6. Michael Fullan
• The Digital Dimension, Leaders In Educational
Thought video series
• Technology has far outpaced pedagogy
7. More Fullan
• Student use of technology is pervasive and
primarily outside of school. It's irresistible, you
can’t keep it out.
• What’s the pedagogy that goes along with it?
• The teacher becomes designer, enabler,
change agent.
8. More Ideas
• New pedagogy puts students in charge of their
own learning, working with each other. Teacher
is not dominating, and this is consistent with
best pedagogical practices.
• Technology is just accelerating it.
• We are at the tipping point now, in 2012-13 I
believe there will be an absolute explosion of
innovation in pedagogy.
9. Go For It!
• We do not have the traditional model for
development: innovation and then training people in
it.
• Like lot of lean start-ups: we have preliminary
examples that are not fully developed, and we are in
an improvement cycle now, we need support for
teachers.
• We are building technology but also but building, in
parallel, a support system.
10. Khan Academy Quote
• Teachers are more important than ever!
• Technology allows the role to evolve and become what
most teachers actually went into the profession to do.
Instead of spending so much time grading homework or
giving the same lecture over and over again, they can use
real-time data to ensure they use their time most effectively.
They can personally interact and provide guidance to
every student. They have time to facilitate more
collaborative activities with students actively interacting
with each other. Technology will not replace teachers, but it
will empower them to be great mentors to their students.
12. Unit Plan Templates
There are three: one blank, one History sample and one with just
the apps pick-list. Email me and I will send them to you. Thank you!