Moving Beyond the Information Age

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Moving Beyond the Information Age Scott Kinney,
VP Outreach Professional Development
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similarities
consume differently
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TIVO or DVR?
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iPod
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Growth of the Internet
Source(2008, September 30). Retrieved October
19, 2008, from September 2008 Web Server Survey
Web site http//news.netcraft.com/archives/2008/0
9/30/september_2008_web_server_survey.html
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NBCOlympics.com
72M
1.2B
Source Stelter, Brian (August 24, 2008). Web
Audience for Games Soars for NBC and Yahoo.
Retrieved August 28, 2008, Web site
http//www.nytimes.com/2008/08/25/sports/olympics/
25online.html
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now for the quiz.
Information obtained from the Pew Internet
American Life Project, eSchool News Online, MSNBC
WikiPedia.
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the information age
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Students and Media

• Young people (8-18) today, spend an average of 6
  ½ hours a day with media
• 4 hours a day watching TV
• 2 ¼ hours with parents
• 1 ¾ listening to music
• 1 ½ doing physical activity
• Over an hour on the computer
• Under an hour doing homework
• They are exposed to the equivalent of 8 ½ hours
  of media a day

Source Kaiser Family Foundation, (March 9,
2005). Retrieved August 28, 2008, from Generation
M Media in the Lives of 8-18 Year-olds Web site
http//www.kff.org/entmedia/entmedia030905pkg.cfm
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Multitasking

• Central Connecticut State University
• Students were randomly assigned to take part in
  one of three groups
• read the text on screen with no interruptions
• answered instant messages first and then did
  their reading
• multitasked, fielding instant messages as they
  read
• All three groups fared about the same on a test
  given later to check their understanding of the
  text
• Students who send and receive instant messages
  while completing a reading assignment take longer
  to get through their texts but apparently still
  manage to understand what theyre reading

Source Viadero, Debra (August 15, 2008).
Instant Messaging Found to Slow Students'
Reading. Retrieved August 28, 2008, from
Education Week Web site http//www.edweek.org/ew/
articles/2008/08/27/01im.h28.html?tmp1877392231
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As They Get Older

• Whats in on Campus
• Spring 2005
• Drinking beer
• Drinking other alcohol
• Spring 2006
• Drinking beer
• Drinking beer tied with Facebook.com
• Drinking other alcohol
• Text messaging

iPods
Source USA Today. June 8, 2006
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A Simple Example

• Who is the current President of the Portuguese
  Republic?
• Approximately how fast does the earth move around
  the sun?
• What year was the Washington Monument completed?

I need a volunteer/prizes included
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Why is this Significant?
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information
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Not just information
but also delivery
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In the Classroom
Video Human Body Pushing the Limits Strength.
Discovery Education(2008). Retrieved April 1,
2008, from http//streaming.discoveryeducation.co
m/
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What do we know about integrating media?
but not just what we think
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Proven Results
Scientific evaluations conducted by Cometrika.,
Inc., an independent research firm (Virginia
study conducted 2002 Los Angeles study conducted
2004)
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What Does the Research Say

• A review of hundreds of studies investigating the
  effectiveness of multimedia in learning suggested
  that

Source Macaulay, Michael (2003).The Effects of
Multimedia on Learning in Third World Children.
Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia.
12, 185-198.
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What Does the Research Say

• A review of hundreds of studies investigating the
  effectiveness of multimedia in learning suggested
  that people who used computer-based multimedia
  instruction performed better in terms of test
  scores, compared to those who received
  instruction through traditional classroom
  lectures.

Source Macaulay, Michael (2003).The Effects of
Multimedia on Learning in Third World Children.
Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia.
12, 185-198.
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Third World Children

• Elementary Mathematics
• Research methodology
• Students were randomly assigned to take part in
  one of two groups
• Learning materials using text only
• Multimedia (text, images, animation sound)

• the mean test score of the group that used the
  multimedia application to learn elementary
  mathematics was significantly higher than that of
  the group that used the non-multimedia
  application.

Source Macaulay, Michael (2003).The Effects of
Multimedia on Learning in Third World Children.
Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia.
12, 185-198.
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accessing this information
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A Few Questions

• Who is the current President of the Portuguese
  Republic?

