Beyond the Walls of the Classroom: Technology Trends for 2012

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Rochell R. McWhorter, M.Ed., PhD Diana McBurnett, M.Ed., MAIS Demetra Baxter-Smith, M.Ed., M.S. Copyright 2011 R. McWhorter, D. McBurnett & D. Baxter-Smith Beyond the Walls of the Classroom Technology Trends for 2012

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Presentation at Region VI Service Center on February 2, 2012, TexasPresenters:Rochell R McWhorterDiana McBurnettDemetra Baxter-Smith

Transcript of Beyond the Walls of the Classroom: Technology Trends for 2012

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Rochell R. McWhorter, M.Ed., PhD

Diana McBurnett, M.Ed., MAISDemetra Baxter-Smith, M.Ed., M.S.

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Beyond the Walls of the Classroom

Technology Trends for 2012

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http://www.projectsharetexas.org

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A global online learning community where educators

collaborate, share resources and showcase accomplishments.

--Student Accounts Now Available--

Project Share™A State-Wide Learning Management System

with Professional and Student ePortfolios

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Special EducationDeanna [email protected]

Project ShareMelissa [email protected]

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Region 6 Contactsfor Project Share™

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Virtual Reality vs. Augmented Reality Virtual Reality is a created digital environment

(i.e. Virtual Worlds; see Mancuso, Chlup & McWhorter, 2010)

Augmented Reality is the “layering” of digital information over the normal world

(see: New Media Consortium, 2011, p. 5)

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Other Useful Technology Trends for Learning

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Technology Examples/Description Icon or Visual

   

Electronic Books (eBooks) 

  

   

Electronic Versions of Novels, Textbooks and Papers

 

  

 Mobile Learning

 

  

 Smart Phones, Digital Tablets

 

  

Game-Based Learning or“Gamification”

 

  

Learning Activities that earn “Points” or “Social Badges”

  

 

   

Gesture-Based Learning

  

   

Kinect™

 

Sources : Amazon.com; Apple.com; New Media Consortium (2011); orangesoda.com; pcworld.com

Other Technology Trends to Consider

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Rochell R. McWhorterThe University of Texas at [email protected] blog: http://virtualhrd.wordpress.com

Diana [email protected]

Demetra [email protected]

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Contact Us:

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Also, continue the discussion with us at a 3 hour hands-on Pre-Conference at the Council for Exceptional Children-Texas (CEC-Texas, formerly TCEC),

San Antonio, Texas on Thursday, June 28, 2012. o See: http://tcecweb.org/o for details or email: [email protected]

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How will you use

the information

shared today?

Dialogue in your classroomat TodaysMeet.com

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Augmented Reality http://virtualhrd.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/augmented-reality-for-virtual-hrd/

 Electronic Polling

Polldaddy: Create surveys, polls and quizzes - http://polldaddy.com/ Polleverywhere: http://polleverywhere.com

Electronic Portfolios (ePortfolios) Project Share Texas: http://www.projectsharetexas.org/

 Technology Trends

New Media Consortium Horizon 2011 Report: http://csn.edu/PDFFiles/OTS/Website%20documents/getconnected/HR2011.pdf

Virtual Worlds

Rochell's blog on her adventure in Second Life (2007-2010): http://exploresecondlife.blogspot.com/ 

Second Life Virtual World: http://secondlife.com 

Visual Organizer Pinterist --online pinboard to organize and share things you love! http://pinterest.com/

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Our Favorite Resources

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Mancuso, D. S., Chlup, D. T., & McWhorter, R. R. (2010). A study of adult learning in a virtual environment. Advances in Developing Human Resource Development, 12(6), 691-699.

New Media Consortium (2011). The horizon report: 2011 edition. Retrieved from http://wp.nmc.org/horizon2011/

Project share (2012). Retrieved from http://www.projectsharetexas.org

Virtual Human Resource Development (2012). Augmented Reality for Virtual HRD (2012). Retrieved from http://virtualhrd.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/augmented-reality-for-virtual-hrd/

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