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The POD’s are Coming!. David Truss BLC09 @datruss DavidTruss.com http://pairadimes.davidtruss.com. The POD’s are coming! P ersonally O wned D evices. Our classrooms will never be the same again!. The POD’s are coming! P ersonally O wned D evices.
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The POD’s are Coming! David Truss BLC09 @datruss DavidTruss.com http://pairadimes.davidtruss.com
The POD’s are coming!PersonallyOwnedDevices Our classrooms will never be the same again!
The POD’s are coming!PersonallyOwnedDevices Our classrooms will never be the same again! Are you ready?
The POD’s are coming!PersonallyOwnedDevices Our classrooms will never be the same again! Are ‘WE’ ready?
The POD’s are coming!PersonallyOwnedDevices Our classrooms will never be the same again! Our students are ready!
POD’s: It started with a conversation, then became a blog post, http://tr.im/PodsPost/
POD’s: It started with a conversation, then became a blog post, http://tr.im/PodsPost/ “We are about 4 years away from [almost] every kid coming to school with more capability in their pockets and hands than most teachers have on their desk right now.”
POD’s: It started with a conversation, then became a blog post, http://tr.im/PodsPost/ “We are about 4 years away from [almost] every kid coming to school with more capability in their pockets and hands than most teachers have on their desk right now.” Will we be ready to utilize these amazing tools that will be brought into our classrooms?
POD’s: Personally Owned DevicesPresentation Outline Why? Walls Will
POD’s: Personally Owned DevicesPresentation Outline Why? Walls Will The 4th Screen/technology is everywhere… except in our classrooms “Thinning Walls” vs “Big Frickin’ Walls” A call to action… “I am a digital teacher”
Tech is invisible However…
This is a staged photo: Technology may be ‘invisible’, but we can choose how pervasive it will be. My children do not have a phone, or a computer in their room; their computer time is monitored, and they ask before watching television or playing video games.
Are books‘necessary’? "But are not books necessary at all, when the pupils are furnished with slates? …To such I believe books are not only useless, but on the whole, worse than useless.” William A. Alcott, 1842
Are books‘necessary’? "But are not books necessary at all, when the pupils are furnished with slates? …To such I believe books are not only useless, but on the whole, worse than useless.” William A. Alcott, 1842
Batman Borg “I come from the Batman era, adding items to my utility belt, while students today are the Borg from Star Trek, assimilating technology into their lives.” http://tr.im/BatmanBorg/
Batman Borg “I come from the Batman era, adding items to my utility belt, while students today are the Borg from Star Trek, assimilating technology into their lives.” many http://tr.im/BatmanBorg/
The 4th Screen/technology is everywhere… except in our classrooms!
The 4th Screen/technology is everywhere… except in our classrooms! If there is an elephant in the room…
The 4th Screen/technology is everywhere… except in our classrooms!
The 4th Screen/technology is everywhere… except in our classrooms!
Sonya Woloshen “As a new teacher, I don’t think of it as a issue when one student doesn’t have the technology available...
Sonya Woloshen “As a new teacher, I don’t think of it as a issue when one student doesn’t have the technology available. That’s not a problem, just something to work around.” http://tr.im/DigitalTeacher/
Thin Walls - Alec “Open teachers… support their students in the critical consumption, production, connection, and synthesis of knowledge through the shared development of learning networks.” Alec Couroshttp://tr.im/ThinWalls/
“We can still watch an old black and white movie, but we don’t go out and buy a black & white TV… Yet we place unnecessary limits on what can happen in our schools and classrooms…” http://tr.im/BandW/
Our students livein her essay’s future…until they come to school!
…To such I believe books are not only useless, but on the whole, worse than useless. William A. Alcott, 1842
Is this what we are saying when we ban POD’s? …To such I believe books are not only useless, but on the whole, worse than useless. POD’s books
W i r e l e s s
“Wireless should be like oxygen.We don’t ‘look for’ or think about our next breath.”Brian Kuhn
F i l t e r s
Scenario 1: A teacher wants to go to a great Website about ‘ASSumptions’… but is blocked.
Scenario 1: A teacher wants to go to a great Website about ‘ASSumptions’… but is blocked. Scenario 2: A student does a ‘safe’ search at school, then later at home it isn’t so safe.
Scenario 1: A teacher wants to go to a great Website about ‘ASSumptions’… but is blocked. Scenario 2: A student does a ‘safe’ search at school, then later at home it isn’t so safe. Scenario 3: The class wants to social bookmark, or use wikis or blogs, but they can’t!
Scenario 1: A teacher wants to go to a great Website about ‘ASSumptions’… but is blocked. Filters filter learning! Scenario 2: A student does a ‘safe’ search at school, then later at home it isn’t so safe. Scenario 3: The class wants to social bookmark, or use wikis or blogs, but they can’t!
Another Scenario: A student goes to an inappropriate site while at school… What can a teacher potentially do?