Technology in the K-12 classroom
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This document discusses technology use among K-12 and college students and recommends tools for engaging students in the classroom using technology. It notes that today's students are heavy users of social media, phones, and multi-task with technology. It recommends 10 tools for the classroom, including QR codes, Google Forms, Poll Maker, Nearpod, and Kahoot. These tools can create interactive lessons and assessments to engage students with the technology they regularly use outside the classroom.
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Technology in the K-12 classroom
- 1. Using Technology In the K-12 Classroom: iPad Apps & Tools Derrick Mears, Ph.D. Assistant Department Head/Graduate Coordinator-CIED Associate Professor Curriculum and Instruction/Educational Technology Twitter: @MearsDr Website: tinyurl.com/DrMearsETEC
- 2. A Vision of Today’s Students “What is It Like Being A Student Today?
- 3. Technology and the Generations Media Use-Adults (2005-2015) Pew Research Center (2015, October 8) Social Media Usage: 2005-2015. Retrieved from http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/10/08/social-networking-usage-2005-2015/
- 4. Technology and the Generations Media Use-College Students (2005-2015) Pew Research Center (2015, October 8) Social Media Usage: 2005-2015. Retrieved from http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/10/08/social-networking-usage-2005-2015/
- 5. What Are Students Using? Social Media Platforms •Most Popular Social Media Platforms: • Snapchat • Facebook • Instagram Statista (2016, February, 15) Reach of leading social media and networking sites used by teenagers and young adults in the United States https://www.statista.com/statistics/199242/social-media-and-networking-sites-used-by-us-teenagers/
- 6. Technology Use Among College Students • In Class Technology Use by College Students: • Check devices 12 times • 12% text, email, check time in class more than 30 times daily • 1/5th class time using devices in class for things other than school work • 34% use device for non-learning reasons during class time Schaffhauser, D. (2016, January 20). Research: college Students More Distracted Than Ever. Retrieved from https://campustechnology.com/articles/2016/01/20/research-college-students-more-distracted- than-ever.aspx
- 7. Technology Use By College Students • In Class Technology Use by College Students: • 87% texting • 76% email • 75% checking time • 70% Social Networking • 42% web surfing • 10% gaming Schaffhauser, D. (2016, January 20). Research: college Students More Distracted Than Ever. Retrieved from https://campustechnology.com/articles/2016/01/20/research-college-students-more-distracted- than-ever.aspx
- 8. Does Technology Distract from Learning •Notetaking by hand studies • Notetaking….cognitive engagement in learning? • Distractions of other available information on laptop • Engage them in learning using the devices?? • Dysgraphia-estimated as high as 20% • Engrained method of information intake
- 9. Why Share This Information With You.. In approximately 8-10 years these students and the characteristics of how they learn and obtain information will be parenting your students
- 10. The Future: Technology and the Generations • This Video Was Posted in 2011: • This child is now a first grader in public schools has never known: • Never know life without the iPad (McKeegan, 2010) • Never known life without movement generated gaming systems Kinect, Playstation Move (McKeegan, 2010) • Never known life without: high speed internet, smart phones, Google, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter (Mears, 2012) Mears, D. (2012). Welcome to the “iGeneration”: Implications for Children’s Technology Use On Physical Education and Childhood Obesity, in Sanders & Witherspoon (Eds) Contemporary Uses of Technology in K-12 Physical Education: Policy Practice and Adocacy. Information Age Publishing, Charlotte, NC McKeegan, N. (2010, November 24) Top 10 Technology Firsts of 2010. Retrieved from http://newatlas.com/technolgy-world-firsts-2010/16942/ User Experiences Works (2011, October 6) A Magazine Is An I Pad That Does Not Work. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXV-yaFmQNk (User Experience Works, 2011)
- 11. The Future: Technology and the Generations • Average Home with Children: • 70% 3 or more televisions; • 80% video gaming system; • 75% internet; • 62% TV in Bedrooms; • 50% Their own video consoles; • 81% by middle school have own cell phone; • 43% their own computers (Mears, 2012) Mears, D. (2012). Welcome to the “iGeneration”: Implications for Children’s Technology Use On Physical Education and Childhood Obesity, in Sanders & Witherspoon (Eds) Contemporary Uses of Technology in K-12 Physical Education: Policy Practice and Advocacy. Information Age Publishing, Charlotte, NC
