21st centurydistrictday

TechnologyGame

HINT: This year’s senior class at MMU entered

Preschool in 1996

That’s the same time that DVDs were introduced to our culture.

Were you like me? Did you think that renting movies would be the end of “going to the theater”?

NAME THAT YEAR

• I’ll give you 3 choices for the year this “new-fangled” device was created.

• You raise your hand when I name the year you think is correct.

• NO GOOGLING!!!

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What year was the term WIFI coined?

Was it……

• 1997?

• 1999?

• 2001?

ANSWER

1999(Our seniors were

in 1st grade)

What year was the first Ipod released?

Was it……

• 2001?

• 2002?

• 2003?

ANSWER

2001(Our seniors were in 3rd

grade)

The first cordless phones sold in the 1980’s.

The first cell phone was introduced in 1982.

There would be no texting with this!

What year did the flip phone enter the marketplace?

Was it…….

• 1990?

• 1993?

• 1996?

ANSWER

1996(Our seniors were in Preschool.)

Phones – did you say phones?

You still pay overseas rates???

WOW!!!!

I guess it will be in my lifetime?!!!!!

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What year was Facebook created?

Was it………

• 1999?

• 2001?

• 2004?

ANSWER

2004

There are 500 million active users (150 million on their mobile devices).

Let’s talk School Chalkboards……

Education began using the blackboard or chalkboard in 1801.

This idea began to get old in the late 1980’s - (180 years later)

That’s when the whiteboard or dry erase board entered schools!

NO CHALK DUST

What year were Smartboards

introduced to students?

Was it…….

• 1991?

• 1994?

• 1995?

ANSWER

1991Note: 60% of the Whiteboard

market is now held by Smartboards

.When MMU Seniors started school….• Apple was sinking• The Palm Pilot just hit the market• Mobile phones were in their infancy

GENEVA, Feb. 15, 2010Number of Cell Phones Worldwide Hits 4.6BInternational Telecommunication Union Says Mobile Subscriptions Will Continue to Climb Despite Global Economic Slump

NOW…

CBS News.com.webloc

Chittenden East Supervisory Union….

Our students engaged in 21st Century technology and staying connected K through 12 –enjoy a sampling of innovation here in our district.

Third and fourth graders collaborating to create a

travel brochure for a state they are researching.

MMU Students - connected

Kindergarteners using Math Investigations software

Fourth grade “photographer” videotaping her classmate’s Skype session.

Using Moodle at BRMS

Students have used Moodle to communicate

with authors of books they are reading!

Fourth graders in Guidance Class, interpreting the Google Doc spreadsheet they created after

interviewing adults about smoking.

Kindergarten student using Tux Paint.

Kindergarten student using Wordle

Fourth graders Skyping with Colonel Roy in

Afghanistan and Madeline Kunin.

http://sharing.theflip.com/session/e9b7df83f124e31f8d06ab360380c566/video/17631810

http://sharing.theflip.com/session/e9b7df83f124e31f8d06ab360380c566/video/17631810

Kids using Mimio in 4th Grade JES Randall)

Chris Baron’s blog page for his Class writing projects.

MMU Students Communicating and Collaborating

Karen Reinhardt is giddy with excitement at her Fastt Math Fact Fluency training!

MMU History – Shared Bookmarks- linked from teacher Shannon McCaulley’s student Moodle page

Skyping with Colonel Roy in Afghanistan

Grade 4 JES RandallNETS-S

Communication

Fran Donato’s Psychology Class at MMU – nearly all materials available online

Joanne Finnegan is our K-12 Technology Integration Specialist –

She wants to help bring technology and 21st Century skills into your classroom.

Call her. You’ll be glad you did

Joanne.finnegan@cesu.k12.vt.us