American Association of School Librarians 12th National Conference and Exhibition October 6-9, 2005 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

The Technology Race: Who Wins, the Tortoise or the Hare? Annette Lamb

Saturday, October 8, 2005 1:30-2:45 P.M. David L. Lawrence Convention Center Room 333

The Technology Race: Who Wins? The Tortoise or the Hare? Eduscapes http://eduscapes.com/ Technology Race http://eduscapes.com/sessions/race

Annette Lamb Larry Johnson

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The Technology Race:

Who Wins? The Tortoise or the Hare?

The Hare… Focuses on technology The Turtle… Focuses on active learning and thinking Who Wins the Race? The teachers and students who make the most efficient use of all resources Low tech High tech Use of Technology Teacher use Student use Are you hares? Tech-focus Are you turtles? Think-focus Kid’s Planet http://www.kidsplanet.org/ Personal Use Start with your own interests digital photograph surfing the web sharing email Then, apply to students… Photography: Still and Motion Professional Use Start with your own needs addressing language barriers motivating kids helping slow learners Then, apply to students… Babelfish - http://babelfish.altavista.com/ Jan Brett - http://www.janbrett.com/ Casa Notes - http://casanotes.4teachers.org/ Student Use Start with high impact activities Focus on motivation Focus on thinking Avoid the “glitz” Avoid the “surfing” Avoid the “volumes of typing” Avoid the “playing with pics” Not glitz, thinking Ology http://ology.amnh.org/

http://ology.amnh.org/marinebiology/ http://ology.amnh.org/marinebiology/index.html

Lessons from the Turtle What value does technology add to the learning experience? Why use technology? Value-Added Service What does it take to get people to spend $200 for a Celine ticket? Turtle Experience 1 How can you use technology to provide…? data for comparisons Comparisons What data will Internet provide for local comparisons? Our recycling vs national Our water use vs global use PBS Kids BackPack http://pbskids.org/zoom/backpack/ http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic88.htm Turtle Experience 2 How can you use technology to provide…? alternative perspectives Perspectives What alternative perspectives can you find on an issue? Stem Cell Research Forest Fires Middle East Peace StoreWars http://www.pbs.org/itvs/storewars/teachers3.html http://42explore.com Turtle Experience 3 How can you use technology to provide…? another sense Senses Books - Pictures & Words Technology - Sounds, Movements What Do You Do With A Tail Like This? Steve Jenkins & Robin Page

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/creature_feature/index.html http://eduscapes.com/seeds Turtle Experience 4 How can you use technology to provide…? more reading resources Leveled Reading Starfall - http://www.starfall.com http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic93.htm Turtle Experience 5 How can you use technology to provide…? connections with parents Parent Connections - http://www.startsquad.org/ http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic21.htm Turtle Experience 6 How can you use technology to provide…? promote reading Serial Reading - http://storydog.com http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic114.htm Turtle Experience 7 How can you use technology to provide…? global discussions Discussions Nicenet - http://nicenet.org The House of the Scorpions, Nancy Farmer http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic101discuss.html http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic99.htm Turtle Experience 8 How can you use technology to provide…? interesting starting points Timelines AlternaTime http://www2.canisius.edu/~emeryg/time.html http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic86.htm Turtle Experience 9 How can you use technology to provide…? quick resources Save Time 42explore - http://42explore.com Turtle Experience 10 How can you use technology to facilitate…? both critical + creative thinking Critical + Creative Thinking

Planets http://www.ea.pvt.k12.pa.us/htm/Units/lsDevon/ Planets0001/index.htm# Artsy Astronaut http://www.artyastro.com/artyastro.htm http://www.eduscapes.com/tap/topic113.htm Turtle Experience 11 How can you use technology to facilitate…? both content & info skills Content + Information Skills Interviewing skills Questioning skills Video skills ThinkQuest http://library.thinkquest.org/J0111932/ Turtle Experience 12 How can you use technology to facilitate…? different ways of thinking Ways of Thinking Ellis Island Records http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/ Angel Island http://www.angel-island.com/ http://eduscapes.com/ladders/themes/webquests.htm The Depression: Esperanza Rising, Out of the Dust, Bud, Not Buddy, Grapes of Wrath, A Year Down Yonder, & Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Lifelong Learning Content Standard + Information Standard + Critical Thinking + Creative Thinking = Lifelong Learning Naturescapes http://www.eduscapes.com/nature/mustang/ Experience a Time and Place - Seabiscuit http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/seabiscuit/ http://www.seabiscuitmovie.com/ Lessons from the Turtle The more I learned, the more I wanted to know… Look for the “Tipping Point” for technology integration for student learning The Tipping Point How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference Malcolm Gladwell

Winning the Race Who Wins the Race? The teachers and students who make the most efficient use of ALL resources: Using one of the websites below, identify a specific, content-rich web page. Create an activity that combines reading + writing + content + thinking to address a specific standard.

