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BCS Technology:
Where things are heading
Jim Niedermeier
September 22, 2010
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What we have at BCS
iPod Touches!
Digitizing Tablets!

SMART Boards SMART Tables

and response for youngest
devices learners!
in every Desktops
D kt iin every room!!
classroom! Laptops everywhere!

Ca e a !
Cameras! Red Cat
Powerful WiFi and LAN
network Audio Systems in
every classroom!
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BOE End

Students are productive citizens

prepared to succeed in their
choice of career, field of
academic study and areas of
interest.
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JJeanne Meister,, author of The 2020
Workplace (2010), on Net Gen
Predictions about the 2020 workplace:

 Mobile devices and the web will

b
become offices
ffi

 Recruiting will take place on social

networking sites

 Video games will become delivery

modes for training

 Social Media literacy will be required

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2020 Leadership
p Traits
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What
W at are
a e employers
e p oye s e
expecting?
pect g
Are they really ready to work? (2006)
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Preparing
p g students for
careers that don’t yet exist.
(or why y every
y teacher must be a
teacher of technology—whether we
like it or not)
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Understanding
g our tools

 The internet is no longer a

really fast card catalogue

 A iP
An iPod
d iisn’t
’t a ttape player
l

 A SMART Board isn’t an

overhead projector

 Many important tools are free

or monetized differently
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Modeling
Mode g co
collaboration
abo at o
How do I teach them to be 21st century leaders?
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Writing
W t g Collaboratively
Co abo at ve y
Google Docs
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Seeking
See g Instant
sta t Feedback
eedbac
Poll Everywhere
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Seeking
See g Instant
sta t Feedback
eedbac
G-Whiz Mobile Learning Assessment Tool
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Becoming
eco g Digitally
g ta y Co
Confident
de t
Weebly
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Modeling
Mode g Digital
g ta Confidence
Co de ce
School World Webpages
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Using
Us g technology
tec o ogy to stay relevant
e eva t
Is the most cutting edge information at conferences?
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Using
Us g technology
tec o ogy to stay relevant
e eva t
How do I keep up with changing information?
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Using
Us g tech
tec to level
eve tthe
epplaying
ay g field
ed
How do I bridge the digital divide?
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Bridging
dg g tthe
e Digital
g ta Divide
v de
Windows Live@Edu
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What’s next?

...all
all students will be
reading, g writing,
g and
computing proficiently at
th conclusion
the l i off each h
g
grade.