Now What?Andrew W. Berning Ph.D.

The Renaissance Institute

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The Networks Are in place

All of Your Students Have a Mobile Device

The Berning Question:

•Now what?

•What role will technology play in meeting instructional and business goals?

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Current Versus Future Trends

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Dr Andrew Berning

The Renaissance Institute

• Fee-Only Technology Advisors

• Product-Neutral

• Practicing Educators and Technologists

The Renaissance Model: A Framework for:

• Technology Infrastructure

• Classroom Technology

• Data Systems

• Universal Access• Integration

• Connecting the Learner

• Promoting Literacy

• Ensuring Access

• Evaluation and Accountability

Debunker: The teacher will not be replaced by technology

• But technology will provide a huge benefit in • facilitating teaching and learning

• Amplifying (catalyze) transformative pedagogy

• “Potent Tools”

Debunker: All students will not learn from home

But all content will be available outside the classroom.

Now What? Why is this such a hard question?

Eventual Backlash

schools are spending billions on technology, even as they cut budgets and lay off teachers, with little proof that this approach is improving basic learning.

In Classroom of Future, Stagnant Scores New York Times 9/3/2011

Mismatched Expectations

• We Overestimate the short term impact of technology

• We Underestimate the long term impact of technology

Waiting for “Ironman”

• Case study on expectations

The Hype Cycle by Gartner

Integration is a Square Peg in a Round Hole

Currently, we are simply computerizing the status quo

The gap to true integration is too largeInstitutions aren’t ready

We need “stepping stone” processes

Emerging Technologies and their Practical Applications in K12 Teaching and Learning

Other Titles:

• All Your Students Have a Mobile Device, Now What?

• The Business Case for Ed Tech

Free--On Edx.org

Registration Opens November, 2015

Class Opens Summer, 2016

The MOOC

Massive Open Online Courseware

Free.

An Overview of EdX (www.edx.org)

We are asking the question: Now What?

• Teachers

• Students

• Thought Leaders

• Parents

• Administrators

• University Researchers

• Technology Developers

• Corporate

• Futurists

Now What: A Framework for K12 Technology Integration

1. Connect the Learner

2. Promote Literacy

3. Provide Universal Access: Level the playing field for all learners

Activity

What is the role of technology?

What is your expectation for technology in your district?

First, a review of the emerging technologies

The Emerging Technologies for Teaching and Learning

• Mobile Technology

• Telecommunications Access

• Social Learning Platforms

• Open Educational Resources (OER)

• Cloud Computing

• Natural User Interface

• Context Awareness

• Speech Translation

• Learning Analytics

Emerging Tech: Mobile Technology

• Mobile technology is a term for pervasive access to untethered technology including smartphones, tablets.

• Mobile technology has spawned BYOD, 1:1, flipped learning, personalized learning and many other initiatives.

“Phono Sapiens”

• Half the world adult population currently have Internet-enabled phones.

• By 2020, 80% will have these devices.

Economist Feb 28, 2015

Mobile Learning (M-learning) in its Infancy

Emerging Tech: Ubiquitous Access

Access to the Internet via Wi-Fi, Cellular, Satellite.

Internet Statistics

Internet Statistics

88% of North Americans have access to the Web.http://www.internetworldstats.com

Fully Integrated: Wi-Fi plus Pie

Emerging Tech: Social Learning Platforms

A social learning platform is a (social) extension of existing LMS or an interface with existing social platforms.

Social learning platforms promise true collaboration, informal learning opportunities, trusted social networks and peers--and access to social memes.

Social learning platforms lower the barriers and have the potential to increase cultural awareness and decrease misunderstanding and prejudice.

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Social Media: Here to Stay

Facebook

Twitter

Pinterest

Number of people on social media

• Estimated 2 billion social network users worldwide in 2014

• 71% of U.S. Internet Users are on Facebook

• 23% use Twitter

Pew Research Center 2014

Social Media by Age Group 2005-2013

Teens and Social Media The Pew Research Center, 2014

• 39% of online teens share their own artistic creations online, such as artwork, photos, stories, or videos, up from 33% in 2004.

• 33% create or work on webpages or blogs for others, including those for groups they belong to, friends, or school assignments, basically unchanged from 2004 (32%).

• 28% have created their own online journal or blog, up from 19% in 2004.

• 27% maintain their own personal webpage, up from 22% in 2004.

• 26% remix content they find online into their own creations, up from 19% in 2004.

Social Listening Research

• Monitoring social sites to understand learners

• Sentiment listening

• Informal learning

Why Use Social Media

Not Your Parents’ Facebook

New Dimensions of Social Media

Social Learning Platforms

A social learning platform is a (social) extension of existing LMS or an interface with existing social platforms.

Social learning platforms promise true collaboration, informal learning opportunities, trusted social networks and peers--and access to social memes.

Social learning platforms lower the barriers and have the potential to increase cultural awareness and decrease misunderstanding and prejudice.

Emerging Tech: Cloud Computing

• Cloud computing is spawning new As-s-Service (aaS) business models.

• Software as-a-Service (SaaS) allows us to access applications via a web browser.

