Tech21 Training for Trainers: Embrace Technology in Education

1. WELCOME TO THE Technology Engaged Classroom & Higher Order Thinking for the 21st Century = TECH 21 TRAINING FOR TRAINERS Technology Services Dept.Brownsville ISD

2. Agenda – Day 1 Morning Session (8:30 AM – 11:30 AM) Intro and TECH 21 Program Overview Show Program Wiki and Create Accounts Post Reflection on Wiki Lunch Break (11:30 AM – 1:00 PM) Afternoon Session (1:00 PM – 4:00 PM) Podcasting Basics Upload Podcast to Wiki Post Reflection and Q&A

3. Agenda – Day 2 Morning Session (8:30 AM – 11:30 AM) Digital Storytelling Showcase Digital Stories Post Reflection on Wiki Lunch Break (11:30 AM – 1:00 PM) Afternoon Session (1:00 PM – 4:00 PM) Upload Digital Stories to TECH 21 Wiki Create TECH 21 Campus Wiki Post Reflection and Q&A

4. Concerns & Guidelines • How many people will I have to train? • Will I have enough time? • Will I have the equipment necessary to train? • Will I get the support from my administration? • Can I do this? • Will I get paid? • How much?  Relax and have fun! We are all learners!

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6. Who are you?

7. Vision for Technology in Education Where are we going? Why are we doing this? Is this really a good investment?

8. Goals for TECH 21 •To learn how to understand students and their style of learning in the 21st Century and implement new teaching strategies that will enhance and support learning. •To build capacity and support student learning in the area of educational technology. •To build learning communities that will provide support to all learners – i.e. students, teachers, administrators. •To advance technology skills to Target Tech level in the Star Chart. •To meet the objectives included in the DEIC and BISD Technology Plan 2009-2012.

9. Research

10. What we know: • 16% of students graduate from The University of Texas at Brownsville within 6 years or less compared to 77% from Texas A&M or UT Austin • U.S. students must compete in a new global economy. • The nature of work is changing. • The requirements of the 21st Century work force are changing. • We need to prepare our students to be effective 21st Century citizens.

11. Teens and the Internet: The Future of Digital Diversity

14. Speak Up 2009Creating Our Future: Students Speak Up about their Vision for 21st Century Learning Project TomorrowNational FindingsK-12 Students & ParentsMarch 2010

15. Findings Technology-based learning experiences that students are having outside of school – not directed by a teacher or part of a class assignment or homework: • seeking out other students for collaborations • information sharing and tutoring via Facebook • taking online assessments and tests to evaluate their own status in the knowledge acquisition process on a particular topic

16. Findings continued • using cell phone applications for self-organization and increased productivity • taking online classes not for a grade but to learn more about subject that interests them • accessing podcasts and videos to help in classes they are struggling in • finding experts (including other students) to connect with online to exchange new ideas and explore content in a myriad of new ways

17. Our students have changed radically. Today’s students are no longer the people our educational system was designed to teach. Mark Prensky, Digital NativesDigital Immigrants

19. Essential Elements Identified through Speak Up 2009 as Student Vision for American Education • Social-based learning • Un-tethered learning • Digitally-rich learning

20. Online Use and Concerns

25. Read the description of the ISTE Standard on Digital Citizenship in the next slide, visit the Cyber Safety Links, and discuss with your neighbor what defines a cyber-citizen, what are the responsibilities and skills necessary to exhibit “Digital Citizenship”.

26. International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) NETS for Students 5. Digital Citizenship: Students understand human, cultural, and societal issues related to technology and practice legal and ethical behavior. Students: • a. advocate and practice safe, legal, and responsible use of information and technology. • b. exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports collaboration, learning, and productivity. • c. demonstrate personal responsibility for lifelong learning. • d. exhibit leadership for digital citizenship.

