NECC Session Notes
These are the notes that I took during some NECC Sessions. There will be a link to my wiki page where I live blogged some of my notes using CoverIt Live. My notes are in no way everything that was stated and might have some of my own comments thrown in. I’ve tried to link everything that I could, but sometimes that wasn’t possible.
Enjoy!
Our Students * Our Worlds – David Warlick
Suriawang Dapto – dwarlick av
For the first time in history our job is to prepare our children for a future we can not describe!
Richard Florida – Author The Rise of the Creative Class
Daniel Pink – Author A Whole New Mind
Students today are facing an unpredictable future, they are networked,
When they come into the classroom we chop off their tentacles – their networks – and force them to listen to us.
http://Handouts.davidwarlick.com
http://Davidwarlick.com/sl
Digital Divide – the kids that are connected vs. the kids that are alone (not networked), new information landscape.
South korea is already connected, mexico is working on it
National interest to network kids
“I’ve got Facebook and I don’t know why.”
We are popping up social networks all over the place, but kids have one.
We aren’t doing it right…what is the real value of this behavior.
Wombat – waste of money brains and time
224 – today, tomorrow, forever
Be in awe of the new grammar (IM Speak) they created that worked – done casually – job is to teach them to communicate not how they should write
Starting to pay attention to video games – learning engines – can’t play the game unless you learn something
What does it mean to be literate in this environment
Warnings on Wikipedia that might not be accurate, is subject to spam, etc. Textbooks don’t have that
Long Tail – based on study done in 1998
http://Lulu.com Publish books
Empowering Diverse Learners with Wikis
Assistive Technology Resource Teacher – interesting title but is typical role for atp in schools
Be an Educator before a tech geek – research based, what is the research behind new tools, is there or not yet?
Why should you do something?
What instructional challenges for learning academic content do diverse learners present?
Read at varying levels
Different levels of literacy (in everything)
High level of frustration
Inclusion
Different learning rates
Different learning styles
How do teachers traditionally address?
Modify
Individualize
Differentiate instruction
What are effective instructional applications of wikis in a standards based environment?
Practical Requirements
Promotes student achievement (standardized tests)
Supports existing instructional and classroom structures
Research based
Accessible for all teachers and students
Appropriate for a diverse learner population
Technology not just for technology’s sake
Teachers need to know…
Why should I use it?
Can this fit into my curriculum
Will this gadget work consistently
Marzanao, Building Background knowledge for academic achievement
Hart & Risley 1995 – At 36 months old, children from welfare have only 70% of the vocab of children from working class families, and 45% of children from professional familes. – vocab gap starts as early as 24 months old
Direct vocab instruction works
No vocab 50 percentile on test
Direct 62
Direct related to content 83
Characteristics of effective vocab instruction
Effective vocab does not rely on definitions
Students must represent words in linguistic and nonlinguistic ways
Gradual shaping of words through multiple exposures
Addresses background knowledge
Addressing vocab needs supports teachers ability to meet a variety of learning needs
Part of a school wide plan, not limited to classrooms of the tech superstars
Frayer Model – Definition, Characteristic, examples, non-examples
ESOL – find a picture, definition, sentence
Use the vocab from the standards/units, etc - kids post it on the wiki
Do you do it outside the wiki environment prior to creating the entries or do you just go ahead and edit in the wiki environment
Hybrid works best – some students need to edit outside of the wiki because of additional assistive technology that will not work with the wiki, some people like to go right to wiki because they take up too much time to work outside of the wiki and never get to work with the wiki
Blueprints for Universal Design
Multiple modes of engagement
CSS – made to adapt for people w/special needs; the three size a’s to enlarge or reduce font on web pages
Drill doll topics
3 levels of text
If speech is added will truly be UDL
Needs to not have grade levels and add speech to be udl
Digitized speech but only for level 1
Book into talking flash video
Supports 20 languages (choose main – that is spoken, choose second language will appear below)
better to get them 10% or 30% than leaving it in their locker
Ideal for expository text
Directions in pdf and his card
There are two other sessions, Differentiated Instruction: One Click at a Time and The Magic of Digital: Collaborative Interaction in Teacher and Professional Development at my wiki space.The Agape Learning Weblog › Create New Post — WordPress