- 12. The Future: Technology and the Generations • The Generations: • Baby Boomers-1946 and 1964 • Current professors • Generation X 1965-1979 • Newer Professors • Net Generation-1980-1999 • Current college students • iGeneration 2000-current • Arriving shortly Rosen, L. (2010, March, 27) Welcome to the “Igeneration” Retreived from https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/rewired-the-psychology-technology/201003/welcome-the-igeneration Mears, D. (2012). Welcome to the “iGeneration”: Implications for Children’s Technology Use On Physical Education and Childhood Obesity, in Sanders & Witherspoon (Eds) Contemporary Uses of Technology in K-12 Physical Education: Policy Practice and Adocacy. Information Age Publishing, Charlotte, NC
- 13. The Future: Technology and the Generations •Net and iGenerations: • Increased Media Consumption • Multi Tasking • 20 hours media use per day • eCommunication • Average teenager receives 3,146 text messages PER MONTH while only making and receiving 191 phone calls Rosen, L. (2010, March, 27) Welcome to the “Igeneration” Retreived from https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/rewired-the-psychology-technology/201003/welcome-the-igeneration Mears, D. (2012). Welcome to the “iGeneration”: Implications for Children’s Technology Use On Physical Education and Childhood Obesity, in Sanders & Witherspoon (Eds) Contemporary Uses of Technology in K-12 Physical Education: Policy Practice and Adocacy. Information Age Publishing, Charlotte, NC
- 14. How Should We Use Technology in the Classroom?? Digitize or Re-Imagine Rosen, L. (2010, March, 27) Welcome to the “Igeneration” Retreived from https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/rewired-the-psychology-technology/201003/welcome-the-igeneration Mears, D. (2012). Welcome to the “iGeneration”: Implications for Children’s Technology Use On Physical Education and Childhood Obesity, in Sanders & Witherspoon (Eds) Contemporary Uses of Technology in K-12 Physical Education: Policy Practice and Adocacy. Information Age Publishing, Charlotte, NC
- 15. Top Tools & Apps To Engage Students in The Classroom
- 16. Tool # 1: The QR Code •Find The QR Code Reader on your device: •iPhone/iPad: •QR Reader •Android: •QR Code Reader •Windows: •QR Code Scanner
- 17. Tool # 1: QR Codes: Why Use Them? •Reasons: •Gets them to the information you want them to study faster. •Keeps them away from the information you do not want them to study. https://sites.google.com/site/drmearsetec/
- 18. Tool # 1: The QR Code • QR Code Maker For iPad QR Code Generator For Android QR Code Monkey WEB-BASED
- 19. Tool # 2: The Google Form Using Google Forms • Creates easy to use web-based quizzes and assignments • Automatically performs analytics for results • Multiple formats to present content to students • Share via QR Code • Share via email link • Share via embed in website • Share via social media
- 20. Tool # 3 : The Tiny URL Easy to Remember Web Addresses • Helps facilitate getting students to the information more quickly • http://tinyurl.com/Dr Mears1
- 21. Tool # 4 : Poll Maker Easy Quick Quizzes • Creates polls and quizzes you can have students complete on their devices • Can replace clickers in the classroom • Also auto creates short URL addresses • Multiple delivery formats https://goo.gl/TJLhZR
- 22. Tool # 4: Poll to Go via Twitter Apps For Education • On the web • http://p2.gg/ynm • Tweet with hashtag • #DrDsEdApps
- 23. Tool # 5: Nearpod Nearpod in the Classroom • Design web based multimedia lessons • Integration of quizzes and other forms of assessment • Integrate, audio, video images and other types of media BVQMP
- 24. Tool # 6: Screen Capture •Screencastify: • Embeds into Google Chrome and allows you to create screen-cast videos of content •TechSmith Snagit • Extension on Google Chrome allows multiple types of content to be captured •Screencastomatic • Web based downloadable interface.
- 25. Tool # 7: Plickers •Plickers: • Uses your device to collect responses. • Students hold up response cards to a question
- 26. Tool # 8: PowToon •PowToon: • Allows students to develop animated presentations for projects
- 27. Tool # 9: Go Animate •Go Animate: • Allows students to develop animated videos or projects and presentations
- 28. Tool # 10: Kahoot •Kahoot • Review materials • Introduce concepts where students research • Quizzes and Games
- 29. Tools for Content Areas •Subject Area Tools: •Apps for Literacy •Apps for Science •Apps for Mathematics •Apps for Social Studies
- 30. Thanks for Attending! Derrick Mears, Ph.D. Assistant Department Head/Graduate Coordinator-CIED Associate Professor Curriculum and Instruction/Educational Technology Twitter: @MearsDr Website: tinyurl.com/DrMearsETEC