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“Are We Really Teaching Our Kids How to Use Technology?”

“Are We Really Teaching Our Kids How to Use Technology?”. KS. Business Teachers Oct. 15 th http://www.usd450.net/webpages/abeam/ http://www.usd450.net/webpages/abeam/resources.cfm?subpage=725040. Why I offered to do this session… 21 st Century Skills .. Really are we doing that with PPT?

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“Are We Really Teaching Our Kids How to Use Technology?”

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  1. “Are We Really Teaching Our Kids How to Use Technology?” KS. Business Teachers Oct. 15th http://www.usd450.net/webpages/abeam/ http://www.usd450.net/webpages/abeam/resources.cfm?subpage=725040

  2. Why I offered to do this session… • 21st Century Skills .. Really are we doing that with • PPT? • Excel? • Word? • Searching the Internet (Googling)?

  3. My Goals Today • Create some reflection on your part • Are you really preparing kids for THEIR future? • Introduce some tools you may or may not know about.

  4. Two Types of Teaching • Business Teachers teach • Students how to use technology • With technology

  5. Cell Phones • To help me better understand where you are I have a few questions I need to ask. • Do you ask your students to use PowerPoint? • 11344 Yes • 34745 No • Do you ask your students to use word? • 34746 Yes • 34747 No • What other forms of technology do you ask students to use in your normal daily lessons? • 34799

  6. 99503 • Yes – No just type number • Open ended • Type 34799 then answers • http://tiny.cc/zlaN9 • http://tiny.cc/E2uTL • http://tiny.cc/mgYX2 99503 PPT Word • 11344 Yes 34746 Yes • 34745 No 34747 No Other Uses 34799 Internet

  7. Cell Phones • Do you use them in class? Do you even allow them in the classroom or school? • How many of you forget to turn cell phone off or to vibrate for events like today? • Shouldn’t we be teaching the correct behavior to our students? • The site we used was http://www.polleverywhere.com • Cell Phone Wiki • http://cellphonesinlearning.wikispaces.com/ • My site (Lessons, ideas, tips, more) • http://tiny.cc/LD8vB

  8. Tiny URL • http://tinyurl.com • Free!

  9. Career Pathways • Is your program setup to truly prepare your students for a future in business or skills to meet other careers? • What do students do after they complete your class? Your high school program? • How is your class enrollment? Up or Down?

  10. Social Networking • Twitter … http://twitter.com • https://twitter.com/shawneeheights • Plurk … http://www.plurk.com • http://www.plurk.com/abeam • Social Bookmarking • Delicious … http://delicious.com/ • Diigo … http://www.diigo.com/ • Facebook, MySpace, Ning (more later) • Blogging • Blog Host http://mashable.com/2007/08/06/free-blog-hosts/

  11. Video Social Networking • Broadcasting lessons • http://ustream.tv • http://ustream.tv/beama • Live NOW! • http://www.livestream.com/

  12. Google Docs • http://docs.google.com • Shawnee Heights World • http://docs.google.com • Collaboration • Word documents • Presentation slides • Excel sheets • Video

  13. Reflective Questions

  14. Business Teachers • Language Art teachers • We talk about how to search the net and determine a good source and poor source • Business Teachers • What are we teaching about using the Internet?

  15. Marketing • What are we doing in class to teach the marketing of the future? • What about “Social Networking”? • Marketing to the Web by Larry Weber • Blogs, Wikkis • Social sites like Facebook, MySpace, More … • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites • Mini Social Networks • Twitter, Plurk

  16. Finance • Do we teach online banking? • Teach about borrowing online? • Mortgages, Car Loans, etc. • Credit Reports • Do we teach about sites like pay-pal, online credit use, etc.?

  17. Sales • Do we teach things like ebay, online stores like Amazon? • Discount sites? • Funtasiahttp://www.funtasia.net/ • Current Codes http://www.currentcodes.com/ • Dealing Hunting http://www.currentcodes.com/ • Rather Be Shopping http://www.rather-be-shopping.com/ • Deal Stop http://www.DealStop.com/ • Tech Barginshttp://www.techbargains.com/

  18. Wikis? • 50 Ways to Wikis for more collaborative and Interactive classroom • http://www.smartteaching.org/blog/2008/08/50-ways-to-use-wikis-for-a-more-collaborative-and-interactive-classroom/

  19. Second Life • http://secondlife.com/ • Purchase your own island • Work with other schools or service centers • Credit your own business

  20. Real World Application • This is the key of getting students interested. • Doing projects that involve more then just book work. • Producing products that are view and even used by others.

  21. If Time • Other tools • Stumble Upon (find random sites) … http://www.stumbleupon.com/ • Tube Chob (Youtube without the trash) … http://www.tubechop.com/ • 100 Best Youtube clips for teachers http://www.classroom20.com/profiles/blogs/649749:BlogPost:177332 • Picnik (online photo editing) http://www.picnik.com/ • Jingproject (Create free video clips off desktop) http://www.jingproject.com

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