Opening Up The Possiblities

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Opening Up The Possiblities

• Teaching with Technology

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Two Big Questions

• What can technology
• allow us to do in education
• that we could not otherwise do?
• How can technology help
• us to do better that which
• we already do?

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Web Power

• TrackStar A Web-based annotated Bibliography- A
  Webliography
• WebQuest A Structured Web-based research
  strategy

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A Virtual Field Trip

• Culture Quest An Interdisciplinary investigation
  combining history and language arts
• History
• Colonial America
• French and Indian War
• Fort William Henry
• Language Arts
• Literature Coopers The Last of the Mohicans
• Writing Compare and Contrast

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A Virtual Passport

• Visit foreign countries
• Globalearn
• AsiaQuest
• Talk to friends from other cultures
• Web66

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A Virtual Museum Exhibit

• Assemble sites that represent the work of
  important photographers
• Students analyze and study selected photographer
• Students take photos in the style of photographer

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Multimedia

• PowerPoint as Presentation Tool
• Demonstration of Learning

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The Monster Project

• Elementary Language Arts
• Draw a Monster
• Describe how to draw the monster
• Draw the monster from the description

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Brainstorming with Inspiration

• Idea Maps
• Analyzing Reading
• Project Planning
• Bringing Out Detail

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Create Timelines

• For Organizing Work
• Student Responsibilities
• Due Dates
• For Adding Historical Perspective

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Desktop Publishing

• Create Curriculum Related Calendars
• Publish Travel Brochures and Newsletters
• Catalogues and Flyers
• Business Cards
• Menus
• Etc.

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Create or Enrich Maps

• Locate natural disasters
• Identify natural resources
• Locate geographical features

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Manipulate and Analyze Data

• Create data bases
• Work with data base
• Present data

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Thinking About The Process

• The Implications for Schooling
• The Intersection of
• Three Essential Elements
• Teacher
• Student
• Content

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Technology Changes the Relationships at the Point
of Intersection

• Refocusing Learning
• Altering the Perception of the Role of Teacher
• Valuing Higher Order Thinking Skills
• Creating a Culture of Inquiry
• Appealing to Multiple Intelligences

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Technology refocuses learning

• from the narrow notion of a finite catalogue
  of information
• to an expanding universe rich in knowledge,
  context and connections.

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Technology alters theperception ofteacher

• from the idea of teacher
• as holder of all knowledge
• to the creation of a learning community
  consisting of members with more and less
  experience

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Technology Values Higher Order Thinking Skills

• by changing the task from gathering old
  information
• to analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluating
  essential questions and creating new knowledge

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Technology Creates a Culture of Inquiry

• that encourages student
• cooperation
• by placing students in a collaborative
  environment

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Technology Appeals to a Variety of Intelligences

• by allowing teachers to develop lesson
  strategies that utilize a broader range of
  pedagogies and appeal to a greater number of
  learning styles

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Can Computers Really Make a Difference?

• YES!