Harlingen CISD Goes To Seattle

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Harlingen CISD Goes To Seattle
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Conference Strands

• Assessment and Evaluation
• Leadership and Vision
• Learning and Teaching
• Productivity and Professional Practice
• Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues
• Support, Management, and Operations

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Primary Focus

• 1 to 1 Learning
• 21st Century Learning
• Educational Games and Simulations
• Getting Students Engaged in Learning
• Open Source Solutions
• S.T.E.M. Initiatives ( Preparing Students for
  Careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and
  Math)
• Technology and the Law
• Social Networking and Web 2.0 Tools

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My, how things change

• We need to better understand how our youth
  interact, learn, and socialize utilizing Web 2.0
  technologies as well as other technology tools
  they use every day.
• WIKINOMICS How mass collaboration changes
  everything.
• Supertexts (across languages and countries)
• MIT Open Courseware 1,800 courses online -
  Free Worldwide Collaboration
• Connexions shared educational materials made
  of knowledge chunks, called modules, that can be
  organized into courses, books, reports, etc..
  Anyone can view or contribute.
• Social Commerce QOOP , Lulu
• Popular TV on demand Hulu

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My, how things changeand change

• Web 1.0 information is available
• Web 2.0 - World wide online collaborative
  environments including social networking
• Web 3.0 still talk or is it? Information
  seamless they already know everything about
  you. (Google analytics)

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My, how things changeand changeand change

• Google CEO Eric Schmidt says, When you say
  collaboration, the average 45 year old thinks
  they know what you are talking about teams
  sitting down having a nice conversation with nice
  objectives and a nice attitude. Thats what
  collaboration means to most people
• The new promise of collaboration is that with
  peer production we will harness human skill,
  ingenuity, and intelligence more efficiently and
  effectively than anything we have witnessed
  previously. Don Tapscott and Anthony Williams
  (2008) Wikinomics

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Examples

• Gold Corp (GG) 2000 Goldcorp Challenge from
  an underperforming 100 million to a 9 billion
  company
• My Space Do we simply block or evolve and try
  to better understand
• Face Book NSBA T L on Facebook
• Second Life Online personalities living in
  virtual communities
• Flickr Creative Commons (non-profit licensing)
• YouTube Power of media
• Linux Operating system developed by the masses
• Wikipedia Knowledge base developed by the
  masses Free multilingual encyclopedia updated
  daily

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What does it all mean?

• Technology continues to change the way we teach
  and learn.
• We have to continue to evolve and not be afraid.
  Connecting with our youth in a way they prefer
  to connect is critical to our mission of
  preparing our youth for the work force and higher
  education.
• Free or Open Source solutions means we can take
  advantage of the global collaboration environment
  where knowledge and understanding is the focus.

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What does it all mean?

• Infrastructure Do we have the needed bandwidth
  and network topology to accommodate increased
  demand?
• Support Training must be online, on time, and
  available at District and campuses. Discussion
  and collaboration beyond the initial training is
  critical to identifying best practices.
• The tool We have been using laptops and desktop
  computers as well as mobile laptop carts.
  Connecting to information, people, and resources
  may mean we need to evaluate on a regular basis
  how we connect. Is an iPhone type technology on
  the horizon for the classroom?
• Teaching and Learning What is the role of
  immediate feedback and social networking? How do
  we keep the online environment safe?
• Vision If the challenge is to prepare students
  to compete in a global market, then we must stay
  connected to both our youth and the global
  effects of technology, information literacy, and
  global collaboration.

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Netbooks? Ultraportables?
Dell Inspiron Mini 9
Asus Eee PC
HP Mini Note
Acer Aspire One
All 300 - 450
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iPhone or Similar Technology

• Moodle modules being developed in the valley
• Online gaming/simulations
• GPS
• Social networking
• Immediate feedback
• Anywhere, anytime
• NextGen?
• Whats next?

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Online Gaming

• Learning in Multi-User Virtual Worlds
• Dimension M online gaming schools against
  schools communities against communities
• Combine learning and fun
• Aligned to state standards
• Customized tracking and reporting
• Integrate differentiated instructional strategies
• Introduce new math concepts
• Reinforce student learning and mastery
• Extends learning into the home
• Can target specific math objectives
• Whyville.com Virtual world where students
  create avatars, buy virtual cars, hang out at the
  beach, earn clams (virtual money) playing
  learning games, with kids from around the world
  very safe.

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What Are We Doing Now to Take Advantage of These
Learning Environments?

• Moodle (servers in the District, managed by
  District)
• Social networking
• Online learning
• Teacher websites
• Collaboration
• Eduphoria
• Distance Learning
• S.M.A.R.T. Boards/InterWrite School Pads
• i clicker

Examples
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Harlingen CISD Best District in the Nation

• Vision without action is merely a dream
• Action without vision just passes the time
• Vision with action can change the world

We can We will We must!!
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