BBC Learning http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/index.shtml Kid’s Planet http://www.kidsplanet.org/ Library of Congress Learning Page http://memory.loc.gov/learn/ National Geographic http://nationalgeographic.com/education/ Ology from American Museum of Natural History http://ology.amnh.org/ PBS http://www.pbs.org/ PBS Kids http://www.pbskids.org/ Scholastic http://teacher.scholastic.com/

Using one of the websites above, identify a specific, content-rich web page. Create an activity that combines reading + writing + content + thinking to address a specific standard. Copy the screen - Go to the desired website. Press ALT-PRINTSCREEN to copy the website screen. Open Word. Right-click on the screen and select Paste. Crop the screen - Select the Crop tool in Word. Crop the screen shot. Copy the website address - Go to the desired website. Select the website address. Right-click and choose Copy. Make a hyperlink - Right-click the visual in Word. Select hyperlink and paste the website address.

Turtle Experience 1 How can you use technology to provide data for comparisons? Explore Primary Resources and Real-World Data from Teacher Tap. http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic88.htm Identify a primary resource or data set that students could use for a “real-world” writing or calculation activity. How could students make use of their own experiences and data collection and analysis skills?

Turtle Experience 2 How can you use technology to provide alternative perspectives? Explore 42explore Projects - topic or subject index. http://42explore.com/ Select a 42explore topic to examine. Consider the topics that could be debated related to this content. What are the “big questions” associated with this topic? Are there different attitudes, perspectives, points of view, or other issues that could provide students an indepth exploration of the topic? How could a PowerPoint debate activity be used with this topic?

Turtle Experience 3 How can you use technology to provide another sense? Explore Multimedia Seeds including Radio & Audio Webcasts, Remote Audio, Remote Music, Video Clips, Streaming Video, Remote TV. http://www.eduscapes.com/seeds/ Select an audio or video clip(s) to use as the focal point of a set of activities. For example, you might use a radio station from another country to provide a cultural experience. Or you might use a famous speech as a kickoff for any activity.

Turtle Experience 4 How can you use technology to provide more reading resources? Explore Electronic Books and Online Reading from Teacher Tap. http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic93.htm Select an online reading resource that could be used as the focus for a series of standards-related activities. For example, you might test reading comprehension, ask students to add a new ending, or write a critique.

Turtle Experience 5 How can you use technology to provide connections with parents? Explore Educational Portals and Starting Points from Teacher Tap. http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic21.htm

Think about ways to make connections with parents through the use of technology. Identify websites that might be included in a parent newsletter. How would this be distributed?

Turtle Experience 6 How can you use technology to promote reading? Explore Magnet Poetry, Stories, & Mad Libs: Writing Fun On The Web from Teacher Tap. http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic114.htm

Create an example using one of the writing tools. What instructions will students need to be successful with this tool? Write directions for students in using the tool or resource.

Turtle Experience 7 How can you use technology to provide global discussions? Explore Discussion Tools & Technology-Rich Learning from Teacher Tap. http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic101discuss.html Develop a plan for using a discussion tool or email activity in your classroom. Brainstorm classroom management issues such as access to computers, password assignment, and scheduling assignments. Consider ways to promote high level thinking discussions.

Turtle Experience 8 How can you use technology to provide interesting starting points? Explore Interactive Websites, Games, and Activities from Teacher Tap. http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic86.htm

Explore the suggested websites. Design a lesson that uses one of these activities to address a specific standard or meet a specific need.

Turtle Experience 9 How can you use technology to provide quick resources? Explore 42explore Projects - topic or subject index. http://42explore.com/ Library Portals for Children and Young Adults http://eduscapes.com/earth/libportal1.html Pathfinder Collections http://eduscapes.com/earth/path4.html#2 Library Spot http://libraryspot.com/ Accessing web pages can be time consuming. Think about ways to streamline this process through the use of bookmarks, webpages, and worksheets.

Turtle Experience 10 How can you use technology to facilitate critical and creative thinking? Explore Web-based Contests, Fairs, & Publishing from Teacher Tap. http://www.eduscapes.com/tap/topic113.htm Explore Online Annual Events from Teacher Tap. http://www.eduscapes.com/tap/topic1j.htm Select a project that would involve students in both creative and critical thinking. Discuss the logistics of making this project work in your classroom.

Turtle Experience 11 How can you use technology to facilitate both content and information? Explore Information Inquiry for Teachers. http://www.eduscapes.com/info/ Explore ThinkQuest Projects http://library.thinkquest.org/ Brainstorm ways to help students through the following process: Watching (Exploring), Wondering (Questioning), Webbing (Searching), Wiggling (Evaluating), Weaving (Synthesizing), Wrapping (Creating), Waving (Communicating), Wishing (Assessing)

Turtle Experience 12 How can you use technology to facilitate different ways of thinking? Explore Literature-based WebQuests from Literature Ladders. http://eduscapes.com/ladders/themes/webquests.htm Explore WebQuests from Teacher Tap. http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic4.htm Select a WebQuest. Discuss how it could be adapted for use in your classroom.

Tipping Point The more I learned, the more I wanted to know… Little things can make a big difference! The “tipping point” is when you have “enough” of everything to make something great happen... enough time, expertise, access, resources, support.

Brainstorm ways to reach a “tipping point” in your classroom, teaching team, grade level, and school!

The Tipping Point Malcolm Gladwell

Tipping Point Techniques Explore Naturescape. http://www.eduscapes.com/nature/

Brainstorm ways you can provide reading materials at the most effective reading level for each of your students.

Brainstorm ways to present information using varied methods and formats to meet individual differences.