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The 21st Century Classroom
Teaching and Learning in a Digital World
Technology has Changed our Lives
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Most Profound Change for Schools
• Move from print information to digital, multimedia, hyperlinked information
Images
Simulations
Games
Audio Files
Videos
3D Graphics
Multimedia Resources
Our Children’s Perspective
How We Learn – Neuro Science
Students match materials (text, video, graphs, audio) with preferred learning modalities
Students engage with resources and in learning
Greater accuracy of information
Teachers and students create their own instructional resource repositories
Makes immediate feedback possible
Enables better management of the inventory of resources
Advantages of Using Digital Content
Enter: Interactive Whiteboards
How Does Instruction Look Different
Peek into a fourth grade Language Arts lesson with teacher Tricia Smith.
Word Processing/ Desktop Publishing Webpage Publishing Video Creation Graph and Table Creation Animation and Simulation Creation Blogging Wiki Building Mapping
Enter: Authoring Applications
How Does Instruction Look Different
Peek into the world of GIS here in LCPS with Mike Wagner, GIS Science teacher and see how taking the next step of creating products.
Geospatial Technology geographic information system (GIS)…
• Uses computers and software to organize, develop, and communicate geographic knowledge.
• GIS takes the numbers and words from the rows and columns in databases and spreadsheets and puts them on a map.
GIS is about visualizing information!
Going Loco with GIS
•Whale shark that migrates from Mexico to Australia
• Students use existing data (sea-surface temperatures, currents, etc) to predict the best migration route.
Ball’s Bluff Elementary – Stream Monitoring Project
Cattail Creek
Geospatial Technology Course
• Full-year, dual-enrollment course through James Madison University• Use ESRI ArcGIS Suite and ArcGIS Online• Developed in 2006• Currently taught in 5 of 13 high schools by highly trained teachers• Projected to be taught in 10 of 13 high schools in 2013-2014• Students engage in multiple projects through the year• Develop enough skills to be employed directly out of high school
ArcGIS SuiteArcGIS Online
Geospatial Technology Course
Original 1759 Map
Enter: The Virtual Classroom
Let’s peek into a high school teachers virtual English classroom with Mr. Nick
Grzeda’s.
Let’s break down the walls of the school and facilitate connections to experts and other students and teachers across the world.
Power of Everyone
Enter: World Connections
Next Steps: Mobile Device for Each Student
• Provide access to and interaction with a world of multimedia and people resources
• Create/publish a variety of products to show learning
• Do all of this in an anytime, anywhere world.
Mobile device for every student with authoring and communications tools that…
This is Derrick - 11th Grade Student
1st Period – German III 2nd Period- AP U. S. History 3rd Period – American Literature 4th Period – Pre-Calculus 5th Period – Drama 6th Period – Biology 7th Period – Psychology
Derrick’s Class Schedule
German III $130.00 AP U.S. History $145.00 (two books) American Literature $120.00 (two books) Pre-Calculus $100.00 Drama $120.00 (two books) Biology $185.00 (two books) Psychology $80.00 (two books)
Total Cost $880.00 Consumables $55.00 Total Weight 47.6 lbs.
Derrick’s Textbook Costs
This is Derrick - 11th Grade Student
In last year, percent of Americans ages 16+ who read an eBook jumped from 16% to 23%.
Between 2008 and 2009 there was a 40% increase in digital textbook sales.
Publishers predict that by year 2016, 80% of textbooks will be digital as print media is phased out.
VDOE has begun allowing textbook funds to be used for digital content.
Final Facts…
It is really not about digital, hyperlinked text but it is about
• giving teachers and students access to multimedia resources, games, and simulations,
• providing them with the authoring tools to transform these resources into products that show their learning in a
• Facilitate it all happening in a collaborative virtual space that is open to the world.
Final summarizing Thoughts…
Questions
1:1 schools employing key implementation factors outperform all schools and all other 1:1 schools.
A 1:1 student/computer ratio has a higher impact on student outcomes and financial benefits than other ratios.
In general, schools with a 1:1 student/computer ratio outperform non-1:1 schools on both academic and financial measures. The lower the student/computer ratio, the better the student outcomes.
Project RED Findings
