The Secret to Reaching the New Generation of Learners: Using Their Technology Inside and Outside of the Classroom!
Are your students bored with your lectures and PowerPoint presentations? Grab your students’ attention with technology that they use daily! Participants will learn about integrating technology and multimedia inside and outside of the classroom that motivates students to become actively engaged in the learning process. Convey the same old subjects in a more dynamic way. This up-beat presentation supported by multimedia showcases the benefits of interactive whiteboards used in combination with creating podcasts/video podcasts, tutorials, and a web appearance. Podcasting/video podcasting is becoming one of the new emerging media tools in technology. It is definitely creating a positive trend inside and outside the classroom. This presentation addresses how podcasting works, the ease of implementing while teaching, examples of uses of podcasting in their classroom, and the benefits of podcasting in a learning environment. This presentation will exhibit actual application of this medium of reaching students with video podcasts from staff and students currently utilizing this technology to encourage the learning process.
28. Increasingly bored with school! -Information provided by the International Center for Leadership in Education (2008) Survey Statement Total Male Female I enjoy being at school 50.2 47.4 53.2 Teachers make school an exciting place to learn 33.0 32.9 32.6 School is boring 45.5 49.9 41.5 Teachers have fun at school 38.5 39.8 37.6 Learning can be fun 63.5 59.0 69.3
34. Do we recognize… We are currently preparing students for jobs that don’t yet exist . . . Using technologies that haven’t been invented . . . in order to solve problems we don’t even know are problems yet. David Warlick – Connect Learning blog
