Technology in Education Unit 7

Thomas Edison prediction using technology was:

• Schools would be completely changed in 10 years

• Books would become obsolete in schools

• The phonograph would have classroom applications

• All branches of knowledge could be taught with motion pictures

How do the stages of technological innovations impact what happens in the classroom?

• Technology remains static with current practice.

• Technology makes new and better practices possible

• Technology replaces current practices.

• Technology improves on current practices

• Technology's role evolves with current practice

What level of technological maturity is demonstrated when teachers use technology to link to websites or videos?

• Technology replaces movies and overhead projectors.

• Technology is used to do what was already done in the past.

• Technology provides the same capability as prior equipment.

• Technology supports and extends what is already done.

What does Gardner mean by the "app generation"?

• Cell phones are used as alarm clocks

• Today's generation perceives there existence as a menu of apps.

• Apps make cell phones "Swiss Army Knife" of technology

• Live footage is uploaded and shared to apps.

Evidence that tech is a major part of life

• Computers are quickly adopted

• ATMs and swiping tech

• Tablets and computers are in classrooms

• 80% of teens use social media

• 72% of adults use social media

Technology pedagogical and content knowledge (TPACK) suggests that classroom teachers must not only know a content-specific technology tool, but also how that tool should be used in classroom instruction

• True

• False

When is a teacher's TPACK evident?

• Students view YouTube videos at home

• Teachers use their cell phones to call parents

• A lesson includes a PowerPoint presentation

• An overhead projector is used to display a map

Productivity tools are applications that efficiently accomplish tasks

• True

• False

How may students use a computer application as a cognitive tool?

• Excel spreadsheet for data analysis

• drill and practice exercise provides rehearsal

• interactive thinking map organizes ideas

• teacher demonstration communicates strategies

Why is the use of cognitive tools not necessarily easier for students than traditional teaching tools?

• Cognitive tools require students to be more creative and critical

• Computer applications manipulate complex information

• Teachers provide scaffolds for students in the use of cognitive tools

• Computer spreadsheet applications are challenging to use