Technology and

CurriculumTawnia Cummings

Why Tech?Innovation is sometimes seen as insubordination because boundaries are exceeded- @B_WagonerToday’s public ed system was designed in an era when more than 90% of young people lived on farms in rural areas.- @21stprincipal

Effective Tech IntegrationActive engagement Participation in groupsFrequent interaction and feedbackConnection to real-world experts

Effective Tech UseRoutineTransparentSupports Curricular Goals

Learning Through DoingProject-Based LearningRealistic Snapshot of what the workplace may look like“Students acquire and refine their analysis and problem-solving skills” (Edutopia)

How We Typically Adopt Tech

Dabbling.Doing old things in old ways.Doing old things in new ways.Doing new things in new ways.

DabblingWe use it mostly to pass documents around, but now in electronic form, and the result is not very different from what we have always known.Grading online is not using new technologyWriting, creating, submitting and sharing work digitally is not using new technology

Old Things in New WaysDigital DemonstrationsSimulationsOur students are better at this then we are: P2P Sharing, MPORPG, Facebook, Blogging, Programming, Texting

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ChallengesTrue 1-to-1

Students require a computer they can work on, keep, customize, and take home.

Digital ImmigrantsTeachers are good at resisting change, while many students embrace tech.

New Problems, New Solutions

Schools are not designed for computersDigital tech is disruptive to what schools and teachers doConsult the students and combine knowledgeAsk your students and your younger family members

New Things in New WaysWe need new curricula, new organization, new architecture, new assessments, new parental connections, new administrationInvention is the name of the game

Try something new and tell people about it!Don’t just adopt, adapt, push, pull, experiment, test, redo until everyone is satisfied, then push and pull some more.

Great Sites to Visithttp://www.edutopia.org/adopt-and-adapt-shaping-tech-for-classroomhttp://the21stcenturyprincipal.blogspot.com/