Integrating Educational Technology into the Curriculum

EDN 303 - Martin

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Objectives

• Explain the difference between computer, information and integration literacy

• Explain the necessity of moving instructional strategies from traditional to new learning environments

• Describe the characteristics of today’s digital students

• Explain how speed, reliability, accuracy, storage and communications enable computers to be powerful tools

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Objectives

• Differentiate among the various categories of software

• Explain the uses of a network, internet and WWW

• Describe the National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers (NETS-T)

• Provide examples of how computers are changing the way people teach and learn

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Use of computers

• Access information• Communicate faster and more accurately• Used in education, entertainment,

information management, and business purposes

• In classroom, teachers use it to instruct and students learn from it

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Other Uses?

Curriculum –Specific Learning

• How can you integrate into your specific curriculum interests?

• Hundreds of curriculum specific sources of information and integration ideas

• http://www.scsite.com/tdc4

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Use knowledge of Instructional technology• For your own professional

development

• Using technology as a productivity tool in your classroom

• Extensively integrating technology and digital media in your instructional strategies, lessons, student based projects, assessments to improve student learning

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New Learning Environments

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Computer technology and digital media are present in every aspect of daily living — in the workplace, at

home, in the classroom, and for entertainment

Computer, Information, and Integration Literacy

Computer Literacy

• Computer Literacy – Have a knowledge and understanding of computers and their uses

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Information Literacy

• Knowing how to find, analyze, and use information

• Ability to gather information from multiple sources, select relevant material and organize it into a form that will allow the user to make decisions or to take specific actions

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Integration Literacy

• Ability to use computers and other technologies combined with a variety of teaching and learning strategies to enhance students learning

• Teachers understand how to match appropriate technology to learning objectives, goals and outcomes

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What is a Computer? What does it do?• Computer is an electronic device,

operating under the control of instructions stored in its memory

• Name some of the computer hardware components

• IPSO cycle – Input, Processing, Storage and Output

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Evolution of Computers and Digital Media• Telegraph – Telephones – Radios –

Television – Early computers (Mainframe) – Personal Computers

• Popularity of the Internet particularly the World Wide Web

• Recent advancements in personal computers merge various forms of communication into effective, interactive, digital media systems

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Digital Media

• Technologies that allow users to create new forms of interaction, expression, communication, and entertainment in a digital format

• Reflects evolution of multimedia computing into multisensory communication

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Digital Generation

• Digital Students or Digital Kids

• Hypercommunicators who use multiple tools to communicate

• Multitaskers who do several things at once with ease

• Goal oriented as they pursue multiple goals at the same time

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Computing in the Digital Age

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Computing in the Digital Age• The ARCS Motivational Model states that even

the best designed instructional strategy will fail if students are not motivated to learn

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Categories of Computers

• Personal computers

• Mobile computers and mobile devices

• Servers, supercomputers, and embedded computers

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• A computer that performs all of its input, processing, output, and storage activities by itself

Personal Computers

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Mobile Computers and Mobile Devices

• Mobile Computers– A personal computer that you can carry

from place to place

– Notebook computer

– Tablet PC

• Mobile Devices– Some mobile devices are internet enabled

– Handheld Computer

– PDA

– Smart Phones

– Smart Watch

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Servers, Supercomputers, and Embedded Computers

• Server– Manages the resources on a network and

provides a centralized storage area for software programs and data

• Supercomputer– Used for tasks such as analyzing weather

patterns, tracking hurricanes, and identifying safety issues regarding the space shuttle

• Embedded computer– A special-purpose computer that functions as

one component in a larger product

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Servers, Supercomputers, and Embedded Computers

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• Speed• Reliability• Accuracy• Storage• Communications

– Network– Electronic mail

Why is a Computer So Powerful?

The Internet is a worldwide collection of networks that links together millions of

businesses, the government, educational institutions, and individuals

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Computer Software

• Computer programs– A series of instructions

that tells the hardware of a computer what to do and how to do it

– Stored on various storage media

– Installing programs

– Executing programs

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Computer Software

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• System software consists of programs that control the operations of a computer and its devices– Operating system

• Mac OS• Microsoft Windows

– User interface• Graphical User Interface (GUI)

– Utility programs• Specific task related to managing a computer

Computer Software

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• Application software consists of programs designed to perform specific tasks for users– Software suites

• Word Processing• Spreadsheet• Database• Presentation graphics• Communication

Computer Software

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• Packaged software• Custom software• Open source software• Shareware, freeware, and public domain software

Computer Software

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Computer Software

• Software development– Computer Programmers are people

who write the instructions necessary to direct the computer to process data into information

– Systems Analysts manage the development of a program

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• Network– A collection of computers and devices

connected together via communications media and devices

• Local area network - LAN• Wide area network – WAN

Networks and the Internet

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• The Internet– World’s largest network

• E-mail• Information• Shopping• Meeting people• Entertainment

Networks and the Internet

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• World Wide Web (WWW)– Web pages are electronic documents that

contain text, graphics, sound, animation, or video, and have built-in connections, or links, to other documents

– Web sites are collections of related Web pages

– Web browser are used to view Web pages• Microsoft Internet Explorer• Netscape• Mozilla Firefox

Networks and the Internet

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• Technology and digital media are everywhere

• Technology can support learning

• Computers support communications beyond classroom walls

• Support of national and international organizations

Why Use Computer Technology in Education?

NETS-T

• Developed by International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)

• Developed for the national Council for Accreditation for Teacher Education (NCATE)

• Grade specific performance indicators K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

• http://www.iste.org/inhouse/nets/cnets/index.html

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An Example of How One School Uses Computers

• Ridgedale High School– All computers on a local area network– Three labs of 30 computers each

• PC and Macintosh

– Internet connection in each classroom

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An Example of How One School Uses Computers

Example of how one uses computers• Superintendent• Principal• School secretary• Technology coordinator• Teachers• Media specialist• Students• Parent• Community

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An Example of How One School Uses Computers

• Superintendent– Technology plan– Committee members can access the

plan remotely

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An Example of How One School Uses Computers

• Principal– Sending several e-mail messages to

teachers and staff– Research on digital storytelling

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• School secretary– Automated phone system

– Database software

– School inventory database

– Desktop publishing

An Example of How One School Uses Computers

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• Technology coordinator– Installing and testing new

software

– Supporting systems

– Problem solving

An Example of How One School Uses Computers

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An Example of How One School Uses Computers

• Teachers– Community digital

storytelling

– Transmedia story

– Research assignments

– Wireless lab

– Network stores student data

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• Media specialist– Maintains online catalog

– Creates classroom activities

– Runs media center

An Example of How One School Uses Computers

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• Students– Live broadcast of

Ridgedale News Show

– Talking and instant messaging about digital storytelling projects

An Example of How One School Uses Computers

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• Parent– Web site links parents

and school

– Keep track of events

– School information

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• Community– Links school and

community

– Students teach senior citizens how to use a computer

An Example of How One School Uses Computers