The Race

The Hare…Focuses on technology
The Turtle…Focuses on active learning and thinking

Who Wins the Race?
The teachers and students who make the most efficient use of ALL resources
Low tech & High tech

Turtle Focus
Kid’s Planet
http://www.kidsplanet.org/
Tech for Reading + Writing + Content + Thinking + Turtles
Write a report… OR

Use of Technology
Teacher use
Student use
Are you hares? Tech-focus
Are you turtles? Think-focus

Personal Use
Start with your own interests
digital photograph
surfing the web
sharing email
Then, apply to students…

Photography: Still and Motion
imovie
Teach vocabulary
Camouflage
Teach concepts
Tell stories

Professional Use
Start with your own needs
addressing language barriers
motivating kids
helping slow learners
Then, apply to students…
Babelfish
http://babelfish.altavista.com/
Jan Brett
http://www.janbrett.com/
CasaNotes
http://casanotes.4teachers.org/

Student Use
Start with high impact activities
Focus on motivation
Focus on thinking
Avoid the “glitz”
Avoid the “surfing”
Avoid the “volumes of typing”
Avoid the “playing with pics”
Not glitz, thinking
Ology
http://ology.amnh.org/
http://ology.amnh.org/marinebiology/
http://ology.amnh.org/marinebiology/index.html

Reading Comprehension
Reading, Thinking, Having Fun!
Sampling
How could this be used?

Lessons from the Turtle
What value does technology add to the learning experience?
Why use
technology?
Value-Added Service
What does it take to get people to spend $200 for a Celine ticket?

Turtle Experience:
A Dozen Ways Technology Facilitates Learning Experiences

Turtle Experience 1
How can you use technology to provide …?

data for comparisons
Comparisons
What data will Internet provide for local comparisons?
Our recycling vs national
Our water use vs global use
PBS Kids BackPack
http://pbskids.org/zoom/backpack/
Data Sources
http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic88.htm

Turtle Experience 2
How can you use technology to provide …?

alternative perspectives
Perspectives
What alternative perspectives can you find on an issue?
Stem Cell Research
Forest Fires
Middle East Peace
StoreWars
http://www.pbs.org/itvs/storewars/teachers3.html
Multiple Perspectives
http://42explore.com

Turtle Experience 3
How can you use technology to provide…?

another sense
Senses
Books
Pictures & Words
Technology
Sounds
Movements
What Do You Do With A Tail Like This?
Steve Jenkins & Robin Page
If you’re an eagle, you spot tiny animals from high in the air…
If you’re a giraffe, you brush off pesky flies with your tail…
National Geographic
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/creature_feature/index.html
http://eduscapes.com/seeds

Turtle Experience 4
How can you use technology to provide…?

more reading resources
Leveled Reading
Starfall
http://www.starfall.com
http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic93.htm

Turtle Experience 5
How can you use technology to provide…?

connections with parents
Parent Connections
http://www.startsquad.org/
Learning Portals
http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic21.htm

Turtle Experience 6
How can you use technology to provide…?

promote reading
Serial Reading
http://storydog.com
http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic114.htm

Turtle Experience 7
How can you use technology to provide…?

global discussions
Discussions
Nicenet
http://nicenet.org
Book Discussions
Issues Discussions
Online Debates
The House of the Scorpions
Nancy Farmer
Discussion Tools
http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic101discuss.html
Book Awards
http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic99.htm

Turtle Experience 8
How can you use technology to provide…?

interesting starting points
Timelines
AlternaTime
http://www2.canisius.edu/~emeryg/time.html
Interactive Websites, Games, and Activities
http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic86.htm

Turtle Experience 9
How can you use technology to provide…?

quick resources
Save Time
http://42explore.com
Pick 4
http://www.mtnbrook.k12.al.us/academy/4thgrade/turtles/4hteach.htm
http://42explore.com

Turtle Experience 10
How can you use technology to facilitate…?

both critical + creative thinking
Critical + Creative Thinking
Planets
http://www.ea.pvt.k12.pa.us/htm/Units/lsDevon/Planets0001/index.htm#
Artsy Astronaut
http://www.artyastro.com/artyastro.htm

Web-based Contests, Fairs, & Publishing
http://www.eduscapes.com/tap/topic113.htm

Turtle Experience 11
How can you use technology to facilitate…?

both content & info skills
Content + Information Skills
Interviewing skills
Questioning skills
Video skills
ThinkQuest
http://library.thinkquest.org/J0111932/
http://www.eduscapes.com/info/

Turtle Experience 12
How can you use technology to facilitate…?

different ways of thinking
Ways of Thinking
Ellis Island Records
http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/
Think different
Angel Island
http://www.angel-island.com/
Literature-based WebQuests
http://eduscapes.com/ladders/themes/webquests.htm
The Depression
Esperanza Rising
Out of the Dust
Bud, Not Buddy
Grapes of Wrath
A Year Down Yonder
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Lifelong Learners

Use technology to facilitate life experiences
Lifelong Learning
Content Standard + Information Standard + Critical Thinking + Creative Thinking = Lifelong Learning
Digital Photos
http://www.eduscapes.com/nature/mustang/

Experience a Time and Place
PBS Seabiscuit
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/seabiscuit/
Seabiscuit
http://www.seabiscuitmovie.com/

The Tipping Point
The more I learned, the more I wanted to know…
Look for the “Tipping Point”
for technology integration
for student learning
The Tipping Point
How Little Things
Can Make a
Big Difference
Biography of an Idea
The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell

Learning Tipping Point
Do little things really make a big difference?
What little things will you do this year to promote thinking through using technology?