Edina Digital Age Learning

Carl Hooker, Digital specialist in Eames, Texas was the day 2 keynote. Carl started as a 1st grade teacher in 2001. Those students are now seniors in college, and WERE 21st Century learners. 1890's view of education in 2000 How much has changed in the last 15 years, and what will education look like, 15 years from now? He shared the image on the right, a view of education in 2000, from the 1890's.  Looking at technology in 2001, and how it has changed since then.  The iPhone, came out in 2007, and look at how far we've come... When we change the way we communicate, we change society. -Clay Shirky Hooker noted, I don't think this was what Shirky meant! Hooker noted that students today think that they are good at multitasking... While communication has evolved, instruction on new modes of communication like texting, posting, tweeting, commenting, livestreaming, snapchatting, etc. has not kept up! Mobile Learning Quadrants: via @eaparki...

Today I saw the following Tweet from Jon Tanner, an Oregon, Wisconsin educator: For how many of us, when we see a cell phone in class, is our first reaction to confiscate it? What if instead, we harnessed the tool to enhance student learning? That is the motivation behind the Cellphones in Learning Blog , created by Michigan State Graduate Student Liz Kolb . The site contains examples on using cell phones to enhance learning such as: Poll Everywhere , which turns cell phones into student response systems MuVChat , which allows students to text questions/comments to a screen while watching videos Sending pictures from cell phones to Flickr accounts Yodio -Allows students to call in and create a digital story. So what do you think? Should we ban them, and not know that students are really texting in their hoody , or should we have students use them as a learning tool? If you think the latter, Kolb's site has a wealth of resources to get started!! Photo Credit: From Mykl Roventine...