Presentation to Southwestern University Educational Technology class - October 29, 2013

1. Welcome!
While we are waiting to get started,
please download the free Socrative
Student App to your smartphone or
tablet if you like. We will use it in an
activity later.
If you do not want to download the
app, you will also be able to access the
activity in a web browser on the
computer.

2. What’s Up in K-12 EdTech?
Kim Garcia, EdTech Coordinator
Sandy Kendell, EdTech Specialist
Georgetown ISD

3. Mobile Learning
1:1
District provides a device to every student
BYOD
Students allowed to Bring Your Own Device
Teacher
Devices
District provides a mobile device to every
teacher

4. Mobile Learning in
Georgetown ISD
• iPads
– All Teachers
– All Administrators
• BYOD – Participation is optional
– Grades 6-12 Students
– All Employees

5. Why BYOD in
Georgetown ISD?
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Increased Technology Access
Teach Academic Use of Technology
It’s Real-Life and Personal!
Embedded Digital Citizenship

6. BYOD in Action:
Georgetown ISD
• Georgetown students using phones, tablets in
class
– http://www.kvue.com/news/Georgetownstudents-use-personal-phones-tablets-in-class-aspart-of-technology-initiative-227131641.html

7. Why would a school choose
1:1 instead of BYOD?
• Their students may have less personal access
to devices and Internet access
• District wants to use a standard device
• Can afford ongoing costs for device repair,
replacement, and technical support

8. Mobile Assessment
• The Socrative Student App on your iPad
OR
Go to www.socrative.com in a web browser
– Click Student Log In at the top of the screen
• In the Room number field, type sandy
• Wait for instructions. 
• Discuss quiz results.

9. Growing Your EdTech Skills
SAMR
Substitution, Augmentation
Modification, Redefinition
LoTi
Levels of Teaching Innovation framework
http://loticonnection.com/index.php/more/fra
meworks
Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge
http://www.tpack.org/
TPACK

10. SAMR Model
4 Tiers of Educational Technology
Integration

11. Substitution
A classroom product you could have done with pen and
paper is created with technology.
No Technology
Technology
Write a report
Type a report

12. Augmentation
A classroom product you could have done with pen and
paper is created with technology, AND using technology is a
functional improvement over doing it by hand.
No Technology
Technology
Write a report
Word processor’s Spell
Check, Grammar Check, &
Electronic Dictionary

13. Modification
Technology allows the assignment to be redesigned.
A lot of work is done using technology.
No Technology
Technology
Write a report
Newsletter using digital images

14. Redefinition
Technology transforms the assignment. It allows students
to create products that were previously inconceivable.
No Technology
Technology
Write a report
Create an animation, or
Write, film, and publish a cartoon
Martin Luther King, Jr. & Rosa Parks, created by
Kindergarteners using Toontastic iPad app:
http://mattbgomez.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/MLK.mp4

15. FYI: Want to Learn
More About SAMR?
• El Paso ISD’s Digital Discoveries Series
• Introduction to SAMR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn1nHgFesUs
• Substitution http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmtyw3YxtRE
• Augmentation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IHoqEwuMyE
• Modification http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f48amZYSYYI
• Redefinition http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeU5q1pOsY0
• Dr. Ruben Puentedura, developer of SAMR
http://www.hippasus.com/rrpweblog/

16. Online Collaboration
What are your EdTech questions?
• Go to www.padlet.com/wall/suedtech
• Double-click anywhere on the wall. Type your
name and question you have about
educational technology.
• We will try to answer some of them. If we
can’t fit them all in today, we’ll keep posting!

17. Online Collaboration
More About Padlet if You Are Interested
• Using Padlet to Share Ideas – Short Intro
– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eVIFFpoQyw
&feature=youtu.be (2:37)
• Padlet Tutorial – Little more in depth tutorial
– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vEopVYWJX
M&feature=youtu.be (4:23)

18. Digital Citizenship
• Why Digital Citizenship?
• Most subject areas and grade levels will
be required to teach at least one digital
citizenship lesson during the school year.
• Digital Citizenship Lesson
requirements:
http://www.georgetownisd.org/digitalcitizenship

19. Digital Footprint &
Digital Presence
• Employers may Google you
• Clean up your social media
• Make a positive professional contribution
using social media
– 9 Step Path to Personal Branding:
http://www.marketingprofs.com/chirp/2013/10010/path-to-personalbranding-infographic
– Companies are Using Social Media to Recruit Employees:
http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2013/10/if-youre-notpreparing-your-students-to.html

20. Connect to Network & Learn!
• Twitter
– @GISDEdTech
– @DigitalLearners
– @EdTechSandyK
• Pinterest
– http://pinterest.com/gisdedtech
– http://www.pinterest.com/digitallearners/
– http://www.pinterest.com/edtechsandyk/
• Email
– Kim Garcia – GarciaK@georgetownisd.org
– Sandy Kendell – KendellS@georgetownisd.org