SHOW ME THE FACS - TECHNOLOGY!

Ashley Davis

WHAT DO YOU KNOW

What are your favorite technologies you already use in the classroom?

How have our classrooms changed in the past 5 years? 10 years?

What do you think our classrooms will be like in 10 years? 50 years?

FACS TRENDS

Farm to School / Farm to Table - Food Day

Career Focus - FACS realted career trends such as fashion, food, and child development (Career Pathways)

CAD (Computer Aided Design)

PLTW (Project Lead the Way) and STEM (Sciences, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics)

Pro Start - Restaurant and Food Service prep

TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTATION TIPS

Plan ahead and get to know the technology before teaching or presenting

Remember free today...gone tomorrow

Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox tend to be the most user friendly browsers

Be flexible and have a back-up plan

Always look for the "educational" version of applications. They often provide free additional storage or features.

Find ways to promote troubleshooting and problem solving by students and co-workers

SOCIALNOMICS

•http://youtu.be/TXD-Uqx6_Wk

SOCIAL MEDIA BUTTERFLY

Use social media to promote FACS and your FACS classes

Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Flickr, etc.

CREATE "PINTERESTING" LESSONS

Use Pinterest site or app to generate "real world" interest in your lessons or topics

Also a great way to spread the word about FACS!

TAKE OUT YOUR CELL PHONES

Use Poll Everywhere to create class polls to be done via text messages...for FREE!

EXCELLENT FACS RESOURCES

MAFCS & AAFCS websites provide wonderful professional resources for FACS

SAVE IT IN THE CLOUD

YOUR LIFE'S WORK WHEREVER YOU ARE

2 GB Free

Additional space granted for referrals

Acts like any other file on your computer...all of your computers!

Documents can be accessed from anywhere you have internet

TED

Free educational videos available online and on the App

http://www.ted.com/talks/jamie_oliver.html

APPS!

Use Apps to bring the technology to their fingertips

Contact Me!

Ashley Davis

ashleysfacsoflife@gmail.com

Twitter: @davisfacs

Facebook: Share the FACS

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