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Technology Integration

Technology Integration. Presented by Jim Dolan. Evaluation. Jim Dolan. Rod Blagojevich. Jim Dolan Montgomery Township Schools, NJ jdolan@mtsd.us Presentation materials available at: www.mtsd.k12.nj.us/integration. Our students have changed radically

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Technology Integration

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  1. Technology Integration Presented by Jim Dolan

  2. Evaluation Jim Dolan Rod Blagojevich

  3. Jim Dolan Montgomery Township Schools, NJ jdolan@mtsd.us Presentation materials available at: www.mtsd.k12.nj.us/integration

  4. Our students have changed radically Students are no longer the people our educational system was designed to teach

  5. Today’s students represent the first generation to grow up with this new technology

  6. They have spent their entire lives surrounded by and using • Computers • Videogames • Digital music players • Web cams • Cell phones • And all the other toys of the digital age

  7. College grads have spent less than 5,000 hours reading But over 10,000 hours playing video games (not to mention 20,000 hours watching TV).

  8. Computer games, email, the Internet, cell phones and instant messaging are integral parts of their lives.

  9. As a result, students think and process information much differently

  10. Our Agenda Collaboration PowerPoint Web 2.0

  11. Collaboration

  12. Collaborate Merriam-Webster defines collaboration as: to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor

  13. Collaborate with Other Schools Teachers and students can develop working relationships with other schools around the country or world on various topics/subjects

  14. Collaborating • All grade levels • All curriculum areas • Local, National, Global Projects Global Schoolhouse http://www.gsh.org/ Stevens Institute of Technology http://www.k12science.org/currichome.html International Education And Resource Network http://www.iearn.org/ http://media.iearn.org/projects

  15. Videoconferencing (Polycom)

  16. Rutgers U. Videoconference

  17. Videoconference @ 10:00

  18. NASA's Distance Learning Network http://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/programs/national/dln/index.html www.mtsd.k12.nj.us/integration

  19. Videoconferencing (Skype)

  20. Skype Education http://education.skype.com/

  21. Explore Collaborative Sites www.mtsd.k12.nj.us/integration

  22. Microsoft PowerPoint Microsoft PowerPoint is a powerful presentation tool

  23. How Not to Use PowerPoint

  24. PowerPoint-Full PowerPoint-Less

  25. Because we want to avoid this…

  26. PowerPoint 2007 • Movies • Saving • Exploring the ribbon • Microsoft Button • Backgrounds • Themes • Adding-Deleting Slides • Animation • Sounds • Starting a new presentation • Saving • Exploring the ribbon • Microsoft button • Themes • Adding/deleting slides • Animation • Sounds • Videos

  27. Explore PowerPoint

  28. Web 2.0 Term describing the World Wide Web and web sites that aim to enhance creativity, information sharing and collaboration Blogs Video Sharing Social Media Wikis....

  29. Answers.com http://www.answers.com/main/download_answers_win.jsp

  30. Explore Answers.com If we’re allowed?

  31. Wordle

  32. Wordle (Word Clouds) • A tool for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide • The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text • You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes • The images you create with Wordle are yours to use • You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends http://www.wordle.net/

  33. Create Your Own Word Cloud http://americancivilwar.com/north/lincoln.html http://www.wordle.net/

  34. Edit and Present

  35. Additional Word Cloud Web Sites  www.wordle.net/ www.tagxedo.com www.tagcrowd.com www.worditout.com www.tocloud.com www.abcya.com/word_cloud.htm

  36. Explore Word Clouds www.mtsd.k12.nj.us/integration

  37. Blogs

  38. Blogs • The term blog is short for web log. • A shared on-line journal where people can post entries about personal experiences, hobbies or respond to posted statements • Postings on a blog are usually in chronological order www.blogger.com

  39. Control Who Leaves Comments

  40. Add Authors

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