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Granting Technology its rightful place

Granting Technology its rightful place. John Turner Tuesday 2 October Barnabas Conference 2007 jturner@plc.vic.edu.au. Have you played PowerPoint Bingo?. 5 key points. Computers are increasingly part of each child’s identity development

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Granting Technology its rightful place

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  1. Granting Technology its rightful place John Turner Tuesday 2 October Barnabas Conference 2007 jturner@plc.vic.edu.au

  2. Have you played PowerPoint Bingo? 5 key points • Computers are increasingly part of each child’s identity development • Teachers have a responsibility to be part of identity development • Place of computers in schools is unclear • Keeping in front of technology change through traditional means is not an option…. or extremely limited at best • Need to …. Just Have a Go ….. Together… [use a child’s model … with purpose] • The Christian view and journey of understanding and respect can serve us well

  3. Teacher replacement Tutor, Tool, Tutee Efficiency tool for school & work Student ownership of learning “Leave for the next generation” Personal digital world will change education Window to the world = Web Bringer of threats Home use overpowers school use Identity? [3rd Generation] 1970s 1980 1980s 1980s 1985 1990s mid-1990s 2001 mid 2000s 2007 What is technology’s rightful place? And for next year? - Gaming?

  4. Generations of people and technologies

  5. Student view on changing technologies • Effect of Moore’s Law on students’ view of technology

  6. For those born mid-1950s: view on changing technologies • Effect of Moore’s Law on 50s view of technology

  7. Comparing Views • Effect of Moore’s Law on students’ view of technology

  8. Today’s child • Scary 12 year olds • Gender differences? • Confident, adaptable, even arrogant… but what about the 6% techno-phobic? • See computer as personal property of their generation • In a world of fast changing technologies, information overload and identity crises. • Are we able to handle this? Add value? • Schools - plugged in or plugged out?

  9. coworker.com How are we responding? • Ban it! - MySpace - YouTube - rateyourteacher.com - mobile phones • Put up the classroom barricades • Parent Seminars - “Your child and the Internet - the dangers” • But it’s all right for us to play at work!

  10. How different are we?Do the Googlemush test • What sort of brain does today’s teenager have compared to you? http://www.unbound.ru

  11. Q1 Y[+1]N[-1] Q2 Y[+1]N[-1] Q3 [+1][0] Winston [-1][0] Almaty Q4 [+2][-1] totally filled [+2][-1] pet aversion Q5 Y[+2]N[-1] HW [+1] Comp[-1] Both[0] Q6 Y[+1]N[0] Y[+1]N[0] Y[+1]N[0] Q7 Y[-3]N[+1] Q8 Y[-1]N[0] Y[-1]N[0] Obscure -1 Q9 Y[-2]N[0] Q10 Y[+1] N[+1] DC[0] Q11 1min[-4]1-5[-2]5-20[0] 20+[+1] Q12a 0-2[+2]2-7[+1]7-14[0]15-21[-3] 22+[-5] Q12b 0[+2] 1-25[-1] 26-74[-2] 75%+ [-4] GoogleMush Test answers • Q13 TV [-1] YT[-2] MyS[-4] Read[+2] Walk [+2] • Q14 BM[-2]F[+2] S&C[-1] DA[+2] CC[-2] DN[-2] RB [-3] FF[-2] • Q15 0[+2] 1-10[0] 11-49[-1] 50-99[-2] 100+[-4] • Q15 Y[-10]N[0]

  12. Googlemush Brain?

  13. Where does RE fit in? • What does the Bible have to say about computers? • The ethics of computers What is our message?How do we get it through? • Where and what is our moral compass?

  14. Dangers • Fads • Techno-centrism • Educrat decision control • History amnesia • Technology unreliability • Over-reacting / lack of understanding … see Web 2.0

  15. Dangers - ourselves? • Case Study: A friend gives you a copy of a computer game or CD or movie to use? Do You? • There are at least two edges to any new technology.

  16. One School’s Approach • 1994: RE/IT • 1996: Year 11 Religion and Life • Year 7 English/IT • Year 9 History/IT

  17. One School’s Principles • Bring teachers closer to computer for teaching • Exploit child-computer relationship for subject learning • Bring God closer to students’ thoughts • Develop teacher-teacher working relationships • Sustainable, teacher change-proof that extends to other classes • Teacher teamwork and mutual respect • Willingness to risk new technologies • Develop good ICT literacy practices in students [and teachers]

  18. Task Examples – 8RE 2006

  19. Task Examples – 11 RAL • Ethics – Computer Case Studies • Battleground Godwww.philosophersnet.com/games/god.htm • Know you Bible and its message – www.bibleresources.org • Elizawww-ai.ijs.si/eliza/eliza.html • Jesus through the centuries • God, Robots and the Future • Jesus Quiz

  20. The working environment • Students as web publishers- all students in Years 7-9 have own web site • VLE [Studywiz] for • submitting assignments • communication • discussion • providing materials • PD material for 24+ software and hardware types • Web 2 – wikis, blogs and Ning • Mentors working with subject teachers

  21. A Christian View • Mutual respect • Teamwork, Support & Collaboration • Focus on students and their potential • Emphasis on learning • Supporting each other • Valuing the spiritual dimension of Moral Law Pipedream or Possibility. JCN Vol 21, No 3, 2004 [what God can do to transform nursing]

  22. Evolution of tasks • Year 8 Martin Luther task

  23. Year 8: Martin Luther Task

  24. Year 8: Martin Luther Task

  25. Year 8: Martin Luther Task

  26. Year 8: Martin Luther Task

  27. Year 8 RE - Assessment

  28. The rightful place • As part of teacher-student relationship • Purposeful • Shared knowledge • Path to deeper discipline knowledge • Path to better classroom learning • Path to more engagement

  29. Some Advice • Work out from one software • Link to other work you do • Focus on RE Learning goals • Be willing to Risk to Learn • Leadership by example

  30. PowerPoint…. A case in point • Bad Press Technology- Gettysburg Address examplehttp://norvig.com/Gettysburg/ • What is a good PowerPoint?- example [see Harvard School of Public Health] • Powerpoint potential- animated art, kiosk report- research report- hyperlinking • Let’s plan own use of Powerpoint for a class task

  31. Checklist for PP task • Audience - who? • Subject - what and why? • Best way to use PowerPoint? • Learning Objectives - RE - Technology use - General Learning • Assessment / Feedback

  32. 5 key points • Computers increasingly part of each child’s identity development • Teachers have a responsibility to be part of identity development • Place of computers in schools is unclear • Keeping in front of technology change through traditional means is not an option…. Or extremely limited at best • Need to …. Just Have a Go ….. Together… [use a child’s model … with purpose] • The Christian view and journey of understanding and respect can serve us well

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