Shelee King George

Puget Sound Center for Teaching,

Learning and Technology
What’s your invention?
Think of an invention that you use
regularly that would impact your life
greatly if you had to live without it.
Table Connections
Introduce yourself to your table mates.
 Share your name and where you
live and work
 Your current job
 The invention you use regularly
Pleased to meet you!
 My past
 My present
 My belief in education
In this session…
 Change
 Tomorrow’s workforce
 Innovation vs. invention
 Technology in the classroom
 REAL learning tasks

Beyond today – Take action on at least two

ideas to promote innovation in the
classroom.
Change
What are some big elements of change
occurring in the past 30 years?

Table talk

Share
Our Dreams As Educators

What skills do our students need to cope with

change?
21st Century Skills: US
 Critical Thinking/Problem Solving
 Written and Oral Communications
 Teamwork/Collaboration
 Diversity
 Information Technology Application
 Leadership
Real World Example

Bellingham, WA Radio Ad: 104.3 FM

Wanted: Traffic Reporter Assistant

Must have skill with Word, Excel,

PowerPoint and graphic manipulation
Also, must be able to multi-task and
prioritize in a fast paced office
environment
 Dreams to Reality

 Explorethe kind of learning needed to

prepare students with these skills….
Reaching Our Dreams
What skills and knowledge do TEACHERS need
to offer this type of learning to their students?
Teachers Need To (ISTE):
 Inspire student learning and creativity
 Design, develop digital age learning
expectations and assessments
 Model Digital age work and learning
 Promote and model digital age citizenship
 Engage in professional growth and leadership
Innovation vs. Invention
1. Read the 4 discussions comparing
innovation to invention.
2. Which one helps you clarify the comparison
the best?
Langwitches Blog:
While I was completing my Masters
Degree in Instructional Technology, I was
convinced that by helping teachers
integrate technology into their lessons
(doing the same thing…just with
technology) would make the difference.

http://langwitches.org/blog/2009/06/17/never-was-
about-technology-time-to-focus-on-learning/
As a Technology Integration
Facilitator
… I was convinced that by co-teaching with
classroom teachers, we would give students the
opportunity to work with different media to extract/
share information and express themselves while not
adding to the teacher work load of doing “one more
thing”. We used technology tools to engage students
and activate THEIR way of thinking and learning
while teaching the CURRENT curriculum and that
would make the difference.
http://langwitches.org/blog/2009/06/17/never-was-about-
technology-time-to-focus-on-learning/
It Never Was About the Technology
Now, I have arrived at a point in the
process where I believe that it is not
(never was) about technology. To make
a difference, it has always been about
good teaching, reflecting and focusing
on (relevant?) student learning.

http://langwitches.org/blog/2009/06/17/never-was-about-technology-
time-to-focus-on-learning/
Technology Carousel

 Think about the ways students work and the

types of activities you include in your lessons.
 How can technology add value to or make the
work easier for the following learning tasks?

 Communication
 Collaboration
 Gathering Information
 Organization of Information
 Expression
The Learning Activity Checklist
 Overview
 Filter through which we can look at
lessons
A REAL Task
 REAL Audience
 REAL Problem
 REAL Product

 REALTask or not?
Innovate a Traditional Task
 Groups of 3-4
 Choose a recorder
 Task Template
 Revise an existing traditional task so
that it meets the 3REALS of engaging
tasks.
 Post your paper for viewing when done
Wows and Wonders Gallery Walk
 View and travel as a team
 Sticky Notes to leave your comments:
 Wows for insights gained
 Wonders for questions you have
 Wait for the music signal to move to the
next station
Head- Heart- Foot
 Personal reflection
 Share if time

Shelee King George

skgeorge@PSCTLT.org
Thank you
 Shelee King George
 skgeorge@PSCTLT.org