PROGRAM COMMAND:
Your will to adapt
+
Avialable technology
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ENHANCED STUDENT LEARNING
(repeat PROGRAM COMMAND)
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Danger Will Robinson!
CAVEATS:
- You will waste teaching periods, get over it.
- Prep time will get consumed in ways you never expected.
- Adopt a sound methodology when implementing any tool.
SOUND METHODOLOGY:
- Understand your district's Internet usage policies.
- Play with the tool, understand the options.
- Decide how 'open' the space will be (understand security).
- Tie the tool to a good lesson objective.
- Follow educational best practices.
A good launch point
Kathy Schrock's home page with good references and links
Everything you need to know about Web 2.0
Thanks to NYIT professor Susan Silverman for the collage above
What can we do about it?
- If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
- Save the trees: migrate away from textbooks.
- Design meaningful, interactive learning environments.
- Leverage the technology at your disposal.
- Don't teach: facilitate the learning process.
Bloom Bloom Bloom!
Q: "Are you telling me I can't expect them to think?"
A: "Boy, do you have a lot to learn!"
Why are we here?
- Enhance student learning
- Explore new tools
- Decide when to apply new tools
- Learn how to apply new tools
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