This is the PowerPoint we used in the Digital Media Symposium of IRA 2011. This presentation focused on what 140 middle school teachers from 10 schools told us about the tools the do (and don't) use.
Orange County FL EXPO 2011 by Kylene Beers and Robert Probst
IRA 2011 The Tech Tools Teachers Say They Use by Kylene Beers and Robert Probst
1. IRA 2011 Kylene Beers Robert E. Probst Twitter.com/kbeers Beers.probst@gmail What are the tech tools teachers and students report they use? beers.probst@gmail.com
2. How have the tools changed? A stroll down memory lane beers.probst@gmail.com
3. To understand how the “how” is changing, let’s look back to the literacy demands of an earlier time… beers.probst@gmail.com
13. Are you a stranger, visitor, or resident? Wordle Flickr You Tube Del.icio.us IM Popplets Digg Twitter Second Life Skype MMORPG Polleverywhere Evernote Ning GoogleLitTrips Podcasts Diigo Facebook Blogs Email Tagging Wiki Text Jottit Naturally Speaking Google Docs Typewith.me beers.probst@gmail.com
15. “When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” --Wayne Otto beers.probst@gmail.com
16. “In the future, how we educate our children may prove to be more important than how much we educate them.” The World is Flat Thomas Friedman beers.probst@gmail.com
17. Learn More Twitter/KyleneBeers or Twitter/BobProbst KyleneBeers.com (Kylene’s blog) beers.probst@gmail.com Article from us on why reading lit is important: Bit.ly/f79ziP Slides at Slideshare.com Summer Reading Institute in San Antonio, Texas, June 19-22, 2011 Summer Reading Institute in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, June 26-30, 2011 Info for both at www.heinemann.com (click on workshops) beers.probst@gmail.com
Notas del editor
Bob discusses his history of change in tech tools
Ask principals to talk for a moment about their own tech development
Go to Poll Everywhere to IRA 2011 Poll
Do Thank you Ma’am
Bob reminds teachers about the importance of this book and how Friedman explains this idea—that how we think is more important than how much we know.