20 warning signs that you are falling behind the times with technology as a teacher
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Worried That You’re Not in Touch with Today’s Technological Tools in the Classroom? Do some of These Describe you?TRANSCRIPT
DO SOME OF THESE DESCRIBE YOU?
20 Warning Signs That you are Falling Behind the Times with Technology as a Teacher Some ‘tongue-in-cheek’ and
some that are quite legit …
http://www.emergingedtech.com/2014/01/20-warning-signs-that-you-are-falling-behind-with-technology-as-a-teacher/
1. YOU T
HINK
THAT
‘MOBIL
E
LEARNIN
G’ IS
TAKIN
G A F
IELD
TRIP
!
Image Source: http://www.luminous-landscape.com/1photo-pages/y/yellow-field.shtml
2. YOU DON’T MAKE HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS OR
OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS ON A WEB PAGE
WEB
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3. YOU DON’T EVEN REMEMBER HOW TO GET TO THE WEB PAGE YOUR SCHOOL PROVIDES YOU
Web Page … What Web Page?
Image Source: http://entrepreneurialambitions.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/thinking.jpg
4. You think that ‘tweeting’ is what birds do
Image Source: http://www.freemarketmediagroup.com/internet-marketing/daily-tips/twitter-tuesday/twitter-chirping-like-a-bird/#axzz2r2TI1Or9
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Image Source: http://www.actionrecon.com/jeep-vs-nike-two-routes-to-a-tv-commercial/
5. Your idea of
a ‘Person
al Learnin
g Networ
k’ is your
television
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6. YOU THINK SOCIAL MEDIA IS
JUST FOR TEENAGERS
& STAY-AT-HOME-MOMS
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7. You think an iPad is someone’s groovy apartment
Image Source: http://www.pmags.com/sleepings-pads-a-
grounded-view
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8. YOU B
ELIE
VE
AN ‘ELE
CTRONIC
PORTFOLI
O’ IS A
BRIEFC
ASE FU
LL
OF CD’S
AND
SOFTW
ARE
Image Source: http://www.dhgate.com/store/product/hot-mini-briefcase-business-card-case-coin/156674316.html
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9. YOU WISH YOU KNEW HOW TO USE YOUR BLACKBERRY BETTER
http://blackberrysync.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/blackberry-8703-verizon.jpg
Sorry Blackberry, but … well, you know
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10. You think that ‘lecture
capture’ is what
students do when they take
notes
Image Source: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SXTiDWZfi3Y/THX6iEIbpEI/AAAAAAAALbQ/8K1WIw8mfJ0/s1600/taking_notes.jpg
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11. YOU T
HINK
THAT
‘DIG
ITAL
LEARNIN
G’ IS
SOMET
HING
COMPUTE
RS DO
Image Sources: http://www.warepin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/computer-and-hardware-and-terminology.jpg & http://www.tipakan.com/images/2009/10/apple.jpg
12. You think Instagram is a new service from Western Union
Image Source: http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8471/8076669464_a1052f4194_z.jpg
13. YOU THINK THAT VINE IS SOMETHING
TO SWING ON OR PICK GRAPES FROM
Image Source: http://imgc.allpostersimages.com/images/P-473-488-90/27/2700/MHQUD00Z/posters/co-rentmeester-orangutan-swinging-from-a-vine-in-the-jungles-of-north-borneo.jpg
14. YOU’RE SURPRISED THAT MOST STUDENTS DON’T USE EMAIL
Image Source: http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/ld/images/student-thinking.jpg/view
… e-mail is for old folks
15. You don’t let your students use Wikipedia as a reference
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16. YOU GLANCE AROUND NERVOUSLY AND HOLD ON TO YOUR DESK WHEN YOU HEAR THE PHRASE “FLIPPED CLASSROOM”
Nervous Teacher Image Source: http://www.edcomsteachers.com/media/162060/nervous_teacher.jpg
(okay, really just kidding on that one – the only modems like that left out there are in museums right?) Image Source:
http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/bt-calls-time-dial-up-126060
17. YOU STILL HAVE AN ANALOG MODEM!
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18. YOU
THIN
K
MYSPA
CE IS
COOL
It’s actually getting a little cooler again, but it’s got a long way to go to get back to the popularity it once had …
19.You miss your type-writer
Image Source: http://www.mobilemarketingwatch.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Mobile-Payments-Sending-Cash-Registers-The-Way-of-The-Typewriter.jpeg
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Remember these ??
20. YOU THINK ‘GAMIFICATION’ IS WHAT GEORGE W.
BUSH DOES WHEN HE PLAYS MONOPOLY!
Image Sources: http://newsbusters.org/sites/default/files/2012/GWB%20419.jpg, and http://gallivance.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/monopoly-w-baltic.jpeg
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