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Discussion1
GroupAforAwesome
BrandyDiltz,KaraStucky,SteveMaltby

Hereisonevisionofwhattheclassroomortrainingcenterwilllooklikein2025.Seepp.89of
theIntegratingbookonthehistoryofdigitaltechnologiesineducation.Sinceminoritiesinthe
U.S.aremorelikelytobelievethateducationwillhelptheircareers,weneedtothinkabout
findingwaystoeducatemorepeoplemoreeffectivelyandtechnologyenhancesthiseffort.How
theU.S.viewsthefutureoftechnologymustbeconsideredinfiguringouthowtousethetalents
ofallpeople.Othercountrieshavesimilargoalsforeducatingtheircitizenry,thoughdiffering
situationsandapproaches.ChoosetheU.S.oranothercountryandmaketwosuggestions
abouthowwecanusetechnologytoincreaselearningopportunities.Citetwoarticles
supportingthesepredictions.

ResponseSteveBlueKaraPurpleBrandyRed

ThefirstthingIthinkwecandoismaketheISTEstandardsapriorityinourschool
curriculum.WhenNoChildLeftBehindcameabout,allthefocusturnedtothemathand
readingstandards.NowallthefocushasturnedtotheCommonCoreStateStandards
(CCSS)andtextbookadoptionprogramsthatarealignedwiththeCCSS.Ihavetaughtfor
fourteenyearsandwasunawareoftheISTEuntilItookEDCI718acoupleofyearsago.
ISTEstandardshavenotcomeupinanyofourconversationsaboutstandardsorteaching
practices.Iftheydidcomeup,itwouldprobablybesuggestedthatwehaveenoughonour
platealready.Andtoadegree,thatwouldbeaccurate.Butthatalsodoesntmeanwe
shouldignorethem.Weshouldusetheminconjunctionwithourstatestandards.Ithink
thiswouldbetterpreparealllearnersforthefuture.
Thesecondthingwecandoismaketechnologymoreaccessibleathome.Technology
hascomealongwayinschool.Manyclassroomshaveadoptedonetoonetechnology
programsinadditiontoschoolcomputerlabsthatallowstudentstoconnecttotheworld
(wellthepartsoftheworldthatarentstoppedbythefirewall).Butwhensomestudentsgo
hometheyareonceagaindisconnected.OneruralschoolinPennsylvaniasawthis
problemandfoundasolution.Theyfeltitwasworththemoneyforthedistricttobuy
internetaccessforthosestudentsthatdidnthaveit.Atfirst,Iwassurprisedbythisidea.
Butaswentthroughthisweekreadingsandvideos,Iwasremindedofitandallofits
potential.AsIreadmoreaboutit,Idiscoveredthereareafewschoolsthathaveprograms
thatofferfreeorlowcostinternet.Manyoftheprogramsaresetupverysimilarto
programsforfreeandreducedlunches.AccordingtoKatrinaSchwartz(2013),some
programssuchasEveryoneOnarenotaffiliatedwithaparticularschoolbutofferinternet
accessfor$10.00permonth.
Ithinkmoreandmoreschoolshouldlookattheseprogramstogiveourstudentsmore
opportunitiestolearn.IfwegiveourstudentsaniPadtouseatschool,theyareonalevel
playingfieldwithotherstudents.Butwhentheygohome,theplayingfieldcanbeverylop
sided.

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BrandyDiltz,KaraStucky,SteveMaltby

IcompletelyagreewithmorefocusontheISTEstandards.WhenIwasreadingthetextI
noticedthedatefortheintroductionofthosestandardswasin1998(Robyler,p.9).Ididnot
knowtheyexisteduntillastyear.Thesestandardscouldeasilygoalongwithwhatevercontent
standardsweareusing.

IalsoonlyfoundoutabouttheISTEstandardslastyear.Iwouldliketoseethemusedasa
frameworkforallofthecontentstandardsthatweteach,especiallyinaonetooneschool.With
alloftheinformationthatisavailableonline,thefocusshouldbeplacedonhigherorderthinking
skills,allowingstudentstosynthesizeinformationandcreateaproducttoshowwhattheyhave
learned,ratherthanmemorizingfactsthatcanbefoundonlineinafewseconds.

