bridging the gap role of technology

Bridging the Gap Bridging the Gap from High School to

from High School to College: The Role of College: The Role of

LearningLearning with Technology with Technology

Dr. Vickie S. Cook

June 21, 2013

Challenges:

0 1.7 million students took a college readiness exam – less than 1/3 are actually prepared to succeed academically in college (ACT, 2012)

0 40% of incoming college students take a remedial class in college (Texas Dept. of Ed, 2012)

0 54% of college professors (54%), and 58%of employers stated that high school graduates do not posses the skills necessary for college or work. (Delaware, Dept. of Ed. 2012)

College Ready?

0What does it really mean?

Using Technology to Learn

0 Gamification of learning – badges0 Social media0 Online learning0 MOOCs0 Smartphones

4 Core Areas Needed for College Readiness:

1. Strong intellectual growth throughout the primary and secondary years fostered by increasingly challenging content in the four core subjects and beyond.

2. The ability to think critically and problem solve in the context of a continuously changing set of circumstances and realities.

3. The advancement of reading, writing, and numeric skills that enable success in all college courses.

4. The capacity to communicate effectively with individuals from a variety of cultural and professional backgrounds.  (College Board, 2004)

Technology addresses the 4 Core Areas Needed for

College Readiness:

1. Strong intellectual growth throughout the primary and secondary years fostered by increasingly challenging content in the four core subjects and beyond.

Technology addresses the 4 Core Areas Needed for

College Readiness:

2. The ability to think critically and problem solve in the context of a continuously changing set of circumstances and realities.

Technology addresses the 4 Core Areas Needed for

College Readiness:

3. The advancement of reading, writing, and numeric skills that enable success in all college courses.

MOOCsMOOCs and Dual EnrollmentMOOCs and College ReadinessMOOCs and Remediation (an opinion)

Technology addresses the 4 Core Areas Needed for

College Readiness:

4. The capacity to communicate effectively with individuals from a variety of cultural and professional backgrounds.

Technology has changed communication

Strategies0 Expose students to variety of technologies0 Teach how to learn using technology not just how to

have fun using technology. Using technology - who has it right?

0 Expose students to a variety of careers0 Encourage students to explore new career choices

and understand what education and technology is needed to achieve the career

0 Explain to students that their career may not even have been invented yet

15 mistakes made with technology on learning

Evaluating Apps

0 Skill & Practice vs. Sophisticated thinking skills0 Individual versus social learning0 Evaluation or opinion?0 Using Bloom’s Taxonomy0 Padagogy Wheel

Links1. http://media.act.org/documents/CCCR12-NationalReadinessRpt.pdf2. http://moocnewsandreviews.com/leap-college-readiness-gap-best-moocs-for-high-school-seniors/#ixzz2WUXuLhJd3. http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2013/06/12/35moocs.h32.html4. http://moocnewsandreviews.com/leap-college-readiness-gap-best-moocs-for-high-school-seniors/5. http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/confessions-community-college-dean/moocs-and-remediation6. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsFKImk3bKA7. http://www.teachthought.com/technology/5-mistakes-youre-probably-making-with-technology-in-learning/8. http://www.aascu.org/uploadedFiles/AASCU/Content/Root/PolicyAndAdvocacy/PolicyPublications/Preparing%20Student%20for%20Success%20in%20College.pdf9. http://www.slideshare.net/Sarah.Horrigan/harnessing-smartphones-for-learning10. http://learninginhand.com/blog/ways-to-evaluate-educational-apps.html11. http://www.edutopia.org/blog/ipad-apps-elementary-blooms-taxomony-evaluating-evaluation-diane-darrow12. http://www.edudemic.com/2013/05/integrate-ipads-into-blooms-digital-taxonomy-with-this-padagogy-wheel/13. http://teacheroftech.wikispaces.com/file/view/Research_article_How_to_Evaluate_Apps.pdf14. https://www.learningappguide.com/resources/EvaluationRubricforMobileApps.pdf15. http://iteachthererforeipod.blogspot.com/

Contact Information

Dr. Vickie Cook315 E. College Ave.

Greenville, IL 62246Vickie.cook@greenville.edu