Emergingtechnology 12
Emergingtechnology 12
as a student, but for you as the soon-to-be teacher of students that have many more options! Again, the intent is that the work on these following topics should take you about two hours to complete (in lieu of our class time). Blog on
Emerging technology will be written, using google docs and skype with another student (Thats right a common blog). This would be a great place for a photo gallery of all you are learning and seeing.
TAG ALL THIS STUFF IN YOUR DIIGO ACCOUNTSand share the really cool stuff. Topic One: Who Owns the Learning?? Watch the following videos and take personal notes. Viewhttp://video.google.com/videoplay? docid=929307666112123725&ei=ZiIQSsywGYG2rgLlvtz0AQ&q=alan+n ovember Alan November: Who Owns the Learning? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V56y-DbqHTA Alan November, 3 Skills Students Need to Succeed http://video.google.com/videoplay? docid=377903056430956498&ei=ZiIQSsywGYG2rgLlvtz0AQ&q=alan+n ovember Alan November, Promethean Keynote Topic Two: What Tools are available? A. One Laptop Per Child Project a. Go to http://laptop.org/en/ , the One Laptop Per Child site. Maine Laptop Program b. This article nicely summarizes the Maine laptop program: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25782209/ B. Applications: Cell Phones, Tablets, and more a. Use the Android Market place and find a few applications you could use in your classroom. https://market.android.com/?hl=en b. Use the Apple Store to find a few applications you could use in your classroom. http://www.apple.com/ipad/from-the-app-store/ c. Do a google search for other emerging technology for use in education. Find at least three other applications. C. Social Learning: a. Facebook in Education: see this group: http://www.facebook.com/education b. Edmodo in Education: Check it out: http://www.edmodo.com/ c. Ning: http://www.ning.com/?n_e=1&n_v=4 d. Teacher PLN (personal learning network) learning example: http://edupln.ning.com/ i. Twitter
ii. Professional blogs iii. Linked in e. Other types: Find other ways for social learning in your classroom i. Wiki ii. Blogs iii. Delicious and Diigo (create a group) iv. Skype for educator (see what it has to offer) f. Flipped teaching: Take a few minutes and look up this topic, examples, and how it could change teaching and learning. d. Fun digital content. Use the link to Teachersfortomorrow.net blog
see this posts to see several examples of fun digital content. Each member of your group, make a least one and then share the finished work (embed code or image) on your google doc so everyone can put it on the blog. http://www.teachersfortomorrow.net/1/post/2012/05/gcedc-may-152012.html
e. The Future: Watch this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qmwdbhsbVs Find one more video of what may come our waygoogle car, dont forget.