social media for participant-centered learning

Avatars, Social Networking & Virtual Worldsfor Participant-Centered Learning

Jeremy S. Brueck

President, Brueck Educational Innovations

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Prepared for:

Northeast Ohio Chapter of American Society for Training & Development

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Raised Digital

#neoastd

Presentation wiki

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Educator vs. Student Reality

Photo Credit: Sleepy Student by Lee Cohen on Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/leecohen/152106075/ Photo Credit: GPS Teacher Workshop – Me by Old Shoe Woman on Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/judybaxter/14414495/

Educator Reality

Common Education Acronyms

NCLB No Child Left Behind

AYP Adequate Yearly Progress

OGT Ohio Graduation Test

CIP Continuous Improvement Plan

LPDC Local Professional Development Committees

IPDP Individual Professional Development Plan

ELL English Language Learners

LEP Limited English Proficient

ACADEMIC CONTENT STANDARDS

Student Reality

Common Student Acronyms

DVD

Student Reality


DVD

mp3

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Student Reality


DVD

mp3

TXT

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Student Reality


DVD

mp3

TXT

IM

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Student Reality


DVD

mp3

TXT

IM

VoIP

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Student Reality


DVD

In My Humble Opinion…

mp3

TXT

IM

VoIP

IMHO

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Generational Differences

Based loosely on Neil Howe, William Strauss, Millennials Rising : The Next Great Generation, 2000, ISBN 0-375-70719-0

Our Changing Students

To truly understand today’s students, we must understand how deeply and pervasively technology

has permeated their lives…

The Millennial Student

Digital Natives

Always Connected

Immediate Access

Multitaskers

Social – Enjoy teamwork

Visual

Engagement and Experience

Adapted from the work of Marc Prensky. Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants -- A New Way To Look At Ourselves and Our Kids

Previous generations raised reading books


Books reinforce a linear style of thinking and reasoning


Millennial thought process has evolved around the web


Millennials have developed a “hypertext” style of thinking


High level of interaction, online and in person

Teaching the Millennial Student

Engaged in the learning process, not just passive receptors of learning


Photo Credit: class dismissed by Robert S. Donovan on Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/booleansplit/3510951967/

Use technology to increase customization, convenience and collaboration


Photo Credit: Mobile Information Technology by Steve Wilhelm on Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewilhelm/2675826564/

A look at literacy

Traditional Literacies Paper Pencil Book Newspaper Magazine

Photo Credit: child reading by apdk on Flickr.

A NEW look at literacyTraditional Literacies

Paper Pencil Book Newspaper Magazine

New Literacies e-Mail Web & HTML editors Web logs (blogs) Wikis e-Books Video editing Text messaging Instant Messaging Photo and Video Sharing Screencasting Podcasting Virtual Worlds

Photo Credits: OLPC ebook by misterbisson on Flickr.

read/write with participatory, social media

Source Credit: Model of Literacy Education Today by jutecht on Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jutecht/3360286194/

Adapted

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Utecht’s

‘Model

of

Literacy

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on

Today’

What are New Literacies?

read/write with multiple media forms

Identify i

mportant

questi

ons

Using information & communication technologies to:

Photo Credits: Questions by Oberazzi on Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/oberazzi/318947873/

Locate i

nfor

mati

on


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Photo Credits: Useful by Your Pal Dave on Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourpaldave/395098449/

Critically

eval

uate

the

useful

ness

of i

nfor

mati

on


Synthesize i

nfor

mati

on

to

answer

questi

ons


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Co

mmunicate

the

answers

to

others


Photo Credits: Communicate by aturkus on Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/aturkus/2569696486/

Why integrate New Literacies?

Photo Credit: http://www.wordle.net/

Young people will continue to socially engage in a variety of new literacies


To make classroom instruction more engaging & more meaningful to life in a digital world


Educators must understand the shifts in that are taking place in literacy and consider how these

shifts should inform our practices and pedagogy .

New Literacies & 21st century education

Millennial Pedagogy

How do we shift?

Photo Credits: Shift by Alan Hudson Photography on Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/alanhudson/492154587/

Shift Happens…

Used with permission from Dr. Alec Couros, University of Regina, http://educationaltechnology.ca/couros/

Take traditional pedagogy to web 2.0

Transforming teaching practice

Photo Credits: Lovely web 2.0 icons by tobiaseigen on Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/tobiaseigen/434264025/ Image Source. http://home.moravian.edu/students/d/stged01/

Professional learning is increasingly LESS about this…

Networks then…

Photo Credit: TypicalTeacherNetwork by courosa on Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/courosa/344832659/in/set-72157615129270288/

…and increasingly MORE about this

Networks now…

Photo Credit: Networked Teacher Diagram - Update by courosa on Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/courosa/2922421696/in/set-72157615129270288/

…must become tomorrow’s networked teacher

Today’s typical teachers…

NETS for Teachers (NETS•T): http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForTeachers/Nets_for_Teachers.htm Photo Credit: Networked Teacher Diagram - Update by courosa on Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/courosa/2922421696/in/set-

72157615129270288/

1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity

2. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments

3. Model Digital-Age Work and Learning

4. Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility

5. Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership

SOURCE: NETS for Teachers (NETS•T)

Join the conversation

Photo Credit: http://www.briansolis.com/2008/08/introducing-conversation-prism.html

http://bit.ly/11XpdG

Teachers need a place where they can gather and share ideas.

A safe environment in which they can share their practice, swap ideas, talk about evidence and test hypotheses.

The beauty of the web today is that it has grown into this place where you can communicate across space and time to and share video, audio and text.

Personal Learning Networks

Immerse yourself in the ed tech world

Benefits of a PLN

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Engage in professional learning outside your school and district

Benefits of a PLN

Photo Credit: Farm silos by NIOSH on Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/niosh/2492855260/

Reach out to others in and encouraging and empowering way

Benefits of a PLN

Photo Credit: Reach Out! by ~diP on Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/dip108/388012741/

3 resources for building PLNs

Avatars, Social Networks & Virtual Worlds

Photo Credit: three_feet by sillydog on Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/sillydog/72697229/

Thank You!

Jeremy Brueck

e-Read Ohio Web Services Manager, University of Akron, OH

President, Brueck Educational Innovations

[email protected]

http://brueckei.org

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