EDU 225: Instructional Technology

1. EDU 225: Instructional Technology Week 4

2. Last week • We explored Live Binders and some Educational Software • We shared some resources you found for the classroom • We discussed some issues of digital safety and shared some approaches • We talked about harnessing the positive aspects of technology • We watched a video on an Australian classroom using innovative technology for learning • We began the Classroom Technology Plan, drafting our mission/vision • We discussed basics of slide shows and some options for creating them • We paired up to plan for slide shows this week

3. Weeks 3 and 4 Technology Planning for the Classroom and Beyond • Describe an appropriate mission and vision for a classroom technology plan • Identify the key components of a classroom technology plan and its relationship to the school and district technology plan

4. Partner Presentations • Present your slide show to the class. • Evaluate using a rubric.

5. Activating Prior Knowledge Paired Prior Knowledge • What do you know about a teacher’s role in communication? • What strategies for communication have you seen K-12 teacher use for both inside and outside of the classroom?

6. Discuss Mini Debates • Do you feel that technology helps or hinders parents in becoming more involved in their students’ education? Why? • Are technology assisted approaches (website/blog posting, texting, apps) appropriate for teachers to use to contact parents? • Are these approaches appropriate for parents to use to contact the teacher?

7. Ten minutes Break

8. LoudCloud Resources Communication • Sample Teacher Communication Plan • Read the plan in LC • Identify 3 strategies you like • Think of a way to improve each strategy and make it your own • Communication With Parents • Read the tips in LC • Identify 3 strategies you like • Think of a way to improve each strategy and make it your own

9. Graphic Organizer Aspects of teacher communications

10. Corners- Parent Perspective 4 corners • Students will go to the corner of their choice • Discuss with others in your corner why you have chosen your answer • Thinking from a parent’s perspective, how would you like to receive information from your school? • School Website • Classroom site/blog • Classroom newsletter • Text messages

11. Corners- Teacher perspective 4 corners • Students will go to the corner of their choice • Discuss with others in your corner why you have chosen your answer • Thinking from a teacher’s perspective, how would you like to provide information to parents? • School Website • Classroom site/blog • Classroom newsletter • Text messages/apps

12. Understanding Parent Concerns Parent Communication

13. Communication Apps • http://www.rasmussen.edu/student-life/blogs/main/100-apps-for-teachers/ • Communication Tools

14. 21st Century Mindset • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATOwl8WGtl0

15. CIESE Are you thinking globally? • Communication for student learning • Authentic applications of technology • http://ciese.org/currichome.html • Find a project that you could use

16. On the horizon A Digital Future: K-12 Technology by 2018 Lynch, M (2013) A Digital Future: K-12 Technology by 2018. The Huffington Post. Retrieved from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matthew-lynch-edd/a-digital-future-k-12-tec_b_3930632.html

17. Technology for today’s classroom Cloud Computing • Screen Cast o Matic • http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/ • Google Hangouts • https://www.google.com/ • http://thejournal.com/articles/2013/09/17/6-ways-teachers-can-use-google-hangouts.aspx

18. Examples District/School Technology Plans • http://fsd.k12.ca.us/files/FSDTechPlan2011_2014.pdf • http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/dtp/ • How will your plan fit into a district/school plan someday?

19. GCU Mission & Vision • http://www.gcu.edu/About-Us/Mission-and-Vision.php

20. Who we are/ What we do Mission/Vision Statement • A Classroom Technology Mission Statement is a short paragraph written by the teacher that reflects the teacher’s purpose of implementing technology, the students’ use for technology, and the core purpose of utilizing technology in the classroom. • Include information about the school • Include information about the students • A Classroom Technology Vision Statement is a short paragraph that looks to the future. This statement remarks at how technology can be used to facilitate what outcomes we seek. • Include how the class will apply the technology • Include details about how technology will support outcomes • Include details about the students’ futures

21. Benchmark Comprehensive Classroom Technology Plan Section Two: Communications Plan • How can technology be used to communicate in a classroom setting? Consider communication and collaboration with students, parents, the community, and the global community. • Develop a draft for your first year of teaching, detailing how you will communicate with all engaged groups in the educational community. Items you may consider incorporating into the plan include: • A class Web site • Emergency contact list • Alternative methods of communications • Critical communications links • e-mail • VOIP • Student Web sites • Partnerships with other schools • e-pals • Others • How will you address Internet security and safety in this plan? • Support your choices with evidence from your required readings, and two- three peer-reviewed articles from the GCU eLibrary.

22. Pair Share Discuss • Discuss elements of your communications plan at your table • Take notes and make revisions

23. LoudCloud • Go to the Student Portal: http://www.gcu.edu/Current-Students.php • Log in to the portal and log into LoudCloud • Syllabus and Benchmark Assessment Rubric • Access course materials • See assignments • Due October 3rd: • Communication Technology: Create a classroom website, blog, or other communication technology approved by the instructor, to communicate with either parents, students, or both. The website must include at least 4 tabs, and the blog must include at least 7 entries of about a paragraph each.