Reading

Telling the New Story

 * Students will think creatively, construct knowledge and develop innovative products using technology.**
 * recognize the interdependence and relationships within complex issues
 * identify trends and forecast possibilities


 * In this block of learning you will**
 * view, listen, and read to gain an understanding of how the new web tools are having an impact on teaching and learning
 * reflect on your own practice and the possibilities for change

We will begin the summer program by finding out how other teachers are using technology and how it has changed their instructional practice, their expectations for students and its impact on their own learning.

Kathy Cassidy's video, //Telling the New Story//, and the podcast, //Telling the New Story: One Year Later,// will be the starting place for our summer of learning.

1. Watch the video media type="youtube" key="qZ8VAef8QM4" width="425" height="350"

Recently [|Dean Shareski] from Moose Jaw had a conversation with three teachers, including Kathy Cassidy, who have embedded technology in their instructional practice. In this podcast they talk about the changes they have experienced over the past year as users of technology, as teachers and as learners. Pour yourself a cup of coffee, sit back and enjoy! Your first blog post (block two) will ask you to respond to what you have seen and heard.

2. Listen to the podcast: [|Telling the New Story: One Year Later - A Podcast]

3. View the blogs [from the Show Notes list] that are talked about in the podcast. Read through some of the posts. Examine how the blogs are set up. What makes these blogs appealing and readable? What evidence of best instructional practices do you see, read and maybe even hear about?

//The following blogs are not mentioned in the podcast but are examples of grade four and five blogs// [|Learning is Messy] (Grade 4, Nevada) Read about how Web 2.0 technologies allow a student with leukemia to learn with her classmates. [|5B@MAS] (Mamaroneck, NY)

//Optional Viewing:// Kathy Cassidy's presentation for the K-12 Online Conference, [|Using Web 2.0 Tools in a Grade One Classroom]. Includes a short video (wmv) and show notes - links to blogs, etc discussed in the video.

[[image:brainclick.gif align="right"]]Part II: Reflecting
//Following the video, the podcast and reading the blogs reflect on what you have seen, heard and read://
 * 1) How has embedded technology changed teachers attitudes about teaching.... about technology?
 * 2) How has embedded technology changed student attitudes about learning... about technology?
 * 3) What difficulties and barriers have these teachers faced? What issues/concerns do they still have about technology?
 * 4) What is your response to the global response to their work the students are receiving?
 * 5) Do you agree with the teacher's views of the future? What is your vision of the future with regards to technology, teaching and learning?

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