TRENDS IN TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION IN THE CLASSROOM WITH LINDA JONES SCOTT ERTL LEE ANNE MORRIS SAMANTHA REID +GUESTS THE EIGHTH FLOOR SOL TRAINING TRENDS.

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C L A S S R O O M

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WHY THIS CLASS?

Why are we even interested in trends?

What do you think teaching will look like in the next few years?

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WHY GO PAPERLESS

Ten Reasons to Have a Paperless ClassroomBy Steve Katz

10. Work doesn’t get “lost” in the bottom of a backpack.

9. Save space (no file cabinets).

8. Nobody ever forgets their pencil.

7. Collaboration is easy from anywhere.

6. No carrying notebooks (only netbooks).

5. Students are building digital portfolios.

4. No more “no-name” assignments.

3. You never have to wait in line for the copier.

2. Save paper, save the Earth.

1. The dog can’t eat your homework.

THE PAPERLESS CLASSROOM?

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DOWN SIDE

Technology• Hardware /

Software• Access

FREE TOOLS

The wonderful world of Google (mobile)Drive, Sites, YouTube, Picasa

EdmodoShare information, collaboration, measurement, mobile app.

The sky is the limit iPads, phonesApp stores

PERSONALIZED LEARNING

• Engage & Assess students relevant to their ability, learning style, and interests. But this is not and is more than differentiation or individualized instruction – WHAT?

• Relies on student interest – students guide their own learning - Google’s 80/20 Principle

• Pluralistic - autonomous, collaborative, the whole is made up by the parts,

• Learning Analytics -- Imagine the Possibilities, Wikipedia defines analytics as

“Analytics is the discovery and communication of meaningful patterns in data. Especially valuable in areas rich with recorded information, analytics relies on the simultaneous application of statistics, computer programming and operations research to quantify performance. Analytics often favors data visualization to communicate insight.” T H E E I G H T H F L O O R S O L T RA I N I N G

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LEARNING ANALYTICS

Will Richardson discusses this idea well in his blog post, Future of Learning (?).  It’s the idea of a “learning assistant.”

“As students age, data-driven, virtual “learning assistants” take on much of the job of providing resources and content based on individual interests, and needs, throughout school and beyond. As learners begin to explore topics through searches, these “assistants”, working off of a life’s worth of keystrokes, deliver the most “appropriate” content and connections within a few moments. If asked, they instantly plan a “curriculum” to learn whatever the student is interested in learning, and suggest the most relevant communities to join and experts to interact with. These virtual assistants are networked as well, easily able to find other leaners with similar interests or needs from anywhere to connect them and create spaces for collaboration and further study. Throughout the process, students earn badges of expertise and automatically publish an online, transparent portfolio of artifacts and contributions in order to earn their influence as experts.”

BLENDED LEARNING . . . WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

Simply: partially OL and partially F2F instruction – integrated learning. Some element of student control over time, place, path, and pace.

MOOC

Flipped Classroom

Edmodo, Moodle, Blackboard, D2L

Social Media

Learning Environments

Location, Mobility, Production (Do or Do Not – There is no Try)

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SOCIAL MEDIA

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Social media describes the online technologies and practices used to share content, opinions, insights, experiences, Perspectives and media.

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GAMIFICATION

Gamification [n] :The process of using game mechanic

And game thinking in non-gaming context to engage

Users and to solve problems.

InformationWeek via UBM’s Educational IT site

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The key to gamification is turning extrinsic rewards to intrinsic rewards

WHAT TRENDS DO YOU FEAR?

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WHAT’S HOT

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