EDU221TeamPresentation

=Team Presentation= You will be part of a team that will present on one of the following topics. Your presentation should be creative as well as informative. Get your audience excited about your topic and make them want to use it in their classroom. Your presentation should last at least 10 minutes and you can have up to 20. All team members need to be a part of the presentation. = = Your team will learn about/research the topic and be ready to share with the rest of the class: PLUS each team member is responsible for sharing at least three lesson plan examples using your technology (you do not have to create this lesson plan, just find good examples on the web or from another resource). Demonstrate at least one of them. Get your audience excited about how they can use this technology in their classroom. AND your team will create some kind of digital presence of the main points of your presentation that you will link to the artifacts page of the class wiki.
 * What it is
 * What can be done with it in the classroom
 * Why should it be used in the classroom
 * Why should it NOT be used in the classroom [pedagogical reasons, as well those of administrators and parents]
 * What are the risks, the legal issues, and the ethical concerns
 * What's already in the classroom that can do the same or a similar thing
 * What can it do that can't be done with any other tools
 * What equipment/ training is required to use it
 * How much does it cost

=__**TOPIC CHOICES**__= =Hardware=
 * MP3 players (high schools and colleges across the country are giving iPods or other MP3 players to their students--they're more than a music source--what are they doing with them?)
 * GPS devices (Global Positioning Systems) [could be coupled with GIS software below]
 * Handheld computers (Palms, PocketPCs, formerly known as PDA's--Personal Digital Assistants)
 * robotics
 * interactive whiteboards (Smartboards and other brands and types)
 * dataloggers

=Software/Internet Services=
 * Google Earth and other GIS (Geographic Information Systems) software [could be coupled with GPS devices above]
 * note taking and student organization software/online services (the software package NoteShare is on all laptops in 7th and 8th grade classes in Maine, but there's also OneNote, EverNote, GoBinder and others)
 * Scratch, a new programming language specifically developed to help students create and share games, interactive art, multimedia stories and more. Scratch can be downloaded for free at: http://scratch.mit.edu/

=Curricular Projects/ Products/ Concepts=
 * Project-based Learning / Problem-based Learning / Service Learning [must focus on technology usage in these situations]
 * digital story telling (focus on video and graphic)
 * podcasting (including audio recordings whether they're really podcast or not)
 * e-books (creating and publishing your own)