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The Elementary Child As a Learner

The Elementary Child As a Learner. How Technology will Enhance Their Learning. Pat Boehm - Anne Cutsinger - Daniel Ignagni - Kim Rogers. Consider…. How can technology help students learn?. How can technology help students become lifelong learners?.

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The Elementary Child As a Learner

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  1. The Elementary Child As a Learner How Technology will Enhance Their Learning Pat Boehm - Anne Cutsinger - Daniel Ignagni - Kim Rogers

  2. Consider… How can technology help students learn? How can technology help students become lifelong learners? How does technology literacy help students become global citizens?

  3. How Can Technology Help Students Learn? • Computers in Mathematics Education • Technology Supports Reading Research • Technology in Art Education

  4. Computers in Mathematics Education • Independence: • Students receive immediate feedback as they practice mathematical skills on the web. • AAA Math • Math Whiz

  5. Active Participation is Facilitated • Differentiation: • Student choice • Individual abilities • Self paced

  6. Reflection and Self Evaluation •Higher Order Thinking: Computers are ONLY a tool. Teachers and students are the ingredients that make learning happen.

  7. Technology Supports Reading Research • Encourage naming abilities of relational and abstract meanings • Listening comprehension skills and sound sensitivity • Sense of story, print concepts, space and directionality

  8. Technology Supports Reading Research • Fine motor skills • Motivation • Rich conceptual experiences promoting vocabulary and reasoning skills

  9. Technology Helps Students With Disabilities • Proven effective in 16 research sites • Students use adaptive input to move cursor

  10. Students With Access to Technology Perform Better on Tests. • 700 empirical research studies • Students need access to one or all of these technologies • Computer assisted instruction • Integrated learning systems technology • Simulations and higher level thinking software • Collaborative networking technologies • Design and programming technologies

  11. Technology Allows Kids to Make Global Connections • National Social Studies Standard Themes 4 and 9. • The Internet lets us explore other cultures. • Students can have pen pals around the world. • Access to world wide points of view.

  12. Technology in Art Education • As a Medium • As a Means • As a Resource to Foster Global Citizens

  13. Technology as a Medium Digital Arts • Computer animation • Industrial design • Center for Creative Studies

  14. Technology as a Means Software that encourage self-directed, higher-order thinking • Carmine Chameleon • Mr. Picassohead Other Technology in Art • Digital Video Recorder • Digital Camera

  15. Technology Fosters Global Citizens Multi-cultural art Web-based Museums • Metropolitan Museum of Art • The Louvre

  16. Technology in Art Education Negative sentiments Review Conclusion

  17. How Can Technology Help Students Become Lifelong Learners? • Student collaboration • Exposure to real-world issues • Authentic learning • Access to information • Opportunities to evaluate information and their own information need Technology-based projects can provide:

  18. How Can Technology Help Students Become Lifelong Learners? Technology via the Internet equates to unprecedented: • Access to information • Ability to share your knowledge with others • Real-time voice, video, and text communication

  19. How Does Technology Literacy Help Students Become Global Citizens? • World Wide Web • Global communication • Knowledge of global issues

  20. Bibliography • Adventure Learning Foundation. The world of wonders project. [Online] Retrieved on February 13, 2005. http://www.questconnect.org/world_of_wonders.htm • Cochran, David. How Do We Know That Technology Improves Achievement? Some Answers You May Need To Know • Green, D. W., & O.Brien, T. (2002, June). The Internet’s impact on teacher practice and classroom culture. T-H-E Journal Online [Online] Available: http://www.thejournal.com/magazine/vault/A4081.cfm • Jonassen, D. H., Peck, K. L. et. al. (1999). Learning with technology: A constructivist perspective. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill.

  21. Bibliography continued • Oberlander, J., & Talbert-Johnson, C. (2004, Winter). Using technology to support problem-based learning. Action in Teacher Education. [Online] Retrieved through Wilson Web February 13, 2005. • Orr, Penny, Ph.D. (Spring 2004). Technology and Art Education: What Do We Really Know About It? Advisory NAEA. www.naea.reston.org. • Robinson, L. Technology literacy strategies support reading research recommendations. [Online]Retrieved February 13, 2005. http://www.wiu.edu/thecenter/articles/researchrecommendations.html

  22. Bibliography continued • Schacter, J. (1999). The impact of education technology on student achievement-What the most current research has to say. Miliken Exchange on Education Technology. • Sherman, T. M., & Kurshan, B. L. (2005, February). Constructing learning: Using technology to support teaching for understanding. Learning and Leading with Technology, 32(5), 10-13. • SIIA. (2000). 2000 research report on the effectiveness of technology in schools. Washington, DC: Software and Information Industry Association. • Technology’s impact on learning. Retrieved February 13, 2005. http://www.nsba.org/sbot/toolkit/tiol.html

  23. Pro technology – Elementary Classroom Pat Boehm Anne Cutsinger Daniel Ignagni Kim Rogers

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