Ten Great Ways to Engage Students with Technology

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Ten Great Ways to Engage Students with Technology

• Kerri White, M.Ed.
• Executive Director, High School Reform
• Office of Standards and Curriculum
• State Department of Education
• Kerri_White_at_sde.state.ok.us
• [phone]

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Engagement Research
Based on brain research conducted by the video
gaming industry.
Responds to Visual Images
Responds to the Out-of-the-Ordinary
Responds to Emotions (e.g. humor, curiosity, fun)
Responds to Challenge
Responds to Sustained Patterns
Responds to Conversation
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Funding Digital Technologies and Program
Implementation

• Various Funding Streams (e.g., Title I, Title
  II, ACE Remediation)
• Always Verify Requirements of Funding Stream
• Alignment with Needs Assessment and District Plan
• Federal Programs Technology Proposal
• Targeted Student Groups
• Professional Training

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10. Computer Aided Instructional Software
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10. Computer Aided Instructional Software
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10. Computer Aided Instructional Software
Current software provides instruction, forces
higher level thinking, offers practice, and
applies concepts to real-world applications.
Virtual teachers do not replace live classroom
teachers.
Rarely do students benefit from computer aided
instructional software as the only method of
delivery.
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9. Visual Imagery for Stories with Stipulations
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9. Visual Imagery for Stories with Stipulations
As you see these visual images, shout out the
first word that comes to your mind and write it
down.
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9. Visual Imagery for Stories with Stipulations
Visual images engage the imagination
Write a sentence describing what you saw but
wait, you cannot use any words that contain the
letter e.
Stories with stipulations create challenge and
force the brain to search for alternate or
parallel paths
Stipulations may be framed in the positive or in
the negative
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8. Wordle.net
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8. Wordle.net
Visual representation of language encourages all
students to participate in discussion.
www.wordle.net www.text2mindmap.com
Can be used as a pre-reading strategy, summary
strategy, prediction strategy, presentation tool,
or assessment strategy
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7. Student Response Systems
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7. Student Response Systems
Game-Like Atmosphere
Quick Poll
www.youtube.com/watch?v7U-KhH3RzLU
Immediate Feedback
Opportunity to Discuss Misconceptions or
Accelerate Pace of Instruction
Anonymity to Classmates Identified to the
Teacher
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6. Text Notes and Other
Cell-Phone-Free Texting Activities
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6. Text Notes and Other
Cell-Phone-Free Texting Activities
Remember Short-Hand?
What Words Do You Know?
What Education Terms Could Be Considered Words
if Used in Text?
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Ground Rules for Texting

• Check local board policy.
• Limit all texts to 160 characters (including
  spaces).
• Determine appropriate text (or short-hand)
  words and phrases for school context.
• Teach students to distinguish between the
  contexts in which text (or short-hand) is
  appropriate and those for which it is
  inappropriate.

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Ground Rules for Texting

• Encourage use in classrooms for appropriate
  activities
• Summarize using text.
• Translate between text and commonly accepted
  grammar and usage structures.
• Take class notes in text.
• Participate in round-table text discussion.

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Retell this story using text

• Students at Lincoln Middle School are making
  incredible academic improvements. This year,
  eighty-five percent of students scored at the
  Satisfactory level on the state math test (as
  opposed to only sixty-three percent last year).
  In addition, ninety percent of students are
  reading on grade level according to the state
  tests. Improvement in the school has been so
  great for the last two years that Lincoln Middle
  School will no longer be identified on the
  states No Child Left Behind School Improvement
  List. We commend Lincoln Middle School faculty
  and students for their hard work and success.

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Retell this story using text

• Congrats to kids _at_ LMS! Math scores 22 gt 2007.
  90 reading well. School not in trouble with
  NCLB. Props for hard work. Go LMS! (127
  characters)
• Go LMS! Stdnts good _at_ math and reading. 85-90 on
  gr level. LMS met AYP so not on SI list for NCLB.
  Shout out to tchs and stdnts. WAPOY! (136
  characters)

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6. Text Notes and Other
Cell-Phone-Free Texting Activities
Remember Short-Hand?
What Words Do You Know?
What Education Terms Could Be Considered Words
if Used in Text?
KEY Quick Communication!
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5. Interactive Whiteboards
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5. Interactive Whiteboards
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5. Interactive Whiteboards
Active Participation of Students
Incorporate Games, Video, Maps, Charts, and Web
sites into Instruction
Save and Print Class Notes
Not Just an Electronic Chalk Board
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4. Digital Scrapbooks, Portfolios, and
Voicethread.com
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4. Digital Scrapbooks, Portfolios, and
Voicethread.com
Capture Real-World Experiences in Photos and
Video
www.voicethread.com
May Be Used for Instructional or Assessment
Purposes
Allows Students to Demonstrate Knowledge in a
Non-threatening Way
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3. Blogs (Web Logs)
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3. Blogs (Web Logs)
Presentation Materials, Assignments, Discussion
Forums, and Links to Additional Content
www.jmartino.edublogs.org
Live Class Notes
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2. Virtual Learning Environments and Learning
Management Systems
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2. Virtual Learning Environments and Learning
Management Systems
Manage Online Learning Experiences
http//demo.moodle.org
Create Classroom Discussion Forums
Provide Instant Feedback to Students Even in the
Evenings or on Weekends
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1. Skype and Other Internet Communications Devices
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1. Skype and Other Internet Communications Devices
SKYPE Connect to Other Students, Authors,
Experts, Students on School Trips, Even Parents
E-PALS Connect to Other Students Around the
World through Protected E-mail Accounts
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Technology as a Tool for Intervention

• Technology Related Interventions . . .
• Are cost effective
• Utilize instructional time efficiently
• Maximize strengths of teachers and
  interventionists
• Capitalize on the Digital Native status of our
  students and
• Engage the brain to support instruction.

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Must Haves when Acquiring Technology

• Purpose!
• Technology purchases must meet the needs of the
  district/school, support instruction, and meet
  the requirements of the funding stream.
• Power!
• If the technology purchase does not make
  instruction more effective, you do not need it.
• Professional Development!
• Without training, any technology purchase will
  become just another piece of cool equipment.

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Must Haves when Acquiring Technology

• Purpose!
• Power!
• Professional Development!

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Must Haves when Acquiring Technology

• Purpose!
• Technology purchases must meet the needs of the
  district/school, support instruction, and meet
  the requirements of the funding stream.
• Power!
• Professional Development!

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Must Haves when Acquiring Technology

• Purpose!
• Power!
• If the technology purchase does not make
  instruction more effective, you do not need it.
• Professional Development!

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Must Haves when Acquiring Technology

• Purpose!
• Power!
• Professional Development!
• Without training, any technology purchase will
  become just another piece of cool equipment.