Integrating Technology Into the Curriculum

Objective

• To utilize technology as another way to get kids communicating and creating using content.

New Bloom’s Taxonomy for the 21st century learner

http://images.fastcompany.com/upload/ConversationPrism_Solis_Jess3_OnlineConversations_LARGE.jpg

I use to think…now I know…

• I used to think my good ideas should stay in my classroom. (I worked hard developing those lessons!)

• Now I know more students will benefit from the expertise of teachers who share. (Collective intelligence.)

I use to think…now I know…

• I used to think I never had enough time. (Lesson plans…grading papers…surviving…)

• Now I know it’s important to work smarter, not harder. (Make time for the things that matter most.)

I use to think…now I know…

• I used to think people who put their lives out there on Twitter were crazy people.

• Now I know my involvement in social media is the most powerful professional development opportunity I’ve had in the past years. (develop a PLN)

What I did, why I did it…

Reading curriculum

• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tMZCmqQq8WaxWS05uQYG93vvaKwaXFGFVUlXlDsT1ig/edit?hl=en#

What I’ve tried so far

• Activvotes• Commenting on student work• Voki• Typewith.me• Googledocs• Reading infographics• Commenting on student work• Searching graphs, copying links, collaboratively working on a

googledoc.• Commenting on a blog• Prezi

What students didn’t know…• Opening a program• Typing in a web address• Copy text• Pasting text• Understanding how the web works• How to type• How to search• What web 2.0 is• How to use APPROPRIATELY collaborative tools• Students don’t have e-mail addresses• Students don’t know how to e-mail• And so much more….

Favorite lesson #1 –Making connections using Voki

http://coachinandout.blogspot.com/2010/11/6th-graders-and-voki.html

Favorite Lesson #2 –Taking notes using typewith.me

http://coachinandout.blogspot.com/2010/12/6th-graders-and-typewithme.html

Let’s practice

• VOKI• http://goo.gl/nObvI• View blog• Investigate links and

student exemplars• Start creating using

www.Voki.com

• Typewith.me• http://goo.gl/HKiUs• View Blog• Investigate links and

exemplars• Start playing with

typewith.me

Investigate Reading curriculum resources:http://goo.gl/HJqNU