using technology in the secondary classroom molloy college 16 july 2009 kathleen m. sheehan
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Using Technology in the Secondary Classroom
Molloy College
16 July 2009
Kathleen M. Sheehan
Today’s Learner
• The US Department of Labor estimates that today’s learner will have 10 - 14 jobs by the age of 38.
In-Demand Jobs
• Former Secretary of Education, Richard Riley stated that the top 10 in-demand jobs in 2010 didn’t exits in 2004.
Words
• There are about 540,00 words in the English language.
• Five times as many as during Shakespeare’s times.
• The millionth word has just been added to the dictionary:
Web 2.0
• It is estimated that a week’s worth of the New York Times contains more information than a person was likely to come across in a lifetime in the 18th century.
Information
• The amount of new technical information is doubling every two years.
Growth
• Growth demands a temporary surrender of security.
Gail Sheehy
Web 1.0 versus Web 2.0
• Skype
• Flickr
• YouTube
• Wikipedia
Professional Development
RSSReal Simple Syndication
Rich Site Summary
AggregatorWikispacesBloglinesYahoo
Professional Development & Classroom Applications• Podcast
– a portmanteau of Apple's "iPod" and "broadcasting", is a method of publishing files to the Internet, allowing users to subscribe to a feed and receive new files automatically by subscription, usually at no cost.
• ITunes• LearnOutLoud
Professional Development
• Trolling (Surfing)– digg– stumbleupon– Librarians' Internet Index– Refdesk– Dr. Goodword
Classroom Applications
• Microsoft Photostory
• Google Earth– Scribble Maps
• Google Lit Field Trips– Make Way For Ducklings
Audience Response Systems
• ActivExpressions & ActiVotes– Promethean
• Turning Point• CPS – einstruction• Poll Everywhere –
free (sort of)
Microsoft Office
• Word
• PowerPoint– Death By PowerPoint
• Publisher
• Microsoft Office Online
• Blank Slate Books
Comics
• Comic Life
• MakeBeliefsComix
• Comic Creator– ReadWriteThink.org
Web 2.0
• Twitter– Historical Tweets
• James Joyce
• Skype
Interactive Websites
• BBC– Subject
• English• Literature• Games
– Skillwise• Grammar
• Booklist
• English Compass
• Instant Poetry Forms
• SAT Prep
• Shmoop
• PBS Kids
• The Electric Company
• What Should I Read Next
Interactive Websites
• Interactive Whiteboard Links
Related Sites
• EDSITEment– Poetry
• ReadWriteThink– Catcher in the Rye
• Thinkfinity
Dictionary
• HowJSay
• Merriam-Webster
• Photographic Dictionary
• Visuwords
• Wordage
• Wordle
American Association of School Librarians• Best Websites for
Teaching and Learning