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Technology Trends Teachers Need to Know
Dave BlackLutheran High School, Parker, CO
What trends do you see? What questions do you have? Share them using
http://todaysmeet.com/LEAConversation
Conversation Points
Twitter = @dawblack
Facebook = https://www.facebook.com/dawblack
Skype = lutherantech
Blog = http://lutherantech.blogspot.com
http://dawblack.wikispaces.com
Process for this Session
Introduction of tool or trend
Description of features or characteristics
Discussion of ministry and education implications
Trend #1: Social Learning
Trend #1: Social Learning
Social LearningForces the re-thinking of the question, “What is a friend?”
Anytime/Anyplace/Anywhere
Forces the re-thinking of the question, “Who is an expert?”
Tension of openness vs. control
Social Learning Questions
What social learning activities are embraced in your school?
What are the social learning challenges for your setting?
Trend #2: Proliferation of Student Data
Learning Analytics
How and Why Data is Collected
Tracking time spent on resource, frequency of postings, number of logins, etc.
Tracking student work for intervention and acceleration
Data for improving school efficiency and effectiveness
Adaptive computer-based testing becoming more advanced
Student Data Questions
How is student data collected and used at your school?
What data resides with third party companies or organizations, and how is this data shared and stored?
What would be helpful for you to know about your students?
Trend #3: The Changing Nature of
Textbooks
Textbooks Must Change
Cost is excessive
Open source and digital alternatives increasingly available
Must move away from the text as the curriculum
Content essentially controlled by two states
Questions About Textbooks
Is the textbook the curriculum in your school or classroom?
What digital resources may be pulled together for your students in a different way?
Trend #4: 3D Printing
3D Printing
Increasingly used for a variety of design and creative productions
Incredible possibilities for student productivity and creativity
Cost is prohibitive at the moment
What lessons or activities might you dream about with a 3D printer?
Other Trends: Biometrics
Other Trends: Proliferation of Smart
Devices
Other Trends: MOOCs
Other Trends
4:1 Computing -- Four devices for every student
Mobile School -- School as less of a place and more of a series of experiences
What trends do you see? What questions do you have? Share them using
http://todaysmeet.com/LEAConversation
Conversation Points
Twitter = @dawblack
Facebook = https://www.facebook.com/dawblack
Skype = lutherantech
Blog = http://lutherantech.blogspot.com
http://dawblack.wikispaces.com