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Today’s Workshop # 2

Bad technology Predictions

Your Questions… ???

Connections Academy…A day in the life…

Blue Print for Online Learning

What is Digital Citizenship?

Learning Webs…Design your Learning Web

www.ndvs.org/emmanuel (eRoom)

Top 10 Bad Tech PredictionsBY GORDON GOBLEwww.digitaltrends.com

“The Americans have need of the telephone, but we do not. We have

plenty of messenger boys.”- Sir William Preece, 1878.

“The phonograph has no commercial value at all.”

- Thomas Edison, 1880s

“Television won’t be able to hold on to any market it captures after the first six

months. People will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night.”

- Darryl Zanuck, 20th Century Fox, 1946.

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Machines will be capable, within twenty years, of doing any work a man can do”- Herbert Simon, 1956

“The time has come to close the book on infectious diseases. We have

basically wiped out infection in the United States.”

- William Stewart, 1967

“There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.”

- Ken Olson, 1977

“I predict the Internet will soon go spectacularly supernova and in 1996

catastrophically collapse.”- Robert Metcalfe, 1995

Y2K “is a crisis without precedent in human history.”

- Edmund DeJesus, 1998

“The truth is no online database will replace your daily newspaper, no CD-

ROM can take the place of a competent teacher and no computer network will change the way government works.”

- Clifford Stoll, 1995

“Next Christmas the iPod will be dead, finished, gone, kaput.”- Sir Alan Sugar, 2005.

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Best way to create a website/class web?

www.teacherweb.com

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How do you deal with technology issues regarding firewalls, etc.?

ICT administratorBarracuda

www.barracuda.com

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What are the most effective/productive

tech tools for the classroom?

www.elanguages.orgwww.atomiclearning.comwww.khanacademy.org

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How to create online learning lessons for my classroom.

www.ndvs.org/learningwebs

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How do I actually access online learning?

Web search: online learningonline schools; edX

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How can students use technology in classroom to write notes,

do homework, etc.?(Eliminate many books being brought home.)

Create wiki; discussion board; eRoom; online conference

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY

https://my.pbworks.com

www.wikispaces.com

WIKIS

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How can the iPad be used safely in the middle school?

Network AdministratorAcceptable Use Policy (AUP)

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Best way for organizing information and resources

online.Hosting our Learning Webs?

Intranet systemeRoomsDropbox

www.dropbox.com

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How can online learning best be utilized at the

middle school level?

Learning WebsVirtual Field TripsOnline Projects

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What online tools are accessible to me to augument my

social studies curriculum?

www.socialstudies.com

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TEC Connections Academy Commonwealth Virtual School is an approved full-time state wide public school for students in grades K-12. The school

will open in the 2014-2015 academic year.http://www.connectionsacademy.com/massachusetts.aspx

Virtual School: A Day in the Life of a Connections Academy Family (7:50)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8woVgj6Ao8

A BLUEPRINT FOR ONLINE LEARNING

VISION

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JONES knowledge.com

A BLUEPRINT FOR ONLINE LEARNING

VISION

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JONES knowledge.com

Needs analysis

Establish priorities

Evaluate

Determine infrastructure

Implement & Market

Course Content

Budgets & Funding

Staffing & Administration

TRADITIONAL ONLINE

Lecture VideoQuizzes Survey MonkeyDiscussion ChatJournal BlogsGroup Work WikisSharing Social MediaHomework Electronic submissionsTutoring Online tutorsExtra Help Virtual Office HoursTrips Virtual field tripsService Cyber CafesProfessional Development Webinars;Online ClassesNotes Text

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What is Digital Citzenship (5:18)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCkTmZ0bF5Q

Digital Compass for 21st Century

http://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/curriculum

(download pdf scope and sequence)

www.commonsense.orgwww.cyberwise.org

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Digital Citizenship

Digital Citizenship can be described as the norms of appropriate, responsible

behavior with regard to technology use.

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Nine Elements of Digital Citizenship

1. Digital Access: full electronic participation in society

2. Digital Commerce: the buying and selling of goods online

3. Digital Communication: electronic exchange of information

4. Digital Literacy: capability to use digital technology—know when and how

5. Digital Etiquette: the standards of conduct expected by other digital users

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…Nine Elements of Digital Citzenship

6. Digital Law: the legal rights governing technology use

7. Digital Rights and Responsibilities: privilege and freedoms

8. Digital Health and Wellness: the elements of physical and psychological well-being related to digital technology use

9. Digital Security: the precautions that all technology users must take to guarantee their personal safety and the security of the network

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Digital Citizenship 21st Century Digital Compass Activity

Scenario

Decide which direction of the compass matches the technology use described in the scenario.

