A POTPOURRI OF WEB TOOLS

Connecting WorldsAZ-TESOL – Ocober 2009

A STORY ABOUT TECHNOLOGY

LET’S START WITH YOU

THE DIGITAL BRAIN AND OUR ROLE AS

EDUCATORS

Students’ digitally conditioned brains are 21st century brains,

and teachers must encourage these brains to operate fully in

our classrooms. We must recognize that relationships and

focused attention are key to learning in this century. If we can

help students balance the gifts technology brings with these

human gifts, they will have everything they need.

Marilee Sprenger

Educational Leadership Magazine

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shareski/3232419059/in/set-72157606411341392

THE KEY TO BECOMING AN EFFECTIVE

21ST CENTURY INSTRUCTOR IS TO

BECOME AN EFFICIENT 21ST CENTURY

LEARNER.ONCE YOU PAIR HIGH-QUALITY

TEACHING WITH A MEANINGFUL

UNDERSTANDING OF TODAY’S TOOLS FOR

NETWORKED LEARNING, YOU’LL BE

PREPARED TO SUPPORT TOMORROW’S

NETWORKED KID.

BILL FERRITEREDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP MAGAZINE

SEPTEMBER 2009

LET’S START WITH YOU

OBSERVE, DARE, REMIX YOUR CLASSROM

PRACTICES

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shutterhack/2328014257/

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIESKNOWLEDGE CREATION – FLUID, FAST AND MORE DEMOCRATIC

GOING DIGITAL

ENGAGING, THINKING, REMIXING

http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp

AVATARShttp://mashable.com/2007/09/12/avatars/

http://nikpeachey.blogspot.com/2008/08/manga-images-for-efl-esl.html

BUILDING COMMUNITIES

GIVING CHOICES, CREATING

MIXBOOK.COM

TIKATOK.COM

http://www.mixbook.com/photo-books/interests/the-phantom-of-the-opera-2759

http://www.mixbook.com/photo-books/education/brazil-4189854

CONNECTING

THROUGH

NING.COM

Sharing(photos, videos, creative ways, Ideas, the world...)

Learning(through conversations)

Networking(connecting like-minded people, making groups of interest, joining groups)

Interacting(through comments,discussion forums)

Having fun(in a spontaneous, informal and social environment...)

Visualizing(learning in a visual-rich environment)

Teaching with

http://www.flickr.com/groups/schoolsaroundtheglobe/

GOING VISUAL

LEARNING, HAVING FUN

COMIC CREATION

makebeliefscomix.com

toondoo.com

COMMUNICATING

THROUGH VOICETHREAD.COM

http://elementarylibrarylady.edublogs.org/2008/03/14/voicethread-collaborative-project/

http://voicethread.com/share/525514/

http://voicethread.com/share/11608/

GOING PROJECT-BASED

GETTING INSPIRED

DIGITAL STORYTELLINGUNDERSTANDING BROADER CONCEPTS

ENHANCING PEOPLE’S EMOTIONAL CONNECTEDNESS

http://christinesouthard.blogspot.com/2009/05/digital-storytelling-as-deep-learning.html

SMALL VOICES

http://kinderteacher.podomatic.com/

THE SHAPE OF THINGS

http://theshapeofthings.pbworks.com/Introduction/

THE TEDDY BEAR PROJECT

THE SCRAPBOOKING PROJECT

IEARN

HTTP://IEARN.ORG

MY CLASSROOM, MY SANDBOX

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shareski/2655113202/in/set-72157606411341392/

THIS PRESENTATION’S RICHNESS OF

EXAMPLES WAS ONLY POSSIBLE DUE

TO THE GENEROSITY OF MY TWITTER

BUDDIES.

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