• Storage-as-a-service allows us to access a giant hard drive in the sky.

Learning as a Service??

Information as a utility, much like water and electricity.

Emerging Tech: Open Educational Resources (OER)

• Free

• Learning packets to be aggregated, shaped, and localized to your needs.

• Used in MOOCS

• Used in flipped and blended instructional strategies

Khan Academy

• Ten million unique users per month

The Interface is the New Thing

Uber, the world’s largest taxi company, owns no vehicles. Facebook, the world’s most popular media owner, creates no content. Alibaba, the most valuable retailer, has no inventory. And Airbnb, the world’s largest accommodation provider, owns no real estate. Something interesting is happening.”

Tom Goodwin, The Battle Is For The Customer Interface

TechCrunch, March 3, 2015

The Interface of Content Distribution

• Etextbooks as a stepping stone.

• Portals: Filtered and aggregated content soon to follow

The Future of Content Portals

1. Structured

2. Interactive

3. Easy to Personalize

4. Engaging

5. Social support

6. Aggregated Content to meet standards

7. Accessibility (Standards)

8. Equitable access

9. International

10. Safe, secure

11. Private

12. For-pay to avoid advertising and data collection

Emerging Tech: Natural User Interfaces

Technologies make it possible to augment human performance in physical, emotional and cognitive areas. How we interact with our technology is changing rapidly.

Emerging Tech: Context Awareness Technology

Devices that get to know us. This requires a combination of hardware sensors, camera, accelerometer, microphone, thermometer, interface with calendar, and social networks.

Emerging Tech: Voice Recognition and Translation

The power of real-time voice translation.

Emerging Tech: Big Data and Learning Analytics

• Big Brother versus Little Brother

• Digital Assessment

• Driving Continuous Improvement

Activity

Which emerging technology do you think has the most potential to positively impact K12 education?

Now What? A Framework for Technology Integration

• Connecting the learner

• Promoting literacy

• Providing Universal Access-- Leveling the playing field for all learners

Now What #1: Connecting the Learner

• Educators have long known that the 3Cs: Communication, Collaboration, and Community.

• And the 3Rs: Relationships, Relationships, Relationships.

• Technology facilitates this to an entirely new dimension.

Connecting is a 21st Century Skill

• People

• Cultures

• Content

• Resources

• Creative Opportunities

• Participation

• Campus

• Stakeholders

Educators also need to connect

• Reaching out• Online Community of Practice

• Establishing personal learning networks

• Create and publish online

• Aggregate content for students

• Model for their students

The Connected Learning Framework

1. Learning that is socially embedded, interest-driven, and oriented toward educational, economic, or political opportunity.

2. Realized when a learner is able to pursue a personal or academic interest with the support of friends, mentors, and caring adults—and leverage this for school accomplishment.

3. Connects in-school and out-of-school (informal) learning.

4. Connect online and in-person.

5. Bridges Digital Divide and equity gaps.

6. Requires new media design features

The Personal Learning Network

Activity

• How do you connect to a personal learning network?

• How do your students connect?

Now What #2: Promoting Literacy

• Traditional, linear, print-based literacy

• Digital, multimedia literacy tools

• Digital Literacy—using technology as a communication tool

• Media Literacy—savviness with collaborative digital media

• Cultural Literacy-- multilingual, multicultural classrooms

• Literacy and socioeconomic status

Technology and Literacy

• Best Practices in Early Literacy Instruction 2013

• Diane K. Barone and Marla Mallette editors

Best Practices in Early Literacy Instruction

• Multiple modes of communication

• Dual coding

• Multimodal meaning making

• Reality recorded multimodally and disseminated through social media

• Socially constructive and collaborative

• Authentic, relevant learning

• Enabling student choice and control

• Allows for creativity

• Allows for community engagement

Digital Futures in Teacher Education (DeFT)

• Case studies in digital literacy

• Bilingual students

• Mobile technology

• Social media

Roadblocks to Digital Literacy

• Lack of assessment strategies

• FUD: Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt• Displacement—not enough time spent on other important activities

• Passive consumption

• Exposure to inappropriate content

• Lack of access

• Emotional attachment to paper texts

Libraries/Media Centers must play big part in this new literacy

Consistent, guaranteed access to literacy tools is important

21st Century Literacy

• Information literacy • research using evidence and recognizing bias in sources

• Information & communications technology literacy

• Oral & written communication

• Creating

• Active listening

Technology Literacy Beyond K12: “an art of living in the world.”

• Workforce Readiness

• Higher Education

Media and Technology Literacy

• A Language Arts Credit in GCISD

Activity

• What is the contemporary definition of literacy?

• How can you leverage digital tools to achieve that definition?

Now What #3: Universal and Pervasive Access

1. Models for Providing Access1. 1:1

2. BYOD

3. Lending Libraries

2. Adaptive/Assistive technology: Leveling the playing field for all learners

Consistent, Guaranteed Access is Critical

• Allows for better planning

• Takes away excuses

Mind The Gap

• The Digital Divide has become a pedagogical divide.

• Technology use is different for low and high income students.

