Technology: Picking the Right Tool for the Job

Renee Birk & Heather Schneider

Shedd AquariumChicago, Illinois

Where to Start?

� Set your goals

� Understand your needs

� Use SAMR to think about digital resources

What’s SAMR?

http://www.schrockguide.net/samr.html

SAMR Example

http://lingomedia.com/stages-of-edtech-the-samr-model-for-technology-integration/

SAMR: Questions to Ask

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2015-02-06-a-guide-for-bringing-the-samr-model-to-ipads

SAMR: Paper Flyer Example

� Substitution: Digital Flyer – emailed out

� Augmentation: Digital Flyer shared through social media – track how many open it, forward it, etc. – give feedback for the upcoming “event”

� Modification: Digital Flyer transformed into an interactive multimedia poster (ie. Glogster, add video)

� Redefinition: Digital Flyer template that others to adjust based on what their “audience” might respond to – contribute back to project, share their designed templates, etc.

Types of Technological Tools to Consider

Collaborative Creative Expression

Sharing Your Voice

Collaborative

� Google docs

� Surveys

� Skype

� Google Hangouts

Collaborative: Google Hangout Deep Dive

� Google Hangout with Teen Learning Lab in Chicago

� https://hangouts.google.com/

Sharing Your Voice

� Twitter

� Facebook

� Instagram

� SnapChat

How can you take these tools to the next level?

Sharing Your Voice: SnapChat Filter Deep Dive

� Creating a SnapChat filter

� Fairly inexpensive

� Easy to upload

� Metrics on use of filter

https://blog.bufferapp.com/snapchat-on-demand-geofilters

Creative Expression

� Podcasts

� Blogs/Vlogs

� Videography

� Stop Motion

Creative Expression: Stop Motion Animation Deep Dive

Stop Motion Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFZpX4jJ5ho

� Tell your story through Stop Motion Animation

� Story Topic: My Biggest Pet Peeve that People Don’t do for Conservation

Being a Good Digital Citizen – Quick Tips!

� # considerations – check your hashtag to see how others have used it in the past…do you feel that this would conflict with your message/goal?

� Stances you might take – how do you do that, who might disagree, how do you deal with that?

� Think before you post! Would your grandmother approve?

Being a Good Digital Citizen – Quick Tips! cont.

� Remember that everything that is posted in the digital space normally remains in the digital space and can rarely be removed (even in ‘closed’ groups)

� Photography consideration of others related to project

� Consider what could be taken out of context (text and images)

� Don’t plagiarize – Give Credit

Thank You

Renee Birk

rbirk@sheddaquarium.org

@ReneeatShedd

Heather Schneider

hschneider@sheddaquarium.org

@hschneider04

@SheddLearning #SheddTeenLab teenlab@sheddaquarium.org