Dr. Chriss Favorite Instructional Technology Toys

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Dr. Chriss Favorite Instructional Technology Toys

• Christopher I. Cobitz, Ph.D.
• Chief, reporting section
• NCDPI

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Who and Why?

• 1984
• Learning Biology from videotapes
• Learning Chemistry on PLATO
• 1988
• Designing/implementing High Tech Classrooms
• 1992
• NC high school teacher

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Given

• Coolest toy is being used
• Data Projectors wow!
• Computers
• Video
• Internet

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What else?

• This stuff could be boring!
• Bigger faster
• More hard drives
• Gigabit
• Wireless
• Firewall
• Protection

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Early cool

• PLATO (then Novanet)
• Lessons
• Gradebook
• Feedback
• SIMULATIONS
• Servicing a nuclear missile
• Dangerous chemistry

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Fun things

• Hyperstudio was fun
• Students making packages
• Self paced for many students
• Sounds
• Self scoring

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What does a school need?

• Access to a real web server
• Plugnchug doesnt count
• Somebody to install toys
• PERL to do self scoring tests
• MYSQL to run databases
• FrontPage extensions

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What else?

• Forget the video tape media retrieval system
• What does it do for you?
• 100,000 buys lots of VCRs and tapes
• How about DVR?
• Same movie multiple starts and stops

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AND?

• Phone system
• Include voice mail!
• One in each room
• Ever wonder why the secretaries have phone and
  you dont?

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Video conferencing

• Yes it is real
• No it is not 100,000 per room
• Several brands
• H.323 compatible
• Netmeeting worked
• Could even set it and forget it
• Zoo

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Cut the cord

• Wireless
• Doesnt have to be expensive
• Spread through out
• What hooks in?

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Classrooms

• Sound!
• Microphone for the teacher
• Wireless
• Good for the voice
• Good for the Students
• Big speakers
• VCRs cant be heard with TVs

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And?

• Mount the projector
• TVs cant be seen
• 3x the diagonal measure
• Use for videos
• Show it on the big screen
• Demonstrate editing
• Stop wasting time with the cables

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Is there more?

• Digital cameras
• Go cheap
• Will 50 hurt as bad as 300?
• Can you see the difference?
• Can you digital video?
• What about Johnny sick at home?

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Speaking of video

• Visual presenters
• Elmo are nice
• If you are rich
• Dukane
• Has several options
• Put it on the big screen!

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Boards

• OK so I am biased
• Remote control (slate)
• Hard surface
• Integrates

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Feedback

• Student response system
• Preferably integrated with board
• Allows students to respond
• Quick check for learning

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What about?

• Handhelds
• IPAQ
• Go wireless
• Palm
• If you must
• TI graphing calculator
• Bet you didnt know they can send to the teacher

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Software for teachers

• Inspiration
• Graphic organizer
• Powerpoint
• Presentation
• Use what they recommend
• WYSIWYG web editor
• Set up lots of fun things

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How about?

• A web site that teaches?
• Present information
• Afterschool can review
• The Web Server
• With the right toys
• Score quizzes
• Count time
• Ensure student accessed

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Student software

• NC edit or whatever
• Good to get used to it
• Office (access might be funky)
• Why teach to use a bicycle when everybody drives
  cars?
• Front page
• Paint shop pro

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ILS?

• I dont like
• Not necessarily aligned
• Like textbooks
• Do work
• Call Hart

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Digital Blue

• Microscopes
• Animation station
• Digital movie creator
• Digital binoculars
• Less than 300

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Just for fun

• Apple IIe
• Frog dissection
• Appleworks
• MECC
• MACs
• Hypercard!

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Remember?

• LCD panels
• Lots of wires
• Thousands or dollars
• Tri beam projectors
• Just hire a technician for each one

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Early 90s

• Modems
• No local internet in much of NC
• Shiva LAN rovers
• One to 4 modems
• Shared by whole network

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Do you have?

• Token ring
• SIMS used to require it
• Thick wire
• Hub Ethernet
• 10 base 2?

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Networks

• IBM I-class
• Did it work?
• Radio Shack
• Classroom manger
• Menu
• Novell hidden

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Others

• Apple share
• Novell
• 3.12 with built in Mac access
• Boot disk
• Build your ipx stack

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More nostalgia

• Integrade
• Apple IIe version
• Carrying floppies

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And

• Remember the school technology trust fund?
• 42 million year 1
• 74 the next
• 142 the next
• Tech facilitators etc middle schools
• The following year buy for other grades
• ?

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You know you are old when

• 7-11 slips
• County by county fines
• ACOT was an option
• AUPs werent necessary (computers werent
  connected)
• You had to write lesson plans for LEARN NC

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• Presentation available at www.cobitz.com
• Chris_at_cobitz.com