Warschauer et al 2004 Deconstructing the Digital Divide Educational Policy 18(4)

Empowering all Learners

• Voice and Choice• How to learn

• When to learn

• How to demonstrate knowledge

Empowering Learners

• Independent Writers

• Independent Readers

District-provided 1:1

Student (and staff) Bring Your Own Device

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Nobody Washes a Rental CarAdvantages of Personal Technology

• The Cornerstone of online, flipped, and blended learning

• Bridging the gap by empowering all learners

• Encouraging lifelong, self-directed learning

• Increased motivation and commitment to learning

• Increased engagement

• Accommodate just-in-time learning

• Accommodate collaboration with peers and teachers

• Accommodates better assistive technologies

• Improves task and time management

• Potential for huge savings for school districts• Student-provided

• Fewer textbooks

Lending Libraries: Device and Hot Spots

Assistive Technology

Assistive technology refers to any item, piece of equipment, or product that is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities.

“To be like everyone else”

To be independent learners and communicators.

Exceptional Learners (Bray, Brown, Green 2004)

• English Language Learners/English as a Second Language Learners

• Learners with physical disabilities

• Learners with cognitive disabilities

• Learners with learning disabilities

• Learners identified as Gifted and Talented

• Elderly learners*

*(RI add)

Effective ELL Instruction with Technology

• Allow students to create multimodally and disseminate

• Engage in critical reflection

• Allow for collaborative groups

• Capture oral records of their work

Universal Design For Learning

• Flexible learning environments that can accommodate individual learning differences.

• The Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST).

Assistive technology is not as expensive as once was.

Assistive Technology

• Word Prediction

• Note Taking App

• Screen Readers

• Creation

• Text Readers on tablet

• Speech Generating

• Magnification

• Speech to Text

• Testing

• Cloud Storage

Speech Recognition

• Speaking to our computers, phones, cars, and others

• Virtual Agents

• Visual IVR

• Biometrics

• Analytics

Advantages of Mobile Assistive Technology

• Lightweight

• Interactive

• Portable

• Accessible

• Intuitive

• Exciting

• Touchscreen

• Inexpensive

Intel: Context Awareness

“Devices that know us the way a friend would.”

Pervasive Assistance—The Magic Carpet (Intel and GE)

• Hardware Sensors

• Voice recognition

• Cameras

• Accelerometer

• Microphone

• Thermometer

• Access to calendar, browsing habits, routines

Dr. Stephen Hawking

Dr. Stephen Hawking

Hawking’s current setup includes a tablet PC with a forward-facing Webcam that he can use to place Skype calls. A black box beneath his wheelchair contains an audio amplifier, voltage regulators and a USB hardware key that receives the input from an infrared sensor on Hawking’s eyeglasses, which detects changes in light as he twitches his cheek. A hardware voice synthesizer sits in another black box on the back of the chair and receives commands from the computer via a USB-based serial port.

Activity

• How do you make sure all students have access to technology?

• How can Assistive Technology be leveraged to support the instructional goals of your district?

Leadership Issues

• IT Governance

• Aligning the technology to the need

• Digital Review of technology initiatives

• Integration strategies

• Training

• OK to fail

• Have a sense of urgency

• Communicate need for change to staff and parents

• Leaders must demonstrate and model

School Design

Collaborative Table

98

Flexible Learning Spaces

99

Blended Classroom: Rotation Model

100

Devices in a Blended Classroom

Integration Strategies

• Phase-in with early adopters

• Form a coalition group

• Start small• Proof of Concept—assess and adjust

• Pilot—assess and adjust

• Rollout—assess and adjust

• Localize the instructional models

• Fight the FUD

• OK to fail

• Unlearn and Relearn

• Assess, evaluate

• Get Principal buy-in

Teacher Training

• Growth Mindset: Not good with technology YET

• BHI-relevant, situated, real

• Expose teachers to situations their students will experience

• Lesson Design• Engagement

• Focus

• Multimodal

• Lesson workflow

• Ongoing training and reflection

Student Skills

• With access comes responsibility

• Focus

• Time management

Safety

• Ownership

• Digital Tattoo/Footprint

• Digital Citizenship

IT Governance

• Starting with the needs, not the technology. • Do no harm

• Aligning technology to instructional and business goals

What’s Holding us Back?

• Current integration models

• Current literacy models

• Current content delivery models

• Lack of quality m-learning materials

• Lack of accountability in technology programs

• Access Gap—The Digital Divide

• Acceptance of Social Media

• Insufficient teacher training

• Outcomes difficult to measure

• Taking time away from test prep

• Existing technical support models

Mobile Learning (M-learning) in its Infancy

• Will lead to personalized learning

• Lack of Exostructure• Standards

• Services

• Interoperability

• security

• Strategies

• training

Next Steps

• Alignment of technology to business needs

• Relevant teacher training and teacher prep

• Strategies to provide Universal Access

• M-Learning best practices

• Useful learning analytics

Thank You

• Andrew Berning Ph.D.

• The Renaissance Institute: www.teacherinfo.com

• andy@teacherinfo.com