teaching technology myths & realities cit 2009

Teaching with Technology

Myths and RealitiesBarry Dahl

Lake Superior College

Barry Dahl

ITC eLearning 2010February 20-23Fort Worth Omni Hotel

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Clicker TimePractice Question

Famous Quotes from Famous People

Famous Quotes #1• P.T. Barnum once said:

• “There’s a sucker born every minute.”

• (Or did he?)

Famous Quotes #2• Mark Twain once said:

• “The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.”

• (Or did he?)

Famous Quotes #3• Sigmund Freud once said:

• “Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.”

• (Or did he?)

Myths and Realities ofTeaching with Technology

For each of these, just pick a side.No middle ground allowed.

Which do you think is most true?

Net Generation

Next Generation

Nexters

Texters

Generation Y

Generation Why

Millennials

Digital Natives

Generation Now

iGeneration

Echo Boomers

GoogleGeneration

NintendoGeneration

TrophyGeneration

Screenagers

That’s Crazy talk.Let’s consolidate.

DigitalNet-Gennials

They have very few technology skills that we expect them to use

in higher education.

Whose problem is that?

Name this Device

About Those Digital Net-Gens

• Are students of today technologically competent, or just confident?

• Having no fear is not the same as having knowledge or skill.

Which Digital Divide?

Source: Stanford

Not this kind of entertainment

More like a Tupperware Party

Pull out your cell phones.

Send short text message to 99503

Poll Everywhere

Which is closer to your position on students having cell phones in schools?

• Ban them! They are a complete distraction and detract from learning.

• Use them! They are powerful devices that can be used for learning.

Choices:

Time to learn new things

I Don’t Have the Time• Since when is it okay for a teacher to stop

learning?• Are you sure that all the things you do now

are more valuable than learning new things?• What if the new things make you better, or

more efficient, or more effective?

Faculty are embracing the concept of shareable learning objects.

79%

21%

1. Reality2. Myth

Learning Objects?• Define SCORM.• What is a SCO?• Name 3 different ways that an LOR

can be used effectively.• Huh? What’s an LOR?

Barry DahlLake Superior College

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