Thinking Outside the Book - session delivered at USA Kansas 2013

1. Thinking Outside the Book
@lrougeux
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5. Why digital?
What do we want from it?
How do we get there?
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7. Texas
SECTIONA1.AA, Subchapter A, Chapter 31, Education Code,
is amended by adding Section 31.004 to read as follows:
…the district provides each student with textbooks,
electronic textbooks, or instructional materials that cover
all elements of the essential knowledge and skills adopted
by the State Board of Education for that subject and grade
level.
Florida
1082 (1) DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD —The district school board has
1083 the duty to provide adequate instructional materials for all
1084 students in accordance with the requirements of this part. The
1085 term “adequate instructional materials” means a sufficient
1086 number of textbooks or sets of materials that are available in
1087 bound, unbound, kit, or package form and may consist of hard
1088 backed or soft-backed textbooks, consumables, learning
1089 laboratories, manipulatives, electronic media, and computer
1090 courseware or software that serve as the basis for
1091 instruction for each student in the core courses…
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13. http://www.onlineeducation.net/digital-textbooks
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14. Why?
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15. http://thankstextbooks.tumblr.com
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16. R U havN trouble rEDN
DIS? iz it makin U :-||,
^set, Grr? DIS iz d way
kds TLK. CreslE. It iz EZ
4 dem. dey luv it. dey
luv it mo wen U spk thR
lngwij. @ lEst a ltl bit.
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18. R U havN trouble rEDN
DIS? iz it makin U :-||,
^set, Grr? DIS iz d way
kds TLK. CreslE. It iz EZ
4 dem. dey luv it. dey
luv it mo wen U spk thR
lngwij. @ lEst a ltl bit.
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19. Are you having trouble
reading this? Is it making
you mad, upset, angry?
This is the way kids talk.
Seriously. It is easy for
them. They love it. They
love it more when you
speak their language. At
least a little bit.
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23. "The inventor or introducer of the system deserves to be ranked
among the best contributors to learning and science,
if not among the greatest benefactors of mankind."
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25. 1809
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26. Without my SMART board
I am a boring teacher.
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29. What is text?
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31. Context embedded Context reduced
Cognitively undemanding Cognitively undemanding
Talking on the playground Talking on the phone
Context embedded Context reduced
Cognitively demanding Cognitively demanding
Using manipulatives to Lectures about abstract
solve a word problem concepts
Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills (BICS) vs. Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency (CALP) (Jim Cummins)
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33. What do you want it to be?
Crack open a
discussion with
your neighbors
for 5 minutes
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35. 28 states/provinces
1,400 schools
400,000+ students
23,000 teachers
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37. Platform agnostic
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38. Platform agnostic
Cost effective
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39. Platform agnostic
Cost effective
Works with any
technology set up
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40. Accessible
24/7
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41. Accessible
24/7
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42. Accessible
24/7
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43. Support different
learning styles
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44. Current
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45. Embedded
assessment
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46. Hands-On
Digital
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47. Meets students where
they are ready to learn
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48. Professional
Development
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49. Changes the paradigm
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53. How do we get there?
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54. http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/05/ff_jobsessay
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56. Not a technology initiative
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57. Not a technology initiative
Center Grove, IN
Grades 3-8
83 teachers
3,586 students
Pilot in 2010 - teachers drove decision
CG went against board’s decision to purchase
1:1 in grades 3-5 and have laptop carts in 6-8
PD is focused on instructional strategy
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58. Not a technology initiative
Center Grove, IN
Grades 3-8
83 teachers
3,586 students
Pilot in 2010 - teachers drove decision
CG went against board’s decision to purchase
1:1 in grades 3-5 and have laptop carts in 6-8
PD is focused on instructional strategy
Ridgefield, CT
Grades 6-8
15 teachers
1324 students
BYOD
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59. Parent advocates
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60. Franklin Community
Schools, IN
Grades 1-8
116 teachers
3,036 students
Parent decision for adoption
Custer of computers in each
classroom
Parent advocates
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61. Community
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62. Mansfield, TX
Grades 5-8
9,942 students
107 teachers
Collier, FL
K-8
30 ES
11 MS
29,641 students
1,130 teachers
Community
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65. Thank you!
@lrougeux
Lance_Rougeux@Discovery.com
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