Forrest J. FisherEducational Technology Support CenterESD 105 – Yakima, [email protected] 454-3134
Digital Devices Supplemental Academic Support for Migrant Students
MEP Conference- 2013
Don BenderMigrant Literacy CoordinatorESD 105 – Yakima, [email protected] 454-7297
1. Fundamental Construct of Educational Technology Use in Schools - FJF
2. What is Supplemental? – DB3. Excellent Resources and Tools –
FJF4. Reflection/Evaluation - DB
Agenda
A little fun…
What’s the Problem?
• We learn visually, aurally and kinesthetically/interactively
• But mostly visually• Percentages vary by personality
type• Right or Left Brain
Fundamentals
Research
Research
• Technology Use in Classroom• Describes Typical, Effective
Instructional Use (Columns)• Serves as Planning Guide for
successful technology implementations (Rows)
• Basis for PILOT self-assessments and many programs in Washington
• All on the same page
Tiers Model
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What is Supplemental?
Migrant students pulled out of, (or excluded from) other program offerings in order to participate in a migrant activities.
What Supplemental is Not
be in addition to the regular school dayinclude migrant family curriculum and activitiesbe metageographical facilitate accessinclude teacher training
Supplemental Technology Could…
build on strengths of the migrant background, often…
Supplemental Technology Should…
Family Agriculture
MulticulturalWorldly skills
1. Educational Continuity
2. Instructional Time
Supplemental Technology Should Meet the Needs of the Migrant Family
3. School Engagement
Mentoring RelationshipsInclusion
English Language Development
How do you learn Language?
5. Educational Support in the Home
6. Health
7. Access to Services
PADRESMENTOR
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• Thinkfinity• www.thinkfinity.org
• Khan Academy• www.khanacademy.org
• Hippocampus• www.hippocampus.org
• Open Educational Resources• Creative Commons• CK12 (Textbooks) www.ck12.org
Excellent Resources
• Evernote• www.evernote.com
• Dropbox• www.dropbox.com
• Google Apps• Document creation and sharing• Calendar sharing/combining
Excellent Tools
Hmmmm… How can we use supplemental technology in our district?
Visual Literacy: What is it?
21st century skills: visual literacy. (n.d.). Retrieved Mar. 14, 2005, from 21st Century Skills Web site: http://www.ncrel.org/engauge/skills/vislit.htm.
“Visual literacy is the ability to interpret, use, appreciate, and create images and video using both conventional and 21st century media in ways that advance thinking, decision making, communication, and learning.”
Supporting Research"Young people learn more than half of what they know from visual information, but few schools have an explicit curriculum to show students how to think critically about visual data."
Mary Alice White, researcher, Columbia Teacher's College.
Supporting Research"The majority of information absorbed by human beings is collected with our sense of vision. It seems logical the we emphasize the development of visual skills as a way of preparing for successful and satisfying lives."
A Guide for International Visual Literacy Association Board Members and Officers (Page 4)
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This is your brain
Actually, it is a picture of a brain model showing the two hemispheres
The BeliefLeft Brain
Analytical Logical
Sequential Rational
Analytical Objective
Looks at parts
Right Brain Creative Random Intuitive Holistic Synthesizing Subjective Looks at wholes
The Reality Both hemispheres are involved in
cognition and memory. The right hemisphere tends to
remember the gist of an experience. The left hemisphere tends to
remember the details. The left hemisphere can only pay
attention to items on the right side of the visual field; the right hemisphere has a global spotlight.
(Medina, 2008)Return
The Reality
