vestavia presentation

Vestavia Music Educators 2013

TECHNOLOGY FOR MUSIC EDUCATOR

IT USED TO BE SO EASY

teachers

students

KNOWLEDGE

CANDLE

something happened

GOOGLE

today’s students are no longer the people our educational system was designed to teach

-mark prensky

digital native

digital immigrant

do you know more than your students about technology?

opt out

isolation

ignorance

irrelevance

opt out

isolationignorance

irrelevance

f a i l u r e

behold, i bring you good news

they aren’t that smart

they just know more than you

what they know is only skin deep

texting

tunes

expert consumers

expert consumers

novice creators

technology entertains

technology entertains

doesn’t instruct

informs them of events

informs them of events

doesn’t keep them organized

computer accompanies them to class

computer distracts them from professor

they only look smart

they only look smart

until you ask them a question

or ask them to actually DO something with

technology.

they still need you

they still need your:

wisdom

they still need your:

wisdommaturity

they still need your:

wisdommaturityguidance

Purpose of this presentation

Purpose of this presentation1. Understand the change that

is going on in education with technology.

2. Educate Yourself. Be better at what you do.

3. Work smarter and more efficiently.

EMERGING TRUTHS

The NMC (New Media Consortium) is an international community of experts in educational technology

People expect to be able to work, learn, and study whenever and wherever they want to.

People expect to be able to work, learn, and study whenever and wherever they want to.

BUT I’M A CHOIR/BAND DIRECTOR!

So, does this emerging truth hurt our case or

help it?

Emerging truth #2:

We will want our information to be accessible in any

device

Emerging truth #3:The world is increasingly collaborative, driving changes in the way students projects are structured.

Why is this good news?

Collaboration is a specialty of musicians.

We teach collaboration every day.

Purpose of this presentation1. Understand the change that

is going on in education with technology.

2. Educate Yourself. Be better at what you do.

3. Work smarter and more efficiently.

Personal Learning Network

Personal Learning Network

a personalized program of professional development

Personal Learning Network

You are responsible for your own professional development.

Personal Learning Network

TechnologyEducationDesign

how many of you follow twitter?

Leaders of today’s movements are tweetingCultivators of

knowledge:

They point their followers to relevant

information

Tweets often link to blogs

Tweets often link to blogs

Tweets often link to blogs

Tweets often link to blogs

blogs deliver the full message

Tweets

Facebook posts

Building your PLN: slideshare

slideshare

Core Principles:Share what you do with

others.

Do you remember this point?

The world is increasingly collaborative,

and you need to be a collaborating part of the

community

So many ways to share:Blog

TwitterYouTube

Newsletter?Slideshare!

Purpose of this presentation1. Understand the change that

is going on in education with technology.

2. Educate Yourself. Be better at what you do.

3. Work smarter and more efficiently.

This is the part of the presentation

where I throw things at you in a somewhat

disorganized way.

GoogleVoice – Texting

(soon to become part of Google Contacts)

choose the right tool for the job

synchronize your life: “cloud computing”

and “dropbox”“evernote”

Using Twitter to Communicate with anyone

i tweet

i tweetstudent gets text message

Let’s try it.

pull out your cell phonetext this number: 40404

with this message: follow philipco

(then hit send)

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Questions?