INFORMATION OVERLOAD, OR NOT

Tim McMahonMarch 1, 2014

•Discuss Information relevance to our lives

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•Visualize Information Overload and its ramifications

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•Think about how (and maybe if) GAFE could help

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Base objectives for this morning

Today’s Discussion Objectives• Technologies • Effects of Culture

on information management

• Protocols that we embrace and that become habitual

• Attitudes that inhibit learning

Information Management

• Why is information management important in content delivery?

• Can, and should, students of all ages be shown techniques for managing information?

• Does organization and structure help with our learning, and maybe even our teaching?

• Do our varied learning styles, at various ages, adapt to increased amounts of information becoming available and easily accessible?

• Email reading, responding, deleting and storage

Multi-tasking –Real? Beneficial?Do you ‘really’ multi-task?

Why bother learning GAFE? Seriously.

Google Apps – potential uses in teaching and learning environments• Google Docs – spreadsheet, word processing, presentation,

form, and drawing • Gmail - ??? – communication, file transfers and notifications• Google + - communities of similar interests and goals• Google Groups – collaboration – projects – concept

development• Google Drive – storage, content sharing, conversions, and

access by numerous devices from any location with a connection

• Google Sites – personal sites, project management and tracking

• Google Translate – enhanced understanding of terminology

What “information” is the most important to you and your life, work and interests?

Link to GAFE Scripts

• This is for the Ten Best Apps Scripts for Education http://blog.synergyse.com/2013/07/synergyse-top-10-google-apps-scripts-for-education.html

• Google Apps for Educators – Community on Google+

Information Illiteracy, Digital literacy or illiteracy?

IS TMI A “NEW” PHENOMENON?

What should students learn to use to help with “IM”?

Learning with Technologies

Computing?

Phones?

Filing?

Google Apps for Education

Application Some potential usesDocs Word processing, Spreadsheets,

Presentations, Drawing

Groups Communication, projects, collaboration

GMail Communication, notifications, receiving student work

Drive

Sites

Translate

UDH, but also sharing files, and access from anywhere work Build specific topic resource sites

Assist ESL students, or enhance understanding of words or phrases

Time Spent (minutes, hours, days, years)

Thin

gs to

be

Lear

ned

Get Familiar

Achieve Mastery

Working Toward Mastery (“Outliers”, Malcolm Gladwell)

Get Experience

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What do you use to view, store and retrieve your important information?

• Printers, folders and a file cabinet?

• Smart phone, dumb phone, phone book?

• Tablet, e-reader, Notebook?• Desktop, laptop, super

computer?• Note paper, back of agenda

sheets, papyrus?• Other?

Parting Thoughts and Comments

• Should we, or can we provide guidance for students to manage information?

• What might be a realistic expectations for skill sets in IM?

• Do you consider IM important enough to introduce it to students? If so, at what age?

Resources

• <EdWeb Emerging Technologies><home.edweb.net>

• <Additional reading material text here><hyperlink here>

• This slide deck and related resources:https://dea.wikispaces.dpsk12.org

QUESTIONS?

ANSWERS?