Aníbal António Cavaco Silva Portuguese
economist and political leader, prime minister
(1985-95) and president (2006-) of Portugal.
Source ChaCha text message
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- access
- formats
information
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moving beyond the information age
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not just about accessing information
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engage
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Presidential Debates
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NFL
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Engaging with Content
Name Kayla Age 3 1/2 About Kayla Kayla is three
and is no longer satisfied with simply watching
Elmo and Dora. Instead, she wants to interact
with them, answer questions and guide them in
their journey.
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Tools to Engage with Content
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engage or interact
- access
- formats
meaning or context
information
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the next step
create!
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Telling Their Story
Name Uriel Favorite Subject Science My
Notes Uriel is creative and extremely
intelligent. However, Uriel just doesnt care to
write all of the time. He wants to express
himself in a variety of ways.
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What is the value of students telling their
story?
Source Pink, D (2006). A whole new mind Why
right-brainers will rule the future. New York,
NY Penguin Group.
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What is the value of students telling their
story?
Source Pink, D (2006). A whole new mind Why
right-brainers will rule the future. New York,
NY Penguin Group.
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not just for students.
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and this is much easier than it used to be.
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another student example.
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What are the skills these students must have to
produce these products?
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If they build itthey will learn.
- Sharon Sam Sakai-Miller
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engage or interact
tap global knowledge
- access
- formats
meaning or context
information
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How People Learn

• A research-based synthesis consisting of 30 years
  of educational research indicates
• participation in social practice is a fundamental
  form of learning
• learning is increased by a diversity of cultural
  experience and community participation

Brown, Ann L, Cocking, Rodney R Bransford ,
John D. How People Learn Brain, Mind,
Experience, and School. Washington National
Academies Press, 2000.
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Source http//www.sfett.com/html_movie/Ican/4.htm
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and these are not isolated examples.
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Social Networking Tools

• 96 percent of U.S. students ages 9 to 17 who
  have internet access use social-networking
  technology to connect with their peers (chatting,
  text-messaging, blogging, or visiting online
  communities such as Facebook, MySpace, and
  Webkinz)
• One of the most common topics of
  discussioneducation
• Nearly 60 percent of students report discussing
  education-related topics

Source National School Boards Association,
(2007).CREATING CONNECTING//Research and
Guidelines on Online Social and Educational
Networking. 12.
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My Little GirlNow
Name Kayla Age 5 About Kayla Not even Dora is
good enough anymore now its social networking
through WebKinz.
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Social Practice in Action

• How many people have learned something new they
  intend to utilize/apply when you return to school
  (i.e. a tool or educational resource)?
• Groups of 2-3
• Share what you have learned

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Social Practice in Action

• How many people shared the exact same thing?
• How many people intend to utilize/apply something
  they just learned in the last three minutes?

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Source Top Sites United States. Retrieved July
29, 2008, from Alexa Top 100 Sites Web site
http//www.alexa.com/site/ds/top_sites?ccUSts_mo
decountrylangnone
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The Nations Response
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Change in Florida Legislation

• 1082 (1) DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD The district
  school board has
• 1083 the duty to provide adequate instructional
  materials for all
• 1084 students in accordance with the requirements
  of this part. The
• 1085 term adequate instructional materials
  means a sufficient
• 1086 number of textbooks or sets of materials
  that are available in
• 1087 bound, unbound, kit, or package form and may
  consist of hard
• 1088 backed or soft-backed textbooks,
  consumables, learning
• 1089 laboratories, manipulatives, electronic
  media, and computer
• 1090 courseware or software that serve as the
  basis for
• 1091 instruction for each student in the core
  courses

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California Digital Textbook Initiative

• High School students will have access to science
  and math digital textbooks by the beginning of
  the school year. A list of standards-aligned
  digital textbooks for subjects such as geometry,
  algebra II, trigonometry, calculus, physics,
  chemistry, biology/life science and earth science
  courses will be released this August.
• Phase two of the initiative is currently being
  developed. This includes making digital textbooks
  available for all grades, incorporating
  interactive content

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Texas Adopted Language

• SECTIONA1.AA, Subchapter A, Chapter 31, Education
  Code, is amended by adding Section 31.004 to read
  as follows
• the district provides each student with
  textbooks, electronic textbooks, or instructional
  materials that cover all elements of the
  essential knowledge and skills adopted by the
  State Board of Education for that subject and
  grade level.

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We can no longer teach as we learned. We must
combine the best of the old with the best of the
new and plunge forward to meet the increasing
demands of an ever-changing technological
environment.
Linda Wells, Fifth Grade Teacher Cambridge
Elementary School San Antonio, Texas
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Contact Information

• Scott Kinney
• Vice President
• Outreach Professional Development
• Email scott_kinney_at_discovery.com
• Websites
• discoveryeducation.com
• community.discoveryeducation.com
• discoveryedspeakersbureau.com

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engage or interact
tap global knowledge
- access
- formats
meaning or context
information