Emerging+Technology


 * EDAP601 Emerging Technology**

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News to hear about the problems in education. Congress is talking about it, late night talk shows are talking about it, Cameron Diaz even starred in a movie about it called Hot Teacher, which didn't paint a pretty picture for teachers at all. Don't get me wrong. It was funny (if you can swallow the profanity), but sometims painful to watch because of the glaringly accurate picture painted. It is obvious that we need to see a major paradigm shift in education, and fast. Sir Ken talks about several different shifts that need to take place, but concentrates on the need to embrace two ideals: the use of technology in the classroom, and collaboration among students. In the video he says, "Our children are living in the most intensely stimulating period in the history of the earth...but we penalize them for getting distracted." Instead of teaching them how to utilize all of the tools to their advantage, we punish them for pulling their smart phone out of a pocket. As a Project Based Learning teacher with High School of Business teaching in a computer lab, I am blessed to be able to show my students how to use technology every day to their educational advantage. As Sir Ken said, "Collaboration is the stuff of growth...great learning happens in groups." Through PBL, we are able to learn new business concepts and find lots of possible answers, because we aren't just depending on the textbook to tell us how it is. The world of business is constantly changing. If my students are going to compete on a global scale, they have to be able to find answers quickly, and collaborate with others well. Two skills that they will have after experiencing my classroom. You can view a great video on PBL here. ||
 * All you have to do is turn on the TV, or click the news app on your smart phone, or go to Google

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 * A major paradigm shift that I'm hoping for in education is the "flipped" classroom: **

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and has the potential to revolutionize the way material is presented to students. As the videos show, educators that have adopted this content delivery sytem have seen extraordinary success. The premise is simple. If I am teaching a unit on, say, Photoshop, I would create or find a video regarding the specific aspects of Photoshop that we will be covering, and assign the video for homework. The students watch the video at home, on a laptop, tablet, computer, smartphone, whatever device they have access to, and have a basic understanding of the content when they step into my classroom. Even if they don't have to a device, they can watch the video in the library at school, or use a friend's smartphone. Amazing, that doesn't seem to be an issue, despite being regarded as the biggest drawback when reading online conversation about this topic. Some schools, including Eastern, have eliminated this problem with the rollout of devices to be given to each student in the form of tablets. My experience has been extremely successful, especially because my classes are project-based. Students are able to walk into my class with a fundamental understanding of the content and jump right in. At first, there was much groaning, because I don't assign homework. However, once they watched the video, and were able to come in and get their work finished during class, the students did a complete turn around. Be forwarned...once you decide to flip, it's hard to go back to traditional lecturing! Students expect it now! ||
 * The flipped classroom concept is gaining popularity around the globe (if my Twitter PLN is any indicator),

**2011 HORIZON REPORT**

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 * Learning Analytics Voicethread:**

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 * A Glog about Eastern High School:**

Click on the book to view a video with Mr. Bilton describing his book.
 * Nick Bilton's book, I Live in the Future & Here's How it Works:**

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 * Curtis Bonk's book, The World is Open:**

Click on the book to go to the book's website.

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 * Below is a video cartoon about Opener #3: Availability of Open Source and Free Software**

media type="custom" key="15435976" Opener 6 is titled Learner Participation in Open Information Communities. The video is a cute way to show how classrooms today should be student-centered, instead of teacher led. The Spock character plays the more relevant educator talking with a teacher that stubbornly wants to hold on to the traditional ways of educating a group of students. The conversation reminds us that the word ‘textbook’ is changing to represent more than a stack of papers bound with some glue. Textbooks of the future, according to cartoon Spock, will incorporate AlienRobotTablets, WIFI, Kindle Ice, and other fun technology to open up a whole world of information to the student. The traditional teacher was very hesitant and disdainful about using new technology, but the last scene showed his new appreciation and love of the teaching profession 20 years later. ||
 * Below is a video cartoon about Opener #6: Learner Participation in Open Information Communities**
 * This video is an explanation of Opener 6 from Curtis Bonk’s The World Is Open (see book above).