Integration Overview

By Wesley Fryerwesfryer@yahoo.com

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Why StaffDevelopment?

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Goal of Staff Development?

Change beliefs and behavior

Best professional development ≠ outside expert

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My Educational Beliefs We are all human beings Learn best with high level of

engagement Must build on prior experiences /

knowledge (scaffold) Learning is fundamentally social Learning should be fun!

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Theories About Technology Integration

Don’t need technology to be a great teacher

Gradual, Individual Process Early & Late Adopters, those in

between Procedural / Navigational Learners Most technology SD is ineffective

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Today I Want to Model

My educational philosophy Use of Multimedia Constructivist Learning Environment Data Driven Decisionmaking “Infomation” as well as “Automation” Use of humor & curiosity to open the door

to learning

Can You Relate?

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Goals Today:1. Dispel Myths2. Share Top

Integration Tips3. Afternoon plans?

Dispel Myths

“I'm not young enough to know everything.”

J. M. BarrieSource: Little Zen Companion, Schiller.

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Myth 1: Technology Literacy is Optional

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Required by law “Fast paced, nonlinguistic,

and visually distracting television may have literally changed childrens’ minds making sustained attention to verbal input, such as reading or listening, far less appealing than faster-paced visual stimuli.” (Jane Healy, Failure to Connect)

Digital Divide

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Myth 2: There are “dumb” Technology

Questions

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Myth 3: Kids are Naturally Tech-Literate

Adults can feel threatened by new technologies

Tendency is to turn it all over to kids Don Tapscott’s perspective on N-Gen “idea of a ‘naturally’ computer literate

child is more of a social construct than an empirical reality” (Healy, Failure to Connect, p. 21)

Main distinction: lack of fear

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Myth 4: No Time for Project-Based Learning

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Myth 5: I Can’t Do This!

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Top Integration Tips

“It’s philosophy, not technology, that is going to make a difference in your

classroom.”Dr Allen Glenn, Dean of COE, Univ of

Washington

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Tip 1: File Saving Basics

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Vocabulary: Path Start of the lesson! 2 Decisions to

make! Name? Location?

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Tip 2: Use Templates

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Tip 3: Start Small - Focus on Your Teaching

Passion

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Tip 4: Content First!(Then Bells and

Whistles)

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Tip 5: Assess the Process, Not just the

Final Product

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21st Century Literacy Skills

Access and Validate Information

Synthesize Problem

Solving

Group Collaboration

Team Leadership

Oral and Written Communication

Reasoned Risk Taking

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Contact and AccessInformation:

Wesley Fryer: wesfryer@yahoo.com

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