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Nouns
Verbs

How should we approach technology use?

 

Marc Prensky talks about Verbs v. Nouns.

What do you want your students to DO?

 

List the verbs that are most important for your students. Consider:

  • Bloom's Taxonomy

  • Gardner's 5 Minds for the Future

  • 21st Century Skills

  • Discipline-specific objectives

What tools are available to help students do that? Which tool (of the many) will work best in your environment?

 

Some great sites to explore:

  • PowerPoint

  • Keynote

  • Google Presentations

  • Prezi

  • Projeqt

  • Haiku Deck

  • Educreations

  • Glogster

  • Comic Life

  • Enhanced Podcast

  • Vidcast

  • Digital Storytelling

  • Websites

  • etc.

Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas (Anchor Standard)

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.4 Present information, findings, and supporting evidence such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.5 Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations.

Common Core ELA RI.8.7. Grade 8 students: Evaluate the advantages of using different mediums (e.g., print or digital text, video, multimedia) to present a particular topic or idea.

Tools that facilitate presentation (nouns)
Example: Present (verb)

With all of the tools out there, how do we decide what to use?

Example: Appreciate cultural and linguistic heritage
Example: Appreciate historical and locational heritage

Let the students choose!

Check out how one teacher is helping her students in various grades to explore geography and culture using technology: http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/top-teaching/2013/12/digital-moviemaking-projects-geography-globetrotting

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