Ithinkanotherwaytoimprovelearningthroughtechnologywouldbetousetechnologyformore
thanjustsayingIusedtechnology.Allowingstudentstocreatenotjusttakenotesontheir
devices.IattendatraininglastyearbasedontheSAMRmodelwhichtalksaboutdifferentlevels
ofusingtechnologyintheclassroom.Thelowestlevels,whicharenecessary,beingsubstituion
andaugmentation.Whichisbasicallyusingtechnologytoreplacethingsthathavealwaysbeen
done.Forexamplehavingstudentscompleteaworksheetontheirdeviceinsteadofonpaper.
Thenitmovesuptothemodificationandredefinitionlevelsinwhichtasksareredefinedandnew
creationisallowedfor.OnearticleaboutthismodelstatesthatWhentechnologyisusedin
thiswayitleadstothetransformationofclassroom
andstudentworkflowsandthetechnologyisusedinitsmosteffectiveform(iPadsfor
Education).

Inourtextbook,itsaysInanincreasinglytechnologicalsociety,weneedmoreteacherswhoare
bothtechnologysavvyandchildcentered(Robyler,p.10).Teachertrainingandsupportwillbe
essentialasmoreandmorestudentshaveaccesstotechnologyintheclassroom.Boththe
SAMRmodelandtheISTEstandardscanhelpguideteachersinhowtousetechnologyto
supportstudentlearning.

References
IPadsforEducation.(2014,January1).RetrievedSeptember19,2014,from
http://det.wa.edu.au/ipadsforeducation/detcms/navigation/literacyandnumeracyfocus/?page=al
l#internalSection3

Schwartz,K.(2013,March21).Internetaccessforall:Anewprogramtargetslowincome
students.RetrievedSeptember19,2014,from
http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/03/internetaccessforeveryoneanewprogramtargetslow
incomestudents/

Roblyer,M.,&Edwards,J.(2013).IntegratingEducationalTechnologyintoTeaching(6thed.,p.
9,10).UpperSaddleRiver,N.J.:Merrill.

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Discussion1
GroupAforAwesome
BrandyDiltz,KaraStucky,SteveMaltby

DiscussionSteveBlueKaraPurpleBrandyRed
SteveAnyideasonthebestwaytohavethediscussion?

Iknowwehavetoshowwhatwediscussedsomaybejusttypeourthoughtshereandrespond
toeachother?

Soundsgoodtome!Wecaneachuseadifferentcolor.

Dideitherofyouwatchanyofthevideos?IwatchedtheTedTalksvideo.Itwasinterestingand
alittlescaryinaway.Thinkingaboutthetechnologydecreasingjobsinthefuture.
Iwatchedthatonealso.IthoughtitwasalittlescaryalsobutIwonderedifitwasntbecauseof
thelossofbluecollarjobs.Igrewupinabluecollarhomeandtownforthatmatter.

Iagreewiththelossofbluecollarjobsbeingafearfultopic.Karathevideowastalkingabout
morejobsbeingtakenoverbytechnologyandthelossofjobsbeingavailableinthefuture.

Whatwasyourvideoabout?Iwaswonderingthatalso.

Iwantedtowatchthatone,butranoutoftime!SoIwatchedHPClassroomoftheFuture.Itsa
videocreatedbyHPshowingwhataclassroomofthefuturewouldlooklikewithnew
technology.Eachstudenthadapersonalcomputerandthescreenwasatouchscreentablet.
Thecomputerswereondesksthatcouldrollaroundandwouldallowforvariousclassroom
arrangements.Italsotalkedaboutcollaborationwithoutboundaries,allowingstudentstovideo
conferencewithpeoplearoundtheworld.Andtheteacherwasgettinginstantfeedbackonthe
studentsastheywereworkingontheircomputers.Tobehonest,Ididntfeellikeitwastoofar
fromwhatisalreadyhappeninginschoolsaroundtheworld.

ThatsoundsinterestingandIagreethereareschoolswhoarealreadylikethat.
Thatdoessoundcoolandveryclose.

Doeitherofyouhave1to1inyourschools?

Yes,weareonetoonewithChromebooks,butthisisourfirstyear.Iteach6th,7th,and8th
grade.Wealsodontallowthestudentstotaketheirdeviceshome.

IhaveonetooneiPads.Iteachsixthgradesowedontletthemtakethemhome.

Wehave1to1iPadsaswell.Thatissimilartome.Iteach7thgradebutourdistrictdoesallow
thestudentstotakethemhome68andourHShasairbooks.
Our58gradehasiPads.HShasChromebooks.Theycantaketheirshome.

