Dave Gross & Brad WheelerTeaching with Technology

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Teaching with TechnologyIn today’s session we will• Explore the intersection between

technology and instruction.• Consider the choices of instructional

technology as they relate to pedagogy.• Use examples of technology for a

classroom.• Calibrate the extent to which

technology can enhance student learning.

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Ice Breaker…digital style

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From the choir loft• Pedagogical Notes

– Ice breakers • Builds community, everyone participates• Foster teams (forming, storming, norming, performing)• Allows instructors to “get to know” students

• TBL Classroom Tech Tools Used– LCD TVs– BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) Mobile Phones– Document Camera– Twitter – connects the classroom to the outside world

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Where’s Waldo? Classroom Edition“easy” Items

Podium Classroom Controller

Wall LCDs

Document Camera

Call Buttons + Lights

Student Laptops

Lectern PC/Mac

Whiteboard Camera

“hard” ItemsHandheld Classroom Controller

Stadium Monitors

Echo36 Lecture Capture

Student Microphones

DVD Player

i<Clicker Base Station

Display Wall Buttons

Wireless Projection

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From the choir loft• Pedagogical Notes

– Active Learning is about students doing more! Students retain little of what they read and hear, a slightly larger percentage of what they write, but most of what they DO!

• TBL Classroom Tech Tools Used– Everything!! – Don’t forget the lights, rolling chairs, and many walls. That’s

“tech” too … use it all.

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From the choir loft• Pedagogical Notes

– Whiteboards are one of the most valuable and versatile tools– Promotes: problem solving, teamwork, democracy in class– Instructors can monitor many students’ learning simultaneously– Instructors can physically visit teams to build rapport

• TBL Classroom Tech Tools Used– Whiteboards & markers – LCD Displays– Whiteboard Cameras– A/B Wall Buttons

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Let’s check out the new CIRTL Website• Using a table computer

– Log into Moodle course: Teaching with Technology– Use the link under the CIRTL pulldown

• Individually, find the following:– Number of universities in the CIRTL Network– The mission of CIRTL– The network leader(s) for your campus– Something interesting to you & why

• Take or “clip” your notes into a MS Word Doc

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Summative Assessment: Audience Response

1. Take out your phone

2. Create a new SMSIn the new message, type in your answer

Example:

To: 37607

Message or “answer code”: 123456

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From the choir loft• Pedagogical Notes

– Individual work is important– Curating knowledge helps one build meaning or “metacognition”

• TBL Classroom Tech Tools Used– Personal or Student Table Laptops– Moodle learning management system (LMS)

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From the choir loft• Pedagogical Notes

– Formative assessment guides the class– Check out Vanderbilt’s site on clickers: www.tinyurl.com/VBClicker

• TBL Classroom Tech Tools Used– BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) Mobile Phones

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Let’s check out the Innovate@UMass Website• Think About:

– Explore 3 tools from the site (use the web!)– Select one tool and research it

• How would you use X tool in your classes? • What challenges do you foresee, any alternatives?

• Pair-Up– Discuss your tools, similarities, differences, etc.

• Share– Pick one tool from your pair and share it here:

www.tinyurl.com/TechReporting

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From the choir loft• Pedagogical Notes

– Collaborative Learning Technique• Think-Pair-Share

– Others = Fishbowl, Jigsaw, Kagan Roundtable– Check them out up after this presentation

• TBL Classroom Tech Tools Used– Google Apps (Forms and Spreadsheets)

• Everyone has an official UMass Google Apps account

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Minute Paper Activity• Get clarity before next class

• Quickly check students’ understanding• It’s just one minute (okay, maybe 2)

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From the choir loft• Pedagogical Notes

– Timers help keep you on time AND help students focus

• TBL Classroom Tech Tools Used– Paper (it’s still amazing!)– Instructor’s Cardboard Document Camera/Scanner– Instructor Mobile Phone

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TBL Classroom Tools Used• Hardware

– LCD TV’s– Whiteboards– Whiteboard Cameras– A/B Wall Buttons– The classroom (lights, rolling chairs, walls)– Personal/Student Table Laptops– Mobile Phones– Paper– Cardboard Doc Cam/Scanner

• Online Tools– Moodle– Google Apps– Poll Everywhere– Audio/Video (YouTube)

• Other Tools– Microphones– Audio/Video (YouTube)– Echo360– Inking (Surface Laptop & Podium Control)– Wireless Projection– Timers