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How do I leverage technology to enhance
gifted student learning?
Presented by: Aaron Maurerwww.coffeeforthebrain.com
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• This session will explore the topic of educational
technology. Technology should no longer be a goal or
add-on in the classroom. We will explore how to
flatten your classroom walls, enhance student
learning, connect with authentic audiences, and
expand both student learning and teaching to move
beyond the pastel prisons of today's classrooms.
Overview
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Let’s Be Very Clear Right Away….
KNOWMAD SOCIETY 3.0
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Technological change is not additive; it is ecological, which means, it changes
everything.
Neil Postman
HOW SMART HAVE SMART
BOARDS MADE
CHILDREN?
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We BelieveAn excellent education is a basic right, a socioeconomic and workforce imperative
People can do remarkable things when technology is within reach
Technology applied in new ways can shift behavior and inspire improved learning outcomes
Build the cultureTechnology can leverage learning IF we
Elements of a quality learning culture• allows students to be curious
• allows students to be playful
• allows students to be risk takers
• allows students to be persistent
• allows students to share
• allows students to be treated like a person
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5 C’s
▸ critical thinking
▸ collaboration
▸ communication
▸ creativity
▸ Common Core
• Tech is reserved to labs
• Tech used for discrete and narrow purposes (read a
text)
• Tech is trying to be applied old mindsets of teaching
• Tech is more of a flashy gimmick instead of infusion
into culture of learning
• Tech is viewed as a goal or initiative
• Tech becomes is “add-on”
Current Technology Problems in Schools
Knowledge is EVERYWHERETeachers = Master Learners
Cultures of LearningWith TECHNOLOGY
No longer acceptable to do better.We HAVE to do DIFFERENT
Creativity · Critical Thinking · Communication · Collaboration · Computational Thinking
Real-time feedback to
students
Preparing students to
be productive
adults
Increasing instructional
time, decreasing
administrative tasks
Students seeking
solutions to global issues
Online learning
Helping teachers work with
students who miss school
Staff collaboration
Cultivate collaboration
Beyond the paper-based classroom
Meeting the needs of diverse learners
Developing digital literacy
Access free professional development at aka.ms/mic
Average number of hours spent on non-instructional tasks
Source: IDC, 2015
The Top 10 time sinks Average annual number of inefficient hours by teaching activity
Source: IDC, 2015
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How do we leverage technology?
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Before We Talk Tech
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Flatten Your Walls
Global Learning
education.microsoft.com/skypeintheclassroom skype.com
Skype in the Classroom
Finding teachers
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• What makes a person more than a number? Skype With Holocaust Survivor Using SP3
http://wp.me/p4covo-1op
• Taking Global Collaboration and Skype Beyond Mystery Skypes
http://wp.me/p4covo-1ny
• Flattening Classroom Walls: Connecting with Cadiz, Spain using Skype
http://wp.me/p4covo-1bW
• Book Review: Madonnas of Leningrad and Skype with author http://wp.me/p4covo-5t
• Literacy Across the World http://wp.me/p4covo-1ow
• Power of #StuVoice, PLN, and Giving Students Access To The World To Make Change
#bettpassion @zakmal http://wp.me/p4covo-V
• Pringle Chip Challenge: Video explanations and ready for packages to arrive!
http://wp.me/p4covo-9Z
• 5th Grade Students Cooking Mardi Gras Food http://wp.me/p4covo-qu
• 2011-2012 Wiki of Global Connections http://coffeechug.wikispaces.com/home
• http://coffeechug2.wikispaces.com/home
• Letters to the Editor Project
Skype Examples
Communication
Let’s SWAY!
A Sway for Sway
sway.com/education
CreatingEvaluatingAnalyzingApplying
UnderstandingRemembering
Lower Order Thinking Skills
Higher Order Thinking Skills
Features
High-fidelity animations
Audio-video narration
Free-form inking
Hyperlinks Quizzes and polls
Interactive simulations
Embedded web pages
Embedded and linked
videos
Built-in screen capture
PowerPoint plus powerful interactive features
Everything you need is in the Mix tab
Scenario
Analytics to help assess student progress and understanding
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Podcast of Student Learning
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American Revolution Debate
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Real Time Learning
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Student Work Mixed with Social Media
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StuCamp
Authentic Audience
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Writing with the Experts
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Another top 25 editor
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Margo Day, VP of Microsoft Education
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Social Media to Broadcast Student Voice
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You can make it work!
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Makerspace and hands on learning
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Coffeechug Café in Core Classes
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#makewriting
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#makewriting
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Symbolism
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Math
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Robodogs
ClosureWhat is next for YOU?
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Give students freedom to learn
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Be ready for disruption
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Norms
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Times are Changing
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Mix those paints!
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Question
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What are you doing in your classroom right now that you
could hand over to your students to do themselves?
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Ask the KIDS!!!!
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Academic Renaissance
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What is one thing you learned today that you will commit to incorporating when you return
back to your class?
Email me [email protected]
