This is the presentation provided to Dr. Crates Curriculum and Instruction class on Oct. 20, 2009.

1. Educational Technology What’s new? What works?

2. What Matters? The BIG Picture—Strategic Changes Globally—Forces shaping our world Regionally—Connect Ohio; Stimulus Proposals; Ohio’s University System and Strategic Plan Locally—UF IT Projects What? Examining Emerging Technologies So What? Do these technologies improve learning? Connecting brain research, technology and learning

3. What Matters? The BIG Picture—Strategic Changes Globally—Forces shaping our world Regionally—Connect Ohio; Stimulus Proposals; Ohio’s University System and Strategic Plan Locally—UF IT Projects What? Examining Emerging Technologies So What? Do these technologies improve learning? Connecting brain research, technology and learning

4. The Big Picture Forces Shaping our World Socio-Economic Technologic China and India— Globalization, & Global Competition Recession & Recovery Terrorism & War Environmentalism Broadband Connectivity & Improved Access Wireless & Mobile Tech Online Social Networking/ Communication Web 2.0 Applications “The Cloud” Miniaturization of size and reduction in cost Open Source Software

5. The Big Picture With these forces changing our world, why aren’t we more pluralistic, inclusive and cooperative?

6. What Matters? FederatedIdentityManagement The BIG Picture—Strategic Changes Globally—Changes shaping our world Regionally—Connect Ohio; Stimulus Proposals; University System of Ohio and Strategic Plan Locally—UF IT Projects What? Examining Emerging Technologies So What? Do these technologies improve learning? Connecting brain research, technology and learning

7. What Matters? The BIG Picture—Strategic Changes Globally—Forces shaping our world Regionally—Connect Ohio; Stimulus Proposals; Ohio’s University System and Strategic Plan Locally—UF IT Projects What? Examining Emerging Technologies So What? Do these technologies improve learning? Connecting brain research, technology and learning

8. What Matters? Network Services Co-location BbTS Bb 9 (LMS) Virtualization Centralized Authentication Security Programming Services Admission/Candidate Portlets Cognos Document Imaging Faculty & Student Portlets Technology Support Services Vendor Review Replacement Cycle Enterprise Tech Management Tool Windows 7 Deployment * * * * *

9. What Matters? The BIG Picture—Strategic Changes Globally—Forces shaping our world Regionally—Connect Ohio; Stimulus Proposals; Ohio’s University System and Strategic Plan Locally—UF IT Projects What? Examining Emerging Technologies So What? Do these technologies improve learning? Connecting brain research, technology and learning

10. Taking Stock Before we look at specific emerging technologies, let’s take stock of where we are…

11. What are our students doing with technology? What do you think are the top five ways our students are spending their time with new technologies? Your answers! one two three four five

12. What are our students doing with technology? What do you think are the top five ways our students are spending their time with new technologies? Scott’s guesses… Facebook Texting Music—P2P Gaming Video sites—YouTube

13. What are our students doing with technology? …and what does this mean for the following paradoxes? Cacophony of Clutter vs. Focused Reasoning Always Connected vs. Quiet Reflection Distraction vs. Ubiquitous Access Superfluous Information vs. Essential Learning

14. What Matters? The BIG Picture—Strategic Changes Globally—Forces shaping our world Regionally—Connect Ohio; Stimulus Proposals; Ohio’s University System and Strategic Plan Locally—UF IT Projects What? Examining Emerging Technologies So What? Do these technologies improve learning? Connecting brain research, technology and learning

15. Exponential Change The world today’s children will live in as adults is significantly different from the world we have lived in throughout our adult lives and to prepare them for this world our schools need to change too… Did You Know? 4.0 Pew Internet— The Democratization of online social networks

16. What’s New Social Networking Tools Google Wave Twitter— YouTube Video Teen Second Life Del.icio.us Productivity Tools Prezi Google Docs Voice Thread Elluminate & Vyew TransferBIGFiles.com Tiny URL * * * Personal Communication Tools Mesh Teen Buzz Ringtone; Listen YouMail Joomla Graphics Wordle Slideshare 3. Gimpshop Hardware eReaders—Barnes & Noble / Kindle Emotiv—YouTube Video Readius (Digital Paper) * Information Tools Worldwide Telescope Text Answers Customized Search Mashup Sixth Sense

17. Web 2.0 Tools Web 2.0 Tools

18. What Matters? The BIG Picture—Strategic Changes Globally—Forces shaping our world Regionally—Connect Ohio; Stimulus Proposals; Ohio’s University System and Strategic Plan Locally—UF IT Projects What? Examining Emerging Technologies So What? Do these technologies improve learning? Connecting brain research, technology and learning

19. The Axemaker’s Gift The tools we create shape us too!

20. Audience Response Biggest fear? Best use in your classroom? Biggest obstacles to classroom use? When will every child have an electronic learning device to facilitate learning?

21. What is your biggest fear when using educational technology? Looking foolish when it doesn’t work The fear of losing instructional time when technology fails Breaking something Losing valuable information Other—Let’s dicuss…

22. What is the biggest obstacle to great use of educational technology in the classroom? Inadequate technical support Unreliable equipment Lack of faculty tech skills Filters and other safeguards Lack of administrative support Standardized testing Other… let’s discuss!

23. What’s the best use of educational technology you’ve seen? Better and more accurate source material for students Use of collaborative online tools Student engagement with interactive whiteboards Teacher access to more engaging learning materials Better communication with parents and students Other… let’s discuss!

24. When will every child bring an electronic learning device to school? Never Within 20 years Within 10 years Within 5 years

25. Brain Rules Repeat to Remember Images PowerPoint Multitasking

26. Images The End!