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Discussion1
GroupAforAwesome
BrandyDiltz,KaraStucky,SteveMaltby
Whatchallengesdoesincauseforyoubothwithyourstudentsnotbeingabletotaketheir
deviceshome?
Formeitslimitation.Itsfunnyyouaskthatbecauseitspartofmyresponsetoourquestion.
Mystudentswithinternetaccesscanusetheirgoogleaccountathomeandatschoolbutmy
studentswithoutitarelimitedbecausetheydonthavethedeviseorinternet.

Ithasntbeenalimitationyet,butweareonlytwoweeksin.WithChromebooksusingthe
ChromeOS,thestudentsareabletoaccesseverythingontheirChromebookfromany
computerwiththeChromewebbrowser.Beinganinternationalschool,allofourstudentshave
accesstocomputersandtheinternetathome.Thisisadifferentsituationtomostschoolsin
theStates.

ItwouldcompletelychangehowIdothingsifmykidscouldnttaketheirdevicehome.Eventhe
oneswithoutinternetcanstillworkonthingsthattheydownloadorputintheirreadinglistbefore
theyleavethedistrict.IcouldseehowitwouldntbeasmuchofaconcernforyouKarasince
theyallhavecomputersandinternetathomeanyways.

Ithasn'tbeenhorriblebutwhenIthinkIwouldliketotryaflippedclassroombecauseitsounds
likeacoolidea,IknowIcantdoit.OnetheotherhandwewouldhavealotmorebrokeniPads
iftheydidtakethemhome.
WehavealotofstudentswithfreeorreducedlunchesthatalsodonthaveinternetsoaniPad
mightbelimitedathomeanyway

Thatistrue.Wehavehadsomebreakageissuesbutmoreofthatoccursatschoolthenhome.
Therehavebeenafewstolenandlostbutmostarerecoveredthroughtracking.
AnywaysIguessweshouldanswerourquestion:)

Agree.IwasuncertainastohowtodothissoIwroteuparesponsetothequestion.Iwillcopy
andpasteit.

Letsdoit!Shouldweeraseallofwhatwewrotejustnow?

Ithinkitwouldbeokaytoleaveitatthebottomsincewearesupposedtoshowwhatwe
discussedSteveifyouwanttopasteyourresponseinwecouldaddourthoughtsattheend
andthendiscussallofourideas.
Soundsgood.

Soundsgoodtome.

IhadnotheardoftheSAMRmodel.Immakinganoteofitnow.
IagreewithbothofyoubutIhavetosay,ifIwasnttakingtheseclassesandmyclasswasgiven
iPads,theywouldprobablybeusedmainlyfordrillandpractice.ThankgoodnessImworkingon
thismasters!!!

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BrandyDiltz,KaraStucky,SteveMaltby
IcompletelyagreewithyouSteve.Iseealotofteacherswhoarejustunsureofwhattodowith
theiPads.IthinkusingitforsomethingisbetterthannothingIjustwanttostrivetomakingmore
meaningfulsinceInowknowmore.

KaraIagreeaboutthehigherorderthinkingskillsbeingmoreofafocus.

Ithinkwehaveit!Shouldwemoveallofthequestionanswerstothetopanddiscussiontothe
bottomorjustleaveitasis?

Isaymoveitsoothersthathavetoreaditcangettothemeatofwhattheyneedtoread.
Iwouldsaymoveitup!
OkayIcanmoveitifyouguyswanttohangoutforjustaminuteandletmeknowifitisokay.

Looksgood.
Okay??
Arewefinished?
IthinkKaraisjustfinishinghersourcethenwewillbegood.
Justaddedthesourceforthetextbook.Weshouldbegoodtogo!:)

DoessomeonewanttopostthisorIcan..
Areyouplanningonpostingthelinktothisdocument?Ifso,weneedtomakesurethatthe
sharesettingsarethatanyonewiththelinkcanview.

IcanorIcandownloaditasaPDFandpostit.

IthinkaPDFwouldbegood!BrandyIfyoudontminddoingthisone,Icandothenextone.
Thatsoundsgreat!Icandothelast.

OkayIwillsaveitandpostit.Thankyouboth!
Thankyoubothalso.Thiswasneatanditwentgreat.GoodNightandGoodMorning.
Goodnight!Thanksforagreatdiscussion!