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Stephanie Hamilton
In times of change, learners inherit the Earth, while the learned find themselves biautifully equped to deal with a world that not longer exists. Hoffer

Emerging learning trends: Stephen Heppell www.learnometer.net

Engaging Today's Learners: Stephanie Hamilton IT and Learning Technologies Apple

People who learn things innately have the desire to explain that to others The brain needs collaboration with others to make meaning out of learning Learning also needs to be relevant to their lives

adapts to their individual learning styles provides personalized learning opportunities integrates today's digital tools encourages collaboration and teamwork accommodates mobile lifestyle

iChat
Have a discussion about this and set up rules and manage this so I can turn it off per student not across the whole school.

Changing Roles
Teachers' role has changed Their role is changing from master teacher to master learner. If you want teachers to ch //The role of the teacher is to create the conditions for invention rather than provide ready-made knowledge. Symour Papert//

They learn the habits of learning, the more students are engaged in learning the more they will learn.

Factory model of learning
Teachers as content experts Info was printed, scarce and filterd Info experts: teacher, librarian, textbook, encyclopedia

Information is now digital, ubiquitous, democratized, free academic content

Information is now doubling so quickly that teachers must provide context for content: we need to make content relevant for our students

Parents
Create a means of communication so they understand what we are doing.

Search for Success
Understand the learning needs are

Important for students to receive feedback when they present their projects. Provide a rubric to use during feedback so students provide rigorous feedback.

Quest to Learn NYC Public Schools

Enhancement:
Substitution: tech acts a direct tool substitute with no functional change Augmentation: technology lets me do it a little better with functional improvement Technology is substituted

Transformation:
Modification: Tech allows for significant task redesign Redefinition: Tech allows for the creation of new tasks, previously inconceivable

Part 2 - Steve Sullivan Laptop remains very valuable because of its multimedia authoring tools and capabilities.

F3 Expose' See all windows open on your computer.

www.apple.com/findouthow Use this website to learn about different functions on Mac OS X

Janet Wozniak - Digital Learning Environments How do you create an environment that students learn in and teachers transform

Key Success Factors for a Digital Environment

Digital learners prefer media (video, audio, photos) as a start and then go on to read about the topic

Leadership, community, professional development, financing, curriculum, assessment, infrastructure

Where do we want to be in three years?

Rae Niles Apple Professional Development
Supporting the 21st Century Learning environment through staff development and leadership.

Have one slide to let people know what is going to happen during the sessions Agenda

Create an environment that will engage, empower and enable all students.