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Teaching with Technology
Myths and RealitiesBarry Dahl
Lake Superior College
Barry Dahl
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Clicker TimePractice Question
Famous Quotes from Famous People
Famous Quotes #1• P.T. Barnum once said:
• “There’s a sucker born every minute.”
• (Or did he?)
Famous Quotes #2• Mark Twain once said:
• “The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.”
• (Or did he?)
Famous Quotes #3• Sigmund Freud once said:
• “Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.”
• (Or did he?)
Myths and Realities ofTeaching with Technology
For each of these, just pick a side.No middle ground allowed.
Which do you think is most true?
Net Generation
Next Generation
Nexters
Texters
Generation Y
Generation Why
Millennials
Digital Natives
Generation Now
iGeneration
Echo Boomers
GoogleGeneration
NintendoGeneration
TrophyGeneration
Screenagers
That’s Crazy talk.Let’s consolidate.
DigitalNet-Gennials
They have very few technology skills that we expect them to use
in higher education.
Whose problem is that?
Name this Device
About Those Digital Net-Gens
• Are students of today technologically competent, or just confident?
• Having no fear is not the same as having knowledge or skill.
Which Digital Divide?
Source: Stanford
Not this kind of entertainment
More like a Tupperware Party
Pull out your cell phones.
Send short text message to 99503
Poll Everywhere
Which is closer to your position on students having cell phones in schools?
• Ban them! They are a complete distraction and detract from learning.
• Use them! They are powerful devices that can be used for learning.
Choices:
Time to learn new things
I Don’t Have the Time• Since when is it okay for a teacher to stop
learning?• Are you sure that all the things you do now
are more valuable than learning new things?• What if the new things make you better, or
more efficient, or more effective?
Faculty are embracing the concept of shareable learning objects.
79%
21%
1. Reality2. Myth
Learning Objects?• Define SCORM.• What is a SCO?• Name 3 different ways that an LOR
can be used effectively.• Huh? What’s an LOR?
Barry DahlLake Superior College
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