Discovery Education Speakers Bureau
Supporting the most effective use of technology in classrooms and schools
Supporting the most effective use of technology in classrooms and schools
The increased use of media and technology by students at every age range is having a profound impact on the physical brain. Neural connections are being made that prior to now did not exist. What does this mean for teachers, students and parents? Is it possible for the digital immigrants in the teaching community to ever catch up? The difference in learning is significant. As students change, instruction must change to remain effective. Take a look backwards and then a leap forward to where we are headed in society and in education as we prepare for the challenges and opportunities the iBrain presents.
You buy technology and resources. But does your school use them effectively? What about monitoring and mentoring? Learn how to use the amazing data digital resources generate for these administrative tasks—and more. Digital media takes informative snapshots every, day, month, and year. Match it with data from state tests. Use data to increase achievement, steer in-house professional development, and increase differentiated instruction. Learn how to maximize classroom resources and craft strategies for elevating the instructional plan using powerful tools at your fingertips. Many products have admin features. For this session, DiscoveryEducationStreaming data will be the model for district, school, and teacher data.
This interactive session examines the growing diversity in America’s classrooms and how embracing this diversity can have a positive impact on the educational process. Utilizing statistics, classroom examples and imagination, attendees will journey through cyberspace examining ways in which students are connecting with others throughout the world.
There is no doubt that media plays an influential role in our student’s lives. In fact, most children spend an average of 6 ½ hours per day exposed to media. However, students today are no longer satisfied simply passively consuming information; instead they want to be active participants. From participating to producing, this session will explore the role media plays in today’s classroom and examine the research that supports its inclusion.
Students were born into in an age where information on nearly every topic was only a few keystrokes away. Consumers across the globe and students in classrooms now interact with content in a fundamentally different way than five years ago. Academic success can no longer be defined as the recitation of facts and figures. Instead, the degree to which our students access global expertise, engage with content, and create meaning becomes important as the criteria of a new age. Explore the steps for education to move beyond the Information Age.
More and more, our students are influenced, stimulated, and informed by a myriad of multimedia formats. As educators, how do we engage those student's who, in the matter of minutes, can watch a video, text a friend, and have a conversation with another - all at the same time? See examples of how today's technologies -- from calculators to the web, from music files to video-on-demand -- can (and should) engage and teach a new generation of students.
Mobile is the next wave in technology. Cellphones text faster than email, spread video faster than cameras, and webcast in real time. They take assignments, document work, translate and podcast. Mobile interfaces with Web 2.0. Best of all: teachers and students carry them already! Learn what we can adapt to achieve educational goals. Examples are in place. Mobile is the web all over again—be ready.
In an era when student missteps can linger on the internet for years, and stories of predators and cyberbullies dominate the news, there are plenty of reasons for schools to tighten their firewalls. But is banning really a viable response? How do we help students learn to leverage the powerful new tools that are available to them? What policies do we set that ensure that learning and safety go hand in hand? See how some districts have embraced new technologies while still maintaining high standards and keeping their students safe.
Presentation with sample policies and articles
Presentation and resources from MACUL 2009
We live in an era that has seen the democratization of knowledge, the flattening of the earth, and the rise of wikinomics. The amount of information online keeps increasing while the barriers to accessing it continue to decrease. 21st century students aren't merely products of these shifts, they are the instigators at the forefront of the next digital revolution. Are you prepared for students that live online in a state of transparency, defining 'private' as only being seen by a few thousand people? In order to guide students to safely navigate this new digital frontier, teachers have to learn to speak the same language. Thankfully, thousands of teachers are giving free lessons every hour of every day. While the tools may evolve at a dizzying pace, educators who create a personal learning network will always have the resources they need to stay ahead of the curve. Come learn how teachers worldwide have banded together to become their own best source of professional development.... and lost their digital accent along the way.
What veteran teachers suspected the research has proved: 21st Century students are different. With different attention spans, higher IQ test scores, and social networks, their sophistication comes earlier—with a different skill set. There is a silver lining: We can teach this “New Brain” more effectively, more efficiently, more engagingly. We have the technology! Media has evolved and education must evolve to match.