What technology can be used with environmental education? Learn what technology is, how we relate to it, history of social media and some great sites to help you with your EE programs.

1. What is Technology?
• Cultural artifact (useful)
• Artificial aid
• Capability not inherited

2. What is 21st Century Classroom?
• In 13th year, already living in future
• Don’t know what learning
environment will look like
• Organized to deliver education that
inhibits rather than encourages
innovation

3. Technology Literacy
Cultural: Pay attention to the
culture in which literacies are
situated
Information redacted from Doug Belshaw

4. Technology Literacy
Cognitive: Must consider
more than how we use
devices and programs but the
way we think when using
them.

5. Technology Literacy
Constructive: Strive to use in
reflective and appropriate
ways

6. Technology Literacy
Communicative: Digital tools
change the way we
communicate. Need to take
command of that structure
and use effectively.

7. Technology Literacy
Confident: Must have courage
and confidence to dive into
the unknown, take risks, and
make mistakes when “messing
around” with new tools.

8. Technology Literacy
Critical: Involves an
understanding of how to deal
with hyperspace and hypertext,
understanding it is not all read
or spoken.

9. Technology Literacy
Creative: Requires educators
who are willing to take risks.
Civic: Must use technology to
improve our lives and the lives
of others.

10. Old Model
• Field trip
• Collected data
• Returned to the classroom
to use

11. Possible New Model
• Field trip
• Collected data
• Use QR codes or Tangible
Flags
• Tablet or iPad

12. GPS or Geo-caching
• Assessment tool
• Reflection tool
• Photostory
• Hide and Seek
• Solve a Puzzle

13. iPad/Tablet Apps
• Creekwatch
• Audubon Sampler
• iBirds
• MyNature Animal Tracks
• Drip Detective

14. Corestandards.org

15. Energy-related Games

16. Games—Atlantis Remixed

17. Ding Darling NWR Explore the Blue Challenge

18. Bucket Buddies – Citizen Science

19. Media Builder—
Concept Mapping, etc.

21. Website Resources —
Digital storytelling

22. Storytelling—
clpdh.org

23. Web-based Activities

24. Web-based Activities—
Web Quest Maker

25. Educational
Videos and Lessons

27. Ecosystems — Maps and
Multi-media Resources

28. History of Internet & Social Media
1971 First email
1991 Worldwide
Web
1994 First Personal
Blog
1996 Early Search
Engines-Ask
2000 Wikipedia
2001 Meetup
2003 MySpace
2004 Facebook
2004 Flickr
2005 YouTube
2006 Twitter
2007 Tumblr
2008 Groupon
2009 Foursquare
2012 Pinterest

29. Twitter Tweets
Google Alerts
Example: #wildlife

30. Blogging

31. Blogging

32. Search Engine
for Learning

33. Digital Timelines

34. Digital
Documents Library

35. Meetup

36. Foursquare—
Locations,
recommendations,
travel sites, etc.

37. Mashable---Internet news blog, shows trends

38. Whenever technology
approaches a barrier,
new technology will
cross it.