I have to work on my short abstract..... Tell me what you think. Would you come to this interactive presentation? (I'm going to have everyone use their smart phones to be involved interactively in the session. I'm going to use Turning Technologies Student Response System. And I'll have extra devices for those without a smart phone.)
Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think. – Albert Einstein
As teachers we are preparing our students for futures that we can’t even envision; for jobs that don't exist, using technology that hasn't been invented yet. The most important thing we can do is "train (sic) the mind to think."
And this is our (the faculty) challenge. To spend more time teaching our students to learn and less time focused on our teaching. Were teachers successful before the advent of classroom based technologies? Of course. But that doesn’t mean a good teacher couldn’t be even better with the integration of today's tools.
Over the last few years we've told students to put their devices (tablets, phones, computers) in their lockers. Turn the devices off and shut them away. How does that help students to learn to learn? We should embrace technology. Today I'm going to demonstrate some easy to integrate technology into classroom environments and discuss their role in educational methodology and pedagogy.
Be sure to bring your favorite device with you. Open it up and turn it on! Its time to learn!
I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THIS SESSION AS MOST OF MY COLLEAGUES WOULD BE. WE WANT SOMEONE TO SHOW US AND INVOLVE US IN USING TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM. WE NEED THAT FOR OURSELVES AND OUR STUDENTS. GOOD LUCK.
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