The Many Faces of Technology Integration

My partner in crime, Scott Schwister, and I gave this presentation to a group of district professional development specialists, curriculum specialists, and district administrators from members of Northeast Metro ISD 916 districts on Friday. 916 is an intermediate district and is comprised of many different districts from around St. Paul. This presentation was meant as a launching pad for discussion that followed.

The Many Faces of Tech Integration from Carl Anderson on Vimeo.

So, I'll pose the questions to you:

1. What does technology integration look like in your district?
2. What faces do you see?

Weekly Tech Tip - "Teaching Digital History: Enhancing Active Learning With Technology"

This past Monday I had the pleasure of presenting with Vivian Johnson, Cara Hagen, and Scott Schwister at the Northern Lights Teacher Academy held at the Minnesota History Center Museum. Our session was called Teaching Digital History: Enhancing Active Learning With Technology. This week's tech tip is a recording of our presentation (except for Cara's portion which because of contract conflicts I have substituted a video of Bernie Dodge talking about WebQuests). We created a wiki which we used for our presentation and as a resource for teachers. Our talk was focused for an audience of Minnesota middle school history teachers but the strategies and resources shared have broad applications across all disciplines and many age levels.

Weekly Tech Tip:

• Introductions

• How people learn

• Historians Use Primary Resources & Collaborate
  

• Historians Publish (Voice Thread) & Collaborate

• Historians Inquire (WebQuests) & Collaborate

• Historians Debate (Wikis) & Publish
  

• Resources

Video Festival:

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Link Stew:

• Globe Genie - "Teleport yourself anywhere in the world" - Fantastic Google Streetview Application
• Video Galleries on Education - Interviews and video stories on education news and issues from preschool through the 12th grade. (From Education Week)
• Zendit - Possible replacement for Drop.io (Drop.io was acquired by Facebook and will be shut down)
• GOP victories could affect education funding, ed tech (eSchoolNews)
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Blog Carnival:

• Poor Pedagogy + Technology = Accelerated Malpractice by Joe Bower on For the Love of Learning
• Why Should she Work for you? by Gary Stager on the Huffington Post
• A Different Angle for Technology Integration By Neil Stephenson on Thinking in Mind
• Teaching Kids To Think Using Scratch by Chris Betcher on Betchablog
• Questions I’m no Longer Asking by George Seimens on elearnspace
• strength is its own kind of power by Scott Schwister on Higher Edison
• The Gardener or the Greenskeeper by Ben Grey on The Edge of Tomorrow
• K-12 Spending in Minnesota Again Below the U.S. Average By Jeff Van Wychen on Minnesota 2020

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