Beardsley School District Technology Program

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Beardsley School DistrictTechnology Program

• For Grades 3-6
• Kevin Williams

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Surviving in the 21st Century

• In a time of drastic change it is the learners
  who inherit the future. The learned usually find
  themselves equipped to live in a world that no
  longer exists.
• Philosopher Eric Hoffer

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Lifelong Learning

• Needs to be the dominant paradigm for education.
• What you earn is determined by what you learn.

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United States Census Bureau
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Rapid Change

• It currently takes bout 20 months for the amount
  of information to double.
• Businesses are putting new technologies to use
  quicker than ever.
• Survival requires an openness to rethink how we
  deliver content to our clients.
• Where did you buy your Christmas gifts this year?

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Master 2 Electronic Skills

• Locate relevant information
• Establish if the information is valid and how it
  can be used.

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The Future

• Just what the future holds is often difficult to
  predict, but technology has been especially
  difficult to predict. Often, technology has been
  underestimated in terms of its impact.

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• "I watched his face (Samuel F.B. Morse) closely
  to see if he was not deranged, and was assured by
  other Senators as we left the room that they had
  no confidence in it either."
• Senator Oliver Smith of Indiana, 1842, after
  witnessing a first demonstration of the telegraph

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2000 Census Facts

• Nearly two-thirds (65 percent) of all children 3
  to 17 years lived in a household with a computer
  in 2000, up from 55 percent in 1998.
• Thirty percent of all children used the Internet
  at home in 2000, compared with just 19 percent in
  1998.

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Why Technology

• Library of Congress
• National Geographic
• Periodicals
• Museums
• Current data
• USGS
• NOAA

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MIT

• Model for Integrating Technology.
• Our task is to Educate not Entertain.
• When computers become commonplace within our
  schools, we can free students from the
  constraints of the linear, word based, reports
  and allow them to express mastery of a subject in
  rich, multimedia creations of their own.
• David Thornburg

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John Dewey(1859 - 1952)

• Students benefit from experiential, hands-on,
  student directed learning.
• Education must engage with and enlarge
  experience.

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Model for Integrating Technology

• Actively involve learners.
• Give them tools to be successful in the real
  world.
• Provide a link between technology and curriculum.
• Develop Project Based Learning.

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Project Based Learning
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Jack WelchCEO of General Electric

• When the rate of change inside an institution is
  less than the rate of change outside, the end
  is in sight.
• Business and education face a future filled with
  rapid change.
• It is up to each institution to decide how it
  will respond.

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Why is this Class Required?

• To ensure educators are able to apply educational
  technology skills in an educational setting.
• Customize curriculum
• Improve student ability to access relevant
  technologies
• Use technology to more effectively meet
  individual students needs

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How will I be Assessed?

• Portfolio Assessment
• Application form
• Current resume
• Letter(s) of recommendation
• Cover letter explaining the context of your
  professional position and work environment
• Narrative describing each artifact contained in
  the portfolio
• Proficiency checklist and associated artifacts

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What we are doing each night?

• Lecture
• Question and answer
• Guided practice as needed
• Independent work on portfolios
• Portfolio Checkups