Teacher and Technology Jan. 7 2014

Class

Release forms for research

Pictures!!

Intros and a personal fact we wouldn't guess about you

Me

Course outline and assignments

Course ‘textbook’

MetaTeachNition - a new term and survival tool! It means to think about your (or anyone else's) teaching and what is going on in terms of the you, the students, the classroom environment, your lesson, etc.

Important Ideas - #1 and 2

Pencil Technology (in case you thought twitter was useless)

Shift Happens - are you ready?

LAB (around 9:15)

Create a google account if you don’t have one - share a google doc

Online notes and resources (request access to pbworks but set prefs to no email!!)

D2L - grades and discussions

Dropbox for sharing larger files

Envisioning the Future infographic - http://envisioningtech.com/envisioning-the-future-of-education.png

Symbaloo package - http://www.symbalooedu.com/startoftheschoolyear2013/

RWL (Read/Watch/Listen) for Jan 9

These are all short articles - please read them

Nicolas Carr – Is Google Making Us Stupid? (video version)

We can still read! - Why Digital Doesn't Mean Dumb!

What is a good teacher?

Gladwell - How to Identify a Good Teacher Prospect