“Think” “Pair” “Share”

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Types of online learning experiencesOnline Course: a course taught for a semester online with the virtual teacher

Online Project: a project taught online for a minimum of four weeks (more if necessary) with the virtual teacher

Learning Web: an individual lesson that the subject teacher at the school can use to integrate technology and curriculum; learning web designer acts as a consultant

Learning Web Unit: a minimum of four learning webs on a particular subject

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Learning Webs

A learning activity curriculum design that uses the Internet as a tool to foster learning…

www.ndvs.org/learningwebs

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Why Learning webs?

• Activity for class/computer lab/homework• Time allocation up to teacher• Teacher designed / Student designed• Content based• Software: Internet - easy access to browsers

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Steps in designing Learning Webs

• Step One: Curriculum / Content• Step Two: Curriculum designs• Step Three: Research Websites• Step Four: Ask Questions • Step Five: Assessment/Evaluation

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Step One:

Curriculum /ContentDetermine content

• Discover – knowledge• Math• Language Arts• Music• Health• Social Studies• Science

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Step 2:

Curriculum designs• Critical Creative Thinking• Problem-Solving• Cooperative Learning• Interdisciplinary• Conceptual Learning• Inquiry Approach• Skill-Based Instruction• Content-Based

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Step Three:

• Research websites• Search engines• Sample URL

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Step Four: Ask Questions

Step Five: EvaluationBased on your curriculum design

• Define• Explore• Explain• List• Discover

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Learning Webswww.ndvs.org/learningwebs

SAMPLE LEARNING WEB OUTLINECurriculum Design: Content-based, skill-based, inquiry and exploration, conceptual learning, interdisciplinary, cooperative, problem-solving, critical & creative thinking  Search Topics/Keywords______________________________________________________ Outcome: (List 2-3 statements)

•  Student will acquire knowledge about the following content …•  Student will be able to answer the following questions…•  Student will be able to write about this topic in an five paragraph essay…•  

List three questions for students to answer:[1][2][3] Content: To gather information on this topic students will visit the following websites (minimum of three sites)·       Name of site:·       Address of site:·       Brief description of site

Assessment/Evaluation: (How will you determine if students complete the learning web?)

Homework:

SAMPLE LEARNING WEB OUTLINECurriculum Design: Content-based, skill-based, inquiry and exploration, conceptual learning, interdisciplinary, cooperative, problem-solving, critical & creative thinking  Search Topics/Keywords (Google; YouTube; Images; etc.)

Outcome: (List 2-3 statements)•  Student will acquire knowledge about the following content …•  Student will be able to answer the following questions…•  Student will be able to write about this topic in an five paragraph essay…•  

List three questions for students to answer:[1][2][3] Content: To gather information on this topic students will visit the following websites (minimum of three sites)·       Name of site:·       Address of site:·       Brief description of site

Assessment/Evaluation: (How will you determine if students complete the learning web?)

Homework:

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ONLINE RESOURCES

eSchool News www.eschoolnews.com

Tammy Worcester www.tammyworcester.com

Atomic Learning www.atomiclearning.com

Lynda.com www.lynda.com

Tech & Learning www.techlearning.com

ASCD www.ascd.org

ISTE www.iste.org

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INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR K-12 ONLINE LEARNING

iNACOL

How to start an Online Program

http://www.onlineprogramhowto.org/admin/

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Notre Dame Virtual SchoolOnline School Network

www.ndvs.orgwww.notredameonline.org

www.sndden.org

NDVS Networking pptVHS ppt

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Online Schools

Florida Virtual School http://www.flvs.net

The VHS Collaborative http://thevhscollaborative.org

Connections Academy https://www.connectionsacademy.com

K12 Home School Online www.k12.com

The Keystone School http://keystoneschoolonline.com

Apex Learning http://www.apexlearning.com

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Notre Dame Virtual SchoolVideoconferencing

www.flashmeeting.orgwww.ooVoo.comwww.skype.com

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http://www.educause.edu/library/massive-open-online-course-mooc

Harvard, MIT launch Online-Education project 3:07https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-HAvm3Npwg

What is a MOOC 4:26https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW3gMGqcZQc

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…to be continued

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Online Learning: What is virtual Schools? Learn about Connections Academy (4:32)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI_racWLRUY

What is K-12 Online Learning (6:51)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jU1WujyADk

Virtual School: A Day in the Life of a Connections Academy Family (7:50)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8woVgj6Ao8

K12: The flexibility and power of online learning (3:33)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Zo3-Y7SY-U

How does virtual school work? (1:15)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOjQuM_mGvA