WA500B+++Through+a+Lens+Clearly+-+Models+for+Effective+Technology+Integration

Jeff Mao, Maine Department of Education

Lesson Planning = Curriculum Design

ePals - something to investigate

Wikipedia-great opportunity to flex critical thinking muscles b/c it reveals the process not simply the content

Wikipedia is a great resource for critical thinking because it is unreliable

Wikipedia is a terrible place to finish your research but a great place to start

NCTM - Math site National Council of Teachers of Mathematics CAL CALdigests Center for Applied Linguistics

Educause Learning - 7 Things you should know about

EdITLib

Visual Complexity good site for TCK

MITOpenCourseware - good example of TPCK openlearninginitiative - " Wikipedia:Wikiproject - " The Rise and Fall of the Slave South - "

TPCK and SAMR Models

Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, Redefinition (SAMR)
 * Substitution:Tech acts as a direct tool substitution, with no functional change - ie. Using a computer instead of a typewriter or a web page instead of a book
 * Augmentation: Tech acts as a direct tool substitute, with functional improvement - ie. using cut/paste, spell checker/grammar checker etc or that web page links to other sources
 * Modification: Tech allows for significant task redesign - ie. integration of web sources, etc to produce something more powerful than say an essay, now a tool for thinking...adding text clouds gives a new outlook
 * Redefinition: Tech allows for the creation of new tasks, previously inconceivable - ie. now that essay etc. becomes something that is a thinking tool for others, whether this is posted online or sent to others to deal with or watching a youtube video of a topic or a VC etc.

When we get to the redefinition level we get the most impact from the students Wordle for text clouds

Take your PowerPoint presentations in the class to the next level...add videos, and links to supplement what you are talking about

Collaborative learning is a key factor in moving towards real life

Henry Jenkins research is interesting on this.