ICE 234: Survey of Computers in Schools

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ICE 234Survey of Computers in Schools
Millennials

• Dr. Christy Keeler

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Daily Outline

• Digital Tools for Digital Kids K-W-L
• Opening
• Word Processing and the Writing Process
• Group Work K-W-L
• Lecture Millennials
• Demonstration Inspiration
• Closing

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Daily Objectives

• Display competent use of the K-W-L learning
  strategy.
• Identify the steps of the writing process.
• Describe millennials.
• Be able to develop a concept map using basic
  features of Inspiration software

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• The Kissing Hand

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The Writing Process

• Prewriting
• Drafting
• Revising
• Editing / Proofreading
• Copy editing
• Content editing
• Publishing / Peer Editing
• Evaluating
• Idea development
• Organization
• Voice
• Conventions

Go to Word
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Digital Tools for Digital Kids

• Assign a recorder
• Review what you learned from the article
• Share your questions from the W column
• Fill in the L column
• List your still unanswered questions
• Prepare to report your discussions

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Elementary-Level Digital Children
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Living in a Digital World

• Technology is part of the natural landscape
• Nonlinear
• Individual control
• Multinational, multicultural, multidisciplinary
• One billion Internet users in 2005

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Digital Children

• Millennials, Net Generation, N-Geners
• Currently between 6 and 26
• Population of 80 million
• First generation to grow up surrounded by digital
  media
• More comfortable, knowledgeable, and literate
  about technology than parents
• Watch less TV than parents did when the same age

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Digital Children
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Digital Children Characteristics

• Interactive
• Mobile
• Expressive
• Creative communicators
• Interested in self-development
• Rapidly take in and respond to sights and sounds

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Digital Children Characteristics

• Interactive
• Mobile
• Expressive
• Creative communicators
• Interested in self-development
• Rapidly take in and respond to sights and sounds

N-Geners love hard work because working,
learning, and playing are the same thing to
them. (Tapscott, 1998)
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• What does this mean for schools?

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Digital Children at School

• Any time, any place, any path, any pace.
• Motto for Florida Virtual School
• Technology wont replace teachers, but teachers
  using technology will replace those who dont.
  
• Distance Learning Resource Network, 2000
• Schools will become social centers for
  non-academic activities.
• Shank, 2000

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Digital Children at School

• Service-based education
• Students need multimedia to embrace new learning
• Teachers become facilitators, not transmitters of
  knowledge

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Digital Children at School

• Students need environments and tools conducive
  to

• Creativity
• Inquiry
• Collaboration
• Design
• Real-world problem-solving

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Digital Children
From the back cover of Readers Digest, February
2005
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Concept Mapping

• Visual method of describing a concept
• Structure
• Map-like
• Unidirectional or multidirectional
• Networked
• Reveals inter-relationships

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Concept Mapping Inspiration
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• What common traits of elementary-level
  millennials exist?

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Concept Mapping

• Inspiration

• Main idea
• Rapid fire
• Symbol/picture
• Font size, color, style
• Link color, text
• Arrange
• Move symbols

• View
• Multiple select and drag
• Outline
• Add/delete topics/subtopics
• Move topics
• Indent

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Daily Outline

• Digital Tools for Digital Kids K-W-L
• Opening
• Group Work K-W-L
• Lecture Millennials
• Demonstration Inspiration
• Closing

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Daily Objectives

• Display competent use of the K-W-L learning
  strategy.
• Identify the steps of the writing process.
• Describe millennials.
• Be able to develop a concept map using basic
  features of Inspiration software.

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For Next Session

• Readings and Quiz
• ISTE NETS Tutorial
• NETS-S and Performance Indicators (Grades PreK-8)
• NETS-T
• Technology Journey I
• Edits (1/24 by 800 AM PST via WebCampus)
• Final Draft (1/29 by 1000 AM PST via WebCampus)
• Back-up all documents you may want in your
  portfolio
• NetStorage
• Online software demonstrations

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ICE 234Survey of Computers in Schools
Have a great week See you next session!

• Dr. Christy Keeler