Exploring Ed Tech Tools Haviland Staff

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Exploring Ed Tech ToolsHaviland Staff
Greg Marten and Sue Summerford LISD Educational
Technologists
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Topics

• What is Web 2.0?
• Blogs
• Wikis
• Multimedia creation
• Photo Story
• VoiceThread

• Podcasting (audio)
• Global projects
• Google docs
• Moodle
• Graphic organizers
• Haviland interest survey

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Web 2.0 defined

• Web 2.0
• evolution of the web to a collection of sites and
  tools that allow people to collaborate, create
  and share multimedia content.
• Impact on common folks A move from consumers of
  media to producers of media. Kids can and do
  contribute.

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Ready or Not . . . The World is Different!

• Work is different . . .
• Tools are different . . .
• Communication is different . . .
• Information is different . . .
• Kids are different . . . .
• . . . And Learning Must Be Different, Too!

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Blogs

• In the news we hear about journalists' blogs, but
  theres more to blogging
• Educational use
• Ellagences blog 3rd grade Adrian student Room
  14 3rd graders
• Professional use
• LISD Ed Tech Blog
• Personal use
• Evans art blog Coreys book talk

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Visitors to Ms. Overtons Michener third grade
classroom blog
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Hands-on Leave a comment

• Check out one of the blogs mentioned
• Read a posting
• Write and submit a comment
• RSS feeds allow people to subscribe to blogs
• Bloglines a free blog aggregator

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Wikis

• We commonly hear about Wikipedia
• Education
• Hudsons inventions timeline wiki
• Alexander Elem. third grade wiki Janaes page
• Flat Classroom Project

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Flat Classroom Project

• 7 classrooms from around the world
• Students collaborating to create informational
  pages and digital stories
• Three components
• Editing and updating previously created
  information (Mass Collaboration, Symphony)
• Creating Digital Stories using the 6 senses of
  the conceptual age from Daniel Pink's book, A
  Whole New Mind and based on the flattener topic
  from Friedmans 'The World is Flat
• Post Project Reflection - Students will post
  their reflection on the process on the project
  ning.
• The Flat Classroom Wiki

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Multimedia Photo Story

• We commonly hear about Flickr
• Photo Story is a free Microsoft download
• Combine still graphics, text, audio
• Kindergarten zoo trip example
• Digital Reading portfolio using Photo Story
  software (Seattle Public Schools)

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Multimedia Voice Thread

• Voice Thread
• Website that hosts media and allows for viewer
  comments
• Example Mystery Book reviews
• Lots of ideas for educational uses of VT (a wiki)

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Podcasting

• Audio file creation and sharing.
• Educational examples
• Radio WillowWeb Podcasts, Omaha, NE Fifth
  graders podcast about writing
• Morenci book reviews (retired project)

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Hands-on Audacity

• Audacity is a free software application that can
  be used to create multi-track mp3 audio files
• http//audacity.sourceforge.net/
• Files can be uploaded to a web site or blog to
  create a podcast
• Open Audacity to see what it looks like

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Global Projects Collaboration

• In the news we hear Facebook and Myspace
• Online social networks allow people to group
  themselves to communicate and work toward common
  interests

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Global Projects Examples

• Monster Exchange Project
• http//www.monsterexchange.org/ A class to class
  exchange of descriptive writing and art.
• The Center for Innovation in Engineering and
  Science Education
• http//www.k12science.org/collabprojs.html 10
  collaborative projects for K-12 classrooms

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Hands-on Global Projects

• ePals http//www.epals.com/
• Go to ePals search for a partner
• Example from the Student Talk Global
  issues/Current events forum
• Question from a student in Nigeria titled Black
  US President?
• 135 replies from all over the world (Australia,
  Canada, Spain, Ethiopia, Sweden, USA)

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Google Docs

• Video introduction of Google Docs

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Google for EducatorsOther Toolshttp//www.google
.com/educators/tools.html
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Moodle Virtual Learning Environment

• Online Course Management System
• Top 5 Resources
• Resource
• Choice
• Forum
• Assignment
• Quiz
• Elementary Examples in Lenawee County
• 2nd Grade Blissfield
• 4th Grade Onsted

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Graphic OrganizersTools for Reading, Writing
Thinking

• Why Use Graphic Organizers?
• To show whats most important (rather than just
  interesting.)
• Reduce the cognitive demands on the learner
  showing can be a powerful way to facilitate
  understanding
• Patterns - Reading and writing skills,communicatio
  n skills, and analytical, critical, and creative
  thinking skills are all subject to improvewhen
  students learn recognize these patterns of
  thinking, construct, and use graphic organizers.
• Traditional - Software Inspiration, Kidspiration
• 21st Century Web-based (Web 2.0)
• Webspiration www.mywebspiration.com (can import
  from Inspiration)
• Gliffy
• Bubbl.us
• Exploratree
• Thinkature

http//www.graphicorganizers.com/Sara/ArticlesAbo
ut/QA20Graphic20Organizers.pdf
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Why are ed tech tools important?

• As we have seen, ed tech tools and Web 2.0 allow
  our students to
• Create and share media
• Express ideas
• Interact with others around the world
• Explore new places, people, and ideas

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Haviland Interest Survey

• Go to http//cemat.edublogs.org
• PD Page
• Click on survey link
• Rating 1-3 least interested to very
  interested in learning more about these tools

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Transforming Learning Environments
Traditional Environments
Emerging Learning Landscape
Teacher directed, memory-focused instruction
Student-centered, performance-focused learning
Isolated work on invented exercises
Collaborative work on authentic, real-work
projects
Factual, literal thinking for competence
Creative thinking for innovation and original
solutions
Primary focus on school and local community
Expanded focus including digital global
citizenship
Integrated assessment for learning
Isolated assessment of learning
Knowledge from limited, authoritative sources
Learner-constructed knowledge from multiple
information sources and experiences
THINK GLOBALLY - LEARN LOCALLY