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=NEIT 2017 - Progessive Ed Tech=

Dwight School-- Matthew Moran

 * It's all moving targets-- everything changes all the time. But the test for success is "let's take it away and see what they say."

The Pingry School-- Megan Jones
Progressive Ed Tech Sample Tech Toolbox from  Hillsborough Public Schools (NJ)  -  Animate - