I believe that over the next ten years technology will continue to play a role in k-12 education. However, I think it will be more prevalent in middle school and high school, than in primary and elementary schools. I think that you will see more middle and high school classes going online and students taking specialized classes from schools around the country and world. I think the same is true with college courses as well.
However, I think that in the k-5 classrooms you will not find the online learning taking place because the younger students still need to be taught how to learn, and thus need a teacher. I do believe you will see younger students learning more about computers, and perhaps using computers to complete their work more than you do now.
Finally, I believe that teachers will develop social networks online and begin sharing lesson plans, videos of lessons, and professional development through the internet.
Assignments
• Day 1
Read the Horizon Report (2008).
Post a blog on what technological trend you feel will become most prevalent in K12 learning within 5 years and why.
(see Rules of Engagement)
• Day 2
Please watch both of the Sir Ken Robinson videos linked below. Then post two slides on the shared presentation: 1) one way schools kill creativity, and 2) one way schools foster creativity.
Do schools kill creativity?
Creatively Speaking
• Day 4
Assignment 1 - Wikipedia - see post below.
Assignment 2 - Colliding Forces - see post below.
• Day 5 and Day 6
Live Broadcast - post a response to the blog below on Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
• Day 7 and Day 8 - Surprise.....
Your assignment is optional - you will receive credit whether you email me yes or no, but you do have to email me. I do not believe in zeros, nor in failure as an option. However, you get what you put in, so I encourage you to say yes....;-)
If you email me yes, here's what you are committing to. Give me your email address at work, what grade level or content area you teach, whether you are an administrator, whatever. What school you are at and a short resume/introduction of yourself. I will leave your name and contact anonymous until I find another teacher/educator/administrator in PVUSD who might like to work with you on REACH, and in turn you with them. I will make an intitial email introduction of each of you to the other - from there, you are on your own to put into practice the communication, collaboration and creativity of 21st century teaching and learning, using information technology to bridge time and space constraints.
REACH (Real Experiences Advancing Childhood Humanities) is an initiative our district is implementing with other educators/administrators outside of our walls. We are connecting students/teachers/administrators, from differing classrooms, differing schools, cities, states, countries, using technology to communicate/collaborate/create in whatever ways possible and appropriate to postively impact student learning - totally up to you and your PVUSD counterpart on what you think would be useful - how big, how small, how deep, how thin, is up to you.
It does not have to be high tech, with tons of technology - in fact, the technology is not the point - learning with and about others is, being creative and taking a risk is the experience. One simple internet connection and a Google account can do wonders (you should now know that), to connect students, teachers, administrators, whatever. I suspect your kids, your school will be richer for the adventure and you will cross into something I believe is profound and necessary in education - REACH'ing beyond the walls......
So, if you want to REACH, give me the details and I will personally try to connect you with an appropriate counterpart. Then, you have the opportunity to extend your coursework learning into actual practice - the point of taking a class. Email me yay with details, or nay. What I wish for you is to REACH beyond this ASU class, throw optimism into the wind and see what emerges in your participatory networking experience.
Jeff......
Read the Horizon Report (2008).
Post a blog on what technological trend you feel will become most prevalent in K12 learning within 5 years and why.
(see Rules of Engagement)
• Day 2
Please watch both of the Sir Ken Robinson videos linked below. Then post two slides on the shared presentation: 1) one way schools kill creativity, and 2) one way schools foster creativity.
Do schools kill creativity?
Creatively Speaking
(see Rules of Engagement)
• Day 3
Assignment 1 - See Blog entry on Web 2.0 Directory below for instructions.
Assignment 2 - See Blog entry on P21 Skills below for instructions.
• Day 3
Assignment 1 - See Blog entry on Web 2.0 Directory below for instructions.
Assignment 2 - See Blog entry on P21 Skills below for instructions.
• Day 4
Assignment 1 - Wikipedia - see post below.
Assignment 2 - Colliding Forces - see post below.
• Day 5 and Day 6
Live Broadcast - post a response to the blog below on Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
• Day 7 and Day 8 - Surprise.....
Your assignment is optional - you will receive credit whether you email me yes or no, but you do have to email me. I do not believe in zeros, nor in failure as an option. However, you get what you put in, so I encourage you to say yes....;-)
If you email me yes, here's what you are committing to. Give me your email address at work, what grade level or content area you teach, whether you are an administrator, whatever. What school you are at and a short resume/introduction of yourself. I will leave your name and contact anonymous until I find another teacher/educator/administrator in PVUSD who might like to work with you on REACH, and in turn you with them. I will make an intitial email introduction of each of you to the other - from there, you are on your own to put into practice the communication, collaboration and creativity of 21st century teaching and learning, using information technology to bridge time and space constraints.
REACH (Real Experiences Advancing Childhood Humanities) is an initiative our district is implementing with other educators/administrators outside of our walls. We are connecting students/teachers/administrators, from differing classrooms, differing schools, cities, states, countries, using technology to communicate/collaborate/create in whatever ways possible and appropriate to postively impact student learning - totally up to you and your PVUSD counterpart on what you think would be useful - how big, how small, how deep, how thin, is up to you.
It does not have to be high tech, with tons of technology - in fact, the technology is not the point - learning with and about others is, being creative and taking a risk is the experience. One simple internet connection and a Google account can do wonders (you should now know that), to connect students, teachers, administrators, whatever. I suspect your kids, your school will be richer for the adventure and you will cross into something I believe is profound and necessary in education - REACH'ing beyond the walls......
So, if you want to REACH, give me the details and I will personally try to connect you with an appropriate counterpart. Then, you have the opportunity to extend your coursework learning into actual practice - the point of taking a class. Email me yay with details, or nay. What I wish for you is to REACH beyond this ASU class, throw optimism into the wind and see what emerges in your participatory networking experience.
Jeff......
Sunday, October 26, 2008
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Sierra I trying to post a comment and I haven't succeeded yet. So I'll try again but the bottom line is I agree with what you wrote and you make some valid points.
Ops I forgot a word. It should say "I am trying....." I tried to edit it after I posted it and I couldn't figure it out.
I agree. I think that technology will have more of a strong hold in the middle and secondary schools. In the elementary setting I believe that more computer-based instruction will be utilized, however not the the degree our older students will be using it.
I second your thoughts that K-5 will have to be taught, but I think slowly more and more kids will starts using technology, too.
Yes technology will make the learning community larger and more diverse for all of us to take advantage of. I do agree with your trend of that technology will be introduced to children at younger and younger levels as the future approaches. I think as America moves forward and wants to maintain its strong hold as the world number one we will introduce technology at early stages of child development.
I agree with your statements and I hadn't even thought of the aspects of the younger students. If the trends did move towards the K-5 students using more Social Operating Systems it would definitely change the face of education and society as well.
Sierra, I think that your thoughts on this issue are right on. I also feel strongly that students grades K-5 really need a teacher to nurture them and teach them life lessons as well as how to be a student. In addition I agree that networking between teachers will be a powerful tool in the future.
I agree that the degree to which students can independently incorporate technology will vary from elementary to middle and high school levels. I do think that even young children are becoming much more technology literate and that teachers will start scaffolding technology instruction to make more of it accessible to all learners.
Andrea is articulating my personal belief on this subject. Specifically, that while it is probable higher levels of integration will occur at higher grade levels, the gap is quickly getting smaller. I have seen wonderful examples of wikis and blogs by 3rd and 4th grade students. And, the degree of comfort with technology keeps dropping in age with time. Third grade students today, are amazingly more proficient, if given the opportunity in learning environments, than their counterparts were just five years ago. This is partly due to embracing more by teachers and partly due to technological tools are getting more powerful and easier to use. So, Sierra, you are partially right, but be ready because rich technology use is creeping into younger and younger age levels. And, if embraced by the teacher, younger and younger classrooms.
Sierra, I agree with you and I also want to make a commne just like Andrea and Mr. Billing. I saw one of my husband friend's son use a mouse to change a movie series online for his aunt. His dad connect from computer to TV, so when the series was end, his aunt about to get up to change to the next series, but he stop and and say I'll do for you. I watched carefully and he change it so quick and I was so amazed. He's in kindergarden now. I can't imagine what will he know in the next 12 years; even my 15 month old daughter love to get her hand on mommy laptop.
I think technology in the k-5 classrooms is a great way to get students engaged. I think we should not only be teaching them computer basics (especially those that are not fortunate enough to have computers at home) but allowing the students to showcase their learning through the authentic use of technology. The students love it and as a teacher it is wonderful to see what the students create. This definitely uses higher-level thinking skills.
PD on the internet via conference would save so much money for all parties involved. The PD person/ company and the schools time and money too. I think it is not to far off in the future.
I agree with you that the younger students( primary that is) need a teacher. I do, however, see an increased integration of different types of technologies occurring at an even faster rate at all grade levels.
I attended a language education fair at UoA a month or so ago and attended all the tech workshops. They're doing more or less what you're saying already (at the college level).
Yes, it is interesting just how quickly technology advances and written material becomes out of date.
Kimberly
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