Shelee King George

Puget Sound Center for Teaching,

Learning and Technology

Whats your
invention?

Think of an invention that you use

regularly that would impact your life
greatly if you had to live without it.

Table Connections
Introduce yourself to your table mates.
Share your name and where you
live and work
Your current job
The invention you use regularly

Pleased to meet you!

My past
My present
My belief in education

In this session

Change
Tomorrows workforce
Innovation vs. invention
Technology in the classroom
REAL learning tasks

Beyond today Take action on at least two

ideas to promote innovation in the
classroom.

Change
What are some big elements of change
occurring in the past 30 years?

Table talk
Share

Our Dreams As
Educators
What skills do our students need to cope with
change?

21 Century Skills: US
st

Critical Thinking/Problem Solving

Written and Oral Communications
Teamwork/Collaboration
Diversity
Information Technology Application
Leadership

Real World Example

Bellingham, WA Radio Ad: 104.3 FM
Wanted: Traffic Reporter Assistant
Must have skill with Word, Excel,
PowerPoint and graphic manipulation
Also, must be able to multi-task and
prioritize in a fast paced office
environment

Dreams to Reality

Explore the kind of learning needed to

prepare students with these skills.

Reaching Our Dreams

What skills and knowledge do TEACHERS need
to offer this type of learning to their students?

Teachers Need To (ISTE):

Inspire student learning and creativity

Design, develop digital age learning
expectations and assessments
Model Digital age work and learning
Promote and model digital age citizenship
Engage in professional growth and leadership

Innovation vs. Invention

1.
2.

Read the 4 discussions comparing

innovation to invention.
Which one helps you clarify the comparison
the best?

Langwitches Blog:
While I was completing my
Masters Degree in Instructional
Technology, I was convinced
that by helping teachers
integrate technology into their
lessons (doing the same
thingjust with technology)
would make the difference.
http://langwitches.org/blog/2009/06/17/never-wasabout-technology-time-to-focus-on-learning/

As a Technology
Integration Facilitator
I was convinced that by co-teaching with
classroom teachers, we would give students
the opportunity to work with different media
to extract/ share information and express
themselves while not adding to the teacher
work load of doing one more thing. We
used technology tools to engage students
and activate THEIR way of thinking and
learning while teaching the CURRENT
curriculum and that would make the
difference.
http://langwitches.org/blog/2009/06/17/never-was-about-technology-timeto-focus-on-learning/

It Never Was About the

Technology
Now, I have arrived at a point
in the process where I
believe that it is not (never
was) about technology. To
make a difference, it has
always been about good
teaching, reflecting and
focusing on (relevant?)
http://langwitches.org/blog/2009/06/17/never-was-about-technologytime-to-focus-on-learning
/
student learning.

Technology Carousel
Think about the ways students work and the
types of activities you include in your lessons.
How can technology add value to or make the
work easier for the following learning tasks?

Communication
Collaboration
Gathering Information
Organization of Information
Expression

The Learning Activity

Checklist

Overview
Filter through which we can look at
lessons

A REAL Task

REAL Audience
REAL Problem
REAL Product
REALTask or not?

Innovate a Traditional
Task

Groups of 3-4
Choose a recorder
Task Template
Revise an existing traditional task so
that it meets the 3REALS of engaging
tasks.
Post your paper for viewing when done

Wows and Wonders

Gallery Walk

View and travel as a team

Sticky Notes to leave your comments:
Wows for insights gained
Wonders for questions you have

Wait for the music signal to move to the

next station

Head- Heart- Foot

Personal reflection
Share if time

Shelee King George

skgeorge@PSCTLT.org

Thank you

Shelee King George

skgeorge@PSCTLT.org