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New Tools for Teachers www.ltscotland.org.uk November 2009 Ollie Bray National Adviser Emerging Technologies for Learning Learning and Teaching Scotland www.olliebray.com Primary Focus
From What If?, by Karl Fisch http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/2006/09/what-if.html
From What If?, by Karl Fisch http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/2006/09/what-if.html
From What If?, by Karl Fisch http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/2006/09/what-if.html
From What If?, by Karl Fisch http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/2006/09/what-if.html
From What If?, by Karl Fisch http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/2006/09/what-if.html
From What If?, by Karl Fisch http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/2006/09/what-if.html
technology
olliebray.com
1. use of ict
wordle.net
wordle.net
wordle.net
wordle.net
wordle.net
wordle.net
mapmsg.com/send/smokesignal/
What is this?
2. 21st centurystudents
Are children the same as they used to be?
A beta life the relationships that young people aged 12-24 have with technology
8 devices 5 activities 25% agree that… turn on their computer
A quarter of young people interviewed text or IM friends they are physically with at the time 123 friends
data
skills
3 -18
social change & expectation
‘I hate geography’ ‘Bray, he was off his head again today’ ‘Gone, gone but not forgotten. Now we don’t have PowerPoint presentations any more’
friends
3. engagement
learning good pedagogy learning interest / engagement James Paul Gee
tools
output
4. the basictools
USING IMAGES AND PICTURES IN THE CLASSROOM
Relationships
where do I getphotographs from?
http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/motivator
5. the audience tools
web 2.0
WWW
World Wide Wall Display
blog- podcast -wiki
Information literacy
'This article needs additional citation for verification' 'This article reads like an advertisement’ 'This article contradicts itself’ 'This article contradicts another article’ ‘The factual accuracy is disputed’
6. some creative tools
www.comicbrush.com
goanimate.com
7. computer games
Learning through play
sim city
fantasyfarmer.co.uk
endless ocean
Credit: Tom Barrett
wild African safari
8. don't stop learning
CPD Vs
onlinelearning
ltscotland.org.uk
ltscotland.org.uk/cpdfind
ltscotland.org.uk/itunesu
ltscotland.org.uk/consolarium
trailsoptional.wordpress.com
edte.ch
finally
don't miss opportunities
o.bray@ltscotland.org.uk www.olliebray.com @olliebray

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New Tools For Teachers - Primary Focus November 2009

Editor's Notes

  1. * They personally own 8 devices (including MP3 player, PC, TV, DVD player, mobile phone, stereo, games console, and digital camera) * They frequently conduct over 5 activities whilst watching TV * 25% of them agree that “I’d rather stay at home than go on a holiday with no internet or phone access” * A quarter of young people interviewed text or IM (instant message) friends they are physically with at the time * They have on average 123 friends on their social network spaces * And the first thing the majority of them do when they get home is turn on their PC
  2. * A quarter of young people interviewed text or IM (instant message) friends they are physically with at the time123 friends
  3. We are leaders in online learning. Glow provides us with a common platform to take this forward. 30 local authorities and 3 universities are now signed up to develop their use of Glow – the others are on the path considering how they too will make use Glow. This provides us with an unparalleled opportunity for collaboration and sharing, on an unprecedented scale. That said, we don’t rest on our laurels. We take our role as guides in this new learning landscape very seriously indeed, and constantly search the horizon to see what’s coming up next and assessing it’s validity in an educational context.
  4. On the horizon at the moment is augmented reality – where technology interacts with physical objects – explaining this is virtually impossible and would in no way do it justice, so I’ll pass over to Ollie Bray our Adviser for … to show you.