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Educational Technology 101 Presenter: Linda M. Coologeorgen Technology Coordinator and Resource Teacher John Barry Elementary School [email protected]

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Page 1: Educational Technology 101

Educational Technology 101

Presenter: Linda M. Coologeorgen Technology Coordinator and Resource Teacher

John Barry Elementary School

[email protected]

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Why Should Technology be Integrated into Our Curriculum?

Our job as educators is to prepare our students to become productive and successful members of society. We need to provide students with mental flexibility, experiences, and practical applications in order for each student to adjust and adapt to the technological changes that are constantly taking place.

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Time might move at a constant rate, but technology is moving exponentially.

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What Should 21st Century Technology Look Like in Our Schools?

Another way to ask this question is, “What Do 21st Century Learning Goals Look Like in Our Schools?”

21st Century Goals include: Communication Skills, Collaboration Skills, Creativity, Critical Thinking Skills.

Whether we’re talking about 21st century learning in elementary school, middle school, or high school the goals are basically the same. What changes when we move from Kindergarten-12th grade is how these goals are implemented.

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Developing Communication

Skills

The following are a few of the audio and visual tools that can be used to develop and improve communication skills throughout the grades:

Audacity: a free audio editor for recording, slicing, and mixing sounds. It is available on both Windows and Mac platforms.

Adobe Premiere: a video editing software that is part of Adobe Creative Suite. It is available on both Windows and Mac platforms.

Adobe Flash: a multimedia platform used to add animation, video, and interactivity to web pages.

iMovie: a proprietary video editing software application sold by Apple Inc. for the Mac.

GarageBand: a software for OS X or iOS that is used to create music or podcasts.

Jing: a free screenshot or screencast software from TechSmith that allow its user to capture anything you see on your computer screen, as an image or short video, and lets you share it instantly.

Microsoft PowerPoint: a software used to create presentations and slides.

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CollaborationSkills

Team building is an essential skills each student will need when they enter to work force.

Skype and Adobe Connect are two video-conferencing services that allow students and teachers to meet and work together from alternative sites allowing synchronized sessions to take place.

Dropbox and Google docs are file-sharing sites that give students and teachers the ability to work together on a document or project at the same time for two separate computers.

Chat rooms can be set-up as a meeting place for students to talk to each other or their teacher, work through homework problems, share documents and plan projects together.

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Creativity

All students can find their creative side when with the use of the following tools:

Category Tool Name

Text Tagxedo

Video Jing or Screenr

Images Skitch or Flickr

Presentations Photo Story or Prezi

Diagrams Bubbl.us, Gliffy, or skrbl

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Critical ThinkingSkills

Thinking about a Problem > Evaluating the Information > Drawing Conclusions

In order to develop critical thinking skills students need to be: *motivated, *guided, *provided scaffolding, *given feedback.

Computers can’t take to place of teachers, but they can be provided with software that can help teachers differentiate instruction so that students at all levels can learn to practice their critical thinking skills.

Some programs used today are: *Accelerated Reader, *Achieve3000, *Brain Pop, *E.nopi.

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Technology

Technology isn’t 21st century learning per se, but it gives us the tools in order to do it effectively.