27. Cyber Safety Resources • Learning.com – K-5 District Online Textbook • Wired Safety.org – http://www.wiredsafety.org • NetSmartz Workshop – http://www.netsmartz.org • Webwisekids.org – http://www.webwisekids.org

28. If students have access to technology, why are they still struggling? Students are lacking skills that are needed to be successful in a professional environment - they are very familiar with the tools when it comes to entertainment, however when skills are transferred to the real world and to a professional environment, they are not able to use all of the tools.

29. BISD Technology Plan: • Goal 1: Provide all students with instruction in the use of technology that empowers them to become more knowledgeable of their world and develop their academic skills. • Goal 2: Provide the knowledge skills and resources necessary for all educators to fully integrate technology into the curriculum. • Goal 3: Develop a partnership with parents and the Community to assist in developing all students to their potential.

30. BISD Tech Plan (cont’d) • Goal 4: To provide the knowledge and skills necessary to fully integrate technology into administrative functions and to allow all administrators to make informed decisions on technology acquisitions and usage. • Goal 5: To provide a high-speed, quality infrastructure and high value hardware for all schools and district offices.

31. BISD - District Educational Improvement Council Technology(DEIC) Goal • Our vision for technology is to have all district stakeholders involved in the teaching and learning process seamlessly integrate technology to make informed decisions and advance student achievement and technology literacy to encourage and support creative, innovative, lifelong learning.

32. What technology is not technology integration: * Kids sent to the lab to complete a five-paragraph essay. * Cutting and pasting information found at a website to complete a school project or essay.* Using interactive whiteboards as projection screens.

33. One way to think about the impact of technology in teaching and learning is called “informating”. Alan November, Technology and the School Leader

34. Essential questions to consider: * Are you giving people access to information they’ve never had before? * Are you giving people access to people? * Are there new relationships? e.g. teachers working together, connectivity to family – home, kids working with kids around the world

35. Essential Skills for the Knowledge Economy • Enormous amounts of information; get what you need at the moment you need it • Leads to Information Literacy • Collaborate – Teamwork – Global Citizenship Skills • Assess your own work - accountability

36. Learners are: Self-directedSelf-motivatedTeam player

37. Ability to learn and relearn Learn new things over time

38. Online learning is becoming more and more a reality. Access to learning anytime, anywhere From home

39. Access to phenomenal amounts of information leads to a need for: * Information Literacy Skills* Communication Skills

40. “There is so much information available these days that it is almost too much, and if people aren’t prepared to process the information effectively, it almost freezes them in their steps.” Mike Summers, Global Talent Management at Dell

41. 21st Century Learning Themes

42. www.wordle.net

43. Information Literacy Standards • Standard 1: The student who is information literate accesses information efficiently and effectively. • Standard 2: The student who is information literate evaluates information critically and competently. • Standard 3: The student who is information literate uses information accurately and creatively.

44. Information Literacy Links • S.O.S. for Inforamtion Literacy Lesson Planhttp://www.informationliteracy.org/plans/view/760/back/0 • S.O.S for Information Literacyhttp://www.informationliteracy.org/ • National Forum On Information Literacyhttp://www.infolit.org/

45. Communication Skills a. interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media b. communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats c. develop cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with learners of other cultures d. contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems

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47. Readingand writing will be different in 10 years. Language has always evolved to embrace new realities and it is evolving now. There will be a new fluidity in media creation. Visual representations and story telling will be important in new ways, so “screen” literacy will emerge. Pew Internet

48. ISTE NETS = National Educational Technology Standards • Creativity and Innovation • Communication and Collaboration • Research and Information Fluency • Critical Thinking, Problem Solving and Decision Making • Digital Citizenship • Technology Operations and Concepts NETS for Studentshttp://www.iste.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=NETS

49. Are we helping students become: • Critical thinkers? • Problem solvers? • Good communicators? • Good collaborators? • Information and technology literate? • Flexible and adaptable? • Innovative and creative? • Globally competent? • Financially literate?

50. Build Teacher Collaboration =Build Learning Communities