A BIT ABOUT TEACHING

• Invent Something = Scientist

•Do It Twice = Engineer

•Do It Again = Technician

A BIT ABOUT TEACHING

Personal Productivity

• What Makes My Teaching More Effective

• What Makes My Life Easier

• What Differentiates Me From Everyone Else?

What Makes My Teaching More Effective

• Creation

Vs

• Consumption

What Makes My Teaching More Effective

•Creation•We Are No Longer “Gate Keepers”

•We Have To Be Platform Independent

•We Have To Be Device Independent

• BYOD

What Makes My Teaching More Effective

•Creation• We Are No Longer “Gate Keepers”

What Makes My Teaching More Effective

•Creation• We Have To Be Device Independent

What Makes My Teaching More Effective

•Creation• BYOD

What Makes My Teaching More Effective

•Creation• We Have To Be Platform Independent

Personal Productivity

• What Makes My Life Easier

Two Words – Google Apps

Get A Gmail Account

Personal Productivity

• What Makes My Life Easier

Two Words – Google Apps

Personal Productivity

• What Makes My Life Easier

• Dancing With The Devil

Personal Productivity

• What Makes My Life Easier

Alternatives

Open Office

Drop Box

Personal Productivity

• What Makes My Life Easier

• Document Your Success Stories

• You Develop Collegial Relationships

• You Gain Collaborate Knowledge

What Differentiates Me From Everyone Else?

• New Teachers Who Demonstrate A Combination Of Subject Matter And Technical

Expertise – Get hired

• HOW?

What Differentiates Me From Everyone Else?

The 90 Day Solution:

Create A Professional Blog

Add One Subject Matter Post Daily

Use The Blog To Demonstrate Your Investment In your Passion!

Differing Views On Technology

If you really want to know about the future, don’t ask a technologist, a scientist, a physicist.

No! Don’t ask somebody who’s writing code. No, if you want to know what society’s going to be like in 20 years, ask a kindergarten teacher.”

(Clifford Stoll)

Differing Views On Technology

In Five Years The Best Education Will Come From The Web

(Bill Gates - 2010)

Differing Views On Technology

Embrace The Change Or Fight It

The Most Predictive Factor In A Students Success Is The Quality Of

The Student’s Teacher(s)

Why Bother?

The Best Teacher In The Building Still Uses A Chalk Board!

A BIT ABOUT COPYRIGHTAND FAIR USE

Fair Use is one of the exceptions in copyright which allows use of copyrighted materials without obtaining permission as long as the use can be considered fair.

Under copyright, creators have the right to control the use of their work subject to exceptions permitted under the law.

Stuff You Should Know

ISTEInternational Society For Technology In Education

ISTE NETSNational Educational Technology Standards

For Students, Teachers, And Administrators

STEMScience, Technology, Engineering, And Mathematics

METCMidwest Education Technology Conference

February 11-13, 2013St. Charles Convention Center

St. Louis, Missouri

Stuff You Should Do

Professional Growth

http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html

http://www.ted.com/talks/taylor_mali_what_teachers_make.html

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