Teams and Technology: Teaming Up for SuccessRobert E. SlavinJohns Hopkins University

That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind!

- Neil Armstrong

- But when will education adopt the spirit that put

Neil Armstrong on the moon?

Video/Audio of the moon landing

Why We Need New Classroom Models

•(picture of bored kids)•Kids are still bored.•Kids are still passive.•Kids are not using their full learning

capacity.

Technology to the Rescue…or Not

•(Picture of robot cowboy on horse?)•Offers possibilities for…

▫project-based learning,▫access to knowledge,▫individualization, and ▫immediate feedback.

•But the integration of technology with teaching has been lacking.

Why has computer-assisted instruction (CAI) had a limited impact on learning?

•(Picture of robot on surfboard-wipeout?)•CAI has been down the hall or at the back

of the class.•CAI has rarely been central to teaching.

Welcoming Technology to Class

•Interactive whiteboards•Computers with projectors•Electronic response devices•Tablets, iPads•Universal access to laptops

(Picture of teacher with whiteboard)

Classroom-Embedded Technology—

•assists teachers (rather than replacing them),

•uses prepared flipcharts with embedded instructional tools,

•creates dynamite presentations,• links to information anywhere,•provides assessment, and•offers immediate feedback.

(Picture of kid with whiteboard)

Embedded Multimedia

•Brief vignettes to illustrate lessons•Power of stories, narrative•Power of characters•Humor

(Picture of kids in team, laughing)

What Classroom-Embedded Technology Can’t Do Well (yet)•Cooperative learning

(picture of a team working)

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Striking a Balance

ASSESSMENT

PARTNER/TEAM PRACTICE

INSTRUCTION

CELEBRATION

To get the most out of technology, we must partner it with a classroom system that we know works!

How Teams and Technology Can Team Up in the Learning Cycle•Presentation – teacher +

technology•Initial feedback – teacher +

technology•Team practice – students + teams•Formal assessment – teacher +

technology•Feedback – teacher +

technology

Egyptian Math

•(simulation – Egyptian Math)

Debriefing•How did your team help you learn?•How did the use of video and phone responses help

engage you in the learning process?•How does the teacher’s role change when this model

of cooperative learning is used?

How Technology Can Help Cooperative Learning: Modeling•Example from writing process (first video

with Mona & Ricardo)

Teams and Technology in Math

•Shirleylock – parallel lines•Mona and Flash – fractions

Teams and Technology in Beginning Reading•Sound and the Furry - Stick

Teams and Technology in Upper-Elementary Reading•Tip Topper backgrounder – Charlotte’s

Web

When Every Child Has Technology at Home•Interactive homework, games•Self-paced individualized work

▫fills gaps▫extends forward

•Book clubs

Making the Most of Trailing Edge Technology•Current technologies can be used in a

revolutionary way.•Better technologies are coming.•Ubiquitous access (home and school)

is the next frontier.

R&D Needed

•There’s lots of work to do.•But let’s do it!