dEB 'n TECH
PCSS ProD
November 28/12
"How'd you get
here, Deb?"
So. . . how much are we talkin' here?
2011-2012
Paper = $24,726
Scantron = $2654
Copier Leases = $56,093
Print shop
2 offices
2 libraries
(+ other printers)
Shredding = $569
Ink cartridges = +/- $3850
2011-2012
- Paper $24,726
- Scantron 2,654
- Copiers 56,093
- Shredding 569
- Ink (approx) 3,850
- other printers ??
$87,892
How much of that $87,892 is
genuinely necessary,
and for how much of it
could we find a
different way
to do things?
Textbooks = $?
It's really not about tech
but the potential
tech creates
Good alternatives &
great possibilities
do exist
ED DISRUPTED
paradigm shift
A fundamental change
in approach or
underlying assumptions
Everything is shifting:
roles, content, delivery, access, accreditation
Our historical role
as necessary dispensers
of information
no longer exists
Rethinking what I do . . . what I am needed to do
sage on the stage to
guide on the side
To date, our model of education puts the teacher up front, with a vast quantity of knowledge to be forced into the empty brain of the student. That's hyperbolic of course but [throughout education] you see this implication of lack, scarcity, deficiency, unproductivity, lack of motivation....we need a major paradigm shift, from scarcity to abundance, from teacher as the regulator and enforcer to teacher as the inspirer and encourager.
Cathy Davidson, HASTAC, 11/1/12 www.hastac.org
open access
MOOC
Harvard Launches First
Free edX Courses (2):
Over 100,000 Registered
edudemic, Oct.15, 2012
I think it's going to be a massive disruption of AP courses, because if you can get a credit from MIT for physics or a 5 on the AP physics course, which one is going to be more valuable? And I suspect that the MOOCs will be more affordable.
Michael B. Horn (Innosight Institute) quoted by Brian Warmoth, Educause 2012: 5 Ways Online Learning is Disrupting Education, 11/7/2012.
just in case
to
just in time
...memorization will continue to decline in importance as information becomes ever more readily available for reference, anytime and anywhere. Students will increasingly be able to focus on finding ways to use that raw information to solve problems, be creative, or answer more in-depth questions...
Katie Lepi, 8 Ways Google Glasses will Change Education, edudemic, 09/11/12
I don't even talk about curriculum any more. I think about a customized sequence of learning experiences that help students learn and demonstrate knowledge, skills and abilities.
Tom Vander Ark, 12 Trends Impacting the Evolution of Digital Content, Nov.6, 2012
shift happens
Mentor?
Coach?
Facilitator?
Fellow learner?
Whatever we are becoming,
we are no longer what we have
traditionally been...
benefits for learners
Differentiation
Individualization
Asynchronous learning
Responsibility & Ownership
Mastery
"Every student, in every class, everyday."
decision
To integrate into my courses
in September a small group
of easy, free tech tools
with a view to paper reduction,
asynchronous, student centred learning
and mastery.
(...and to spend the summer getting ready!)
"so, Howzit goin', deb?"
BYOD
Better learning is happening
Differentiation
Individualization
Mastery - Better Grades
Independence
Responsibility
Ownership
Lots of formative assessment
Every student, in every class, everyday.
yes & kinda
paper count: 127
96 avoidable
My Goal = THOUGHTFUL Use
"Is there a different way to do this?"
Less tech savvy than I expected
- minor resistance
- "Can't I just write it?"
- "Do I have to blog?"
How long does it have to be?
BYOD
Most use phones
"The app's not working"
("then use the browser". . ."go find a computer". . ."here, use mine")
Some devices don't work well
STAY FLEXIBLE
(this hasn't been a big issue)
There's always brownies
Lose our web connection
Their server is down
the unmotivated 6
independence...
responsibility...
ownership...
I encourage & communicate
I email home
I'm learning to respect their decisions
Teach the tech
Time for learning here too
Assume nothing
took a practice quiz - step by step
did a practice discussion
submitted x using dropbox
we're here to learn
It's ok to fail - that's how we learn!
You won't know if you don't try.
What worked?
What didn't?
What did you learn?
"one more thing"
questions
next time
LMS/CMS & evernote
. . . and?
pcs prod december 5
By mrsb
