Using Technology in the Secondary Classroom Molloy College 16 July 2009 Kathleen M. Sheehan.

Using Technology in the Secondary Classroom

Molloy College

16 July 2009

Kathleen M. Sheehan

Today’s Learner

• The US Department of Labor estimates that today’s learner will have 10 - 14 jobs by the age of 38.

In-Demand Jobs

• Former Secretary of Education, Richard Riley stated that the top 10 in-demand jobs in 2010 didn’t exits in 2004.

Words

• There are about 540,00 words in the English language.

• Five times as many as during Shakespeare’s times.

• The millionth word has just been added to the dictionary:

Web 2.0

• It is estimated that a week’s worth of the New York Times contains more information than a person was likely to come across in a lifetime in the 18th century.

Information

• The amount of new technical information is doubling every two years.

Growth

• Growth demands a temporary surrender of security.

Gail Sheehy

Web 1.0 versus Web 2.0

• Skype

• Facebook

• Flickr

• YouTube

• Twitter

• Wikipedia

Professional Development

RSSReal Simple Syndication

Rich Site Summary

AggregatorWikispacesBloglinesYahoo

Professional Development & Classroom Applications• Podcast

– a portmanteau of Apple's "iPod" and "broadcasting", is a method of publishing files to the Internet, allowing users to subscribe to a feed and receive new files automatically by subscription, usually at no cost.

• ITunes• LearnOutLoud

http://www.learnoutloud.com/

Professional Development

• Trolling (Surfing)– digg– stumbleupon– Librarians' Internet Index– Refdesk– Dr. Goodword

http://www.digg.com/

http://www.stumbleupon.com/

http://lii.org/

http://refdesk.com/

http://www.alphadictionary.com/index.shtml

Classroom Applications

• Microsoft Photostory

• Google Earth– Scribble Maps

• Google Lit Field Trips– Make Way For Ducklings

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx

http://scribblemaps.com/

http://www.googlelittrips.com/

Audience Response Systems

• ActivExpressions & ActiVotes– Promethean

• Turning Point• CPS – einstruction• Poll Everywhere –

free (sort of)

http://www.prometheanworld.com/

http://www.turningtechnologies.com/

http://www.einstruction.com/

http://www.polleverywhere.com/

Microsoft Office

• Word

• PowerPoint– Death By PowerPoint

• Publisher

• Microsoft Office Online

• Blank Slate Books

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx

http://www.blankslatebooks.com/

Comics

• Comic Life

• MakeBeliefsComix

• Comic Creator– ReadWriteThink.org

http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/comic/

Web 2.0

• Twitter– Historical Tweets

• James Joyce

• Facebook

• Skype

http://twitter.com/

http://historicaltweets.com/

http://historicaltweets.com/2009/06/10/james-joyce-a-vocabulary-made-for-tweeting/

http://www.facebook.com/

http://www.skype.com/

Interactive Websites

• BBC– Subject

• English• Literature• Games

– Skillwise• Grammar

• Booklist

• English Compass

• Instant Poetry Forms

• SAT Prep

• Shmoop

• PBS Kids

• The Electric Company

• What Should I Read Next

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english_literature/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/games/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/

http://www.booklistonline.com/

http://www.geocities.com/maurirz/

http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/newpoem.htm

http://www.sat-preparation.co.il/

http://www.shmoop.com/

http://pbskids.org/

http://pbskids.org/electriccompany/

http://pbskids.org/electriccompany/

http://whatshouldireadnext.com/search

http://whatshouldireadnext.com/search

Interactive Websites

• Interactive Whiteboard Links

Related Sites

• EDSITEment– Poetry

• ReadWriteThink– Catcher in the Rye

• Thinkfinity

http://www.ettcnsc.org/Instructional_resources/other/interactive_whiteboard_links.htm

http://edsitement.neh.gov/

http://edsitement.neh.gov/tab_lesson.asp?subjectArea=4&subcategory=45

http://www.readwritethink.org/

http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=1170

http://www.thinkfinity.org/

Dictionary

• HowJSay

• Merriam-Webster

• Photographic Dictionary

• Visuwords

• Wordage

• Wordle

American Association of School Librarians• Best Websites for

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