAT and HOW we teach

Advances in technology, information, and communication,

have changed the way learning and instruction

are carried out.

The Internet broke through and

changed everything

Students today are doing things differently from those 20 years ago

Educators are faced

with even more CHALLENGES than the last century

CENTURY 21st

Handwriting Typing

Post-It Spiral Notebooks

Highlighting Filing

Paper-based culture

TEXT

Screen-Based culture

E-mail Webcams

Blogging Gaming

Googling Streaming

Chatting Social Friends

TEXT +

NON TEXT

How we acquire information We are

V isual 70% of the time,

we put effort on

SEEING

USE multiple representations beyond the textbook

Print Images Animation Videos

Audio Internet Wikis, Blogs Chat

Generation I don’t know… but I can find out!

13 HOURS Worth of video is uploaded in YouTube every MINUTE

412.3 YEARS To take to view them all

1,000,000,000 materials, links, etc. shared every week

5,000,000,000 minutes spent in facebook every day

98M Population

98M Population

NEW SOURCES

Facts

• Students use technology and they LIKE it

• Students use technology differently from their teachers

• Students like to learn from different modes, different people, different sources

Technology Changes Everything

• How we define literacy

• How we communicate

• Our role as teachers

• Where learning takes place

• How learning takes place

The Role of the Teacher MUST CHANGE

Join Them! There’s no other way…

Factual Change

• Teachers use technology and must LIKE it

• Students use technology similar to their teachers

• Teachers should learn from different modes, different people, different sources

i Am Present

i Search

i Share

i Collaborate

i Create

i Protect

• Do not limit yourself to the classroom

• 24/7 teacher

• Be visible in the Cyberworld

• Use what students use

– Information Technologies

– Websites

– Social Networks

i Am Present

• Do not limit yourself to the textbook

• Find content online

– Pictures, videos, animations

– Blogs, wikis, articles

• Collect content that is relevant, useful, interesting, cool, fun, new

i Search

http://visual.merriam-webster.com/

http://www.flickr.com

http://www.ehow.com/

http://www.physicscentral.com/

http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/

Yenka

http://virtual.itg.uiuc.edu/

http://chemtoolbox.free.fr/uk/screenshot.php

http://www.teachertube.com

http://www.youtube.com

“Build Your Toolbox”

Online Resources Digital Media

• Provide a good reference list to students

• Share with colleagues and peers

• Learn from your students as well

i Share

www.delicious.com

• Provide a good reference list to students

• Make the connections among the different information available online

• CONNECTIVISM principle

i Share

LINK RESOURCES BY TOPIC AREAS

Example: The SUPERMOON - multiple sources

• Form a network with colleagues

• Form a new relationship with the students -- online facilitator

i Collaborate

• Asynchronous

– E-groups

– Online activities in groups

– Message boards / forum

– Social Networks

• Synchronous

– Online conversations (chats)

i Collaborate

• Once you are ready, create your own materials

– Blog / Wiki Articles

– Videos

– Audio Podcasts

i Create

• New paradigm of sharing your knowledge, information, and materials for FREE

– File Sharing

– Group Access

i Create

• Intellectual Property

– You, your students, others

• Cybercrime

– Spam

– Fraud

– Obscene or offensive content

– Harassment

i Protect

21st Century Instructional Factors

Learner Teacher Classroom Curriculum

i Am Present

i Search

i Share

i Collaborate

i Create

i Protect

Curriculum Goals

• Integrate technology

• Project-based learning activities

• Performance-based assessment

– Beyond testing

– Use rubrics

Project Based Activities

• Design activities that students like to do

– Listen to lecture

– Watch a video

– Teach each other (presentations, videos)

– Create slide shows

– Tell stories (words, photos)

All this media

talads to

WW TEACHERS!

BECOME

Thank You! Contact me:

k iranbudhrani@gmail .com TWITTER: kiranbudhrani BLOG: cybersmartguide.wordpress.com