Administration Presentation

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Administration Presentation

• Bill Young
• EDTC 4340- Project 2
• March 2, 2008

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Ask Yourself This

• Where are we and where do we want to go?

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Stages of Technological Innovation1

• Level 1- Line of least resistance
• Technology is applied in ways that do not
  threaten people.
• Level 2- Merger
• New technology merges with older technology to do
  what we can already do.
• Level 3- New directions
• Uses for technology grow out of the technologies
  themselves.

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Level 1- Line of Least Resistance

• Technology is applied in ways that do not
  threaten people.
• Micro chip first showed up in digital watches,
  calculators.
• Interesting novelties.

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Level 2- Merger

• New technology merges with older technology to do
  what we can already do.
• Computers as word processors replacing
  typewriters.
• Convenience and benefits increase.

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Level 3- New directions

• Uses for technology grow out of the technologies
  themselves.
• Cell phones, internet.
• Unexpected consequences and benefits.

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Heres where we are

• We are at stage 1 and just entering stage 2.
• Our students are at stage 3!
• We are Digital Immigrants.
• They are Digital Natives.
• Our students have changed radically. Todays
  students are no longer the people our educational
  system was designed to teach. (Prensky, 2001)

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Digital Natives2

• Have grown up with digital technology.
• It is a seamless part of their lives.
• They can program your VCR without looking at the
  instructions.

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Digital Immigrants2

• Recognize that technology is valuable, but didnt
  grow up digitally.
• Its very use is an effort
• Can live with or without it.
• Digital technology isnt second nature.
• Wheres that !!- manual?

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Why Fully Integrate Technology?

• Digital natives see how we teach as if we were
  teaching how to harness a horse to car owners.
• The shift is already that big.
• Watch this short video
• A Vision of Students Today

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But how do we teach them?

• Like other immigrants, we let them show us the
  way to reach them in this digital land.
• In return, we help them mature to adulthood and
  light the passion for self education.

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Example This presentation

• For the Natives
• No pen paper
• Photos
• Video
• Hyperlinks
• For the immigrants
• Logical structure
• Research
• Citations

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Citations

• 1 Norton, P., Wiburg, K.M. (2003). Teaching
  with technology. Belmont, CA Thomson. p.5-6
• 2 Prensky, M. (2001) Digital natives, digital
  immigrants from On the Horizon (NCB University
  Press, Vol. 9 No. 5, October 2001)

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Credits

• Photos of students and classroom applications by
  Bill Young.
• Other photos from Creative Commons.
• Video
• Wesch, M (2007, October 12). A vision of students
  today. Retrieved March 4, 2008, from You Tube Web
  site http//www.youtube.com/watch?vdGCJ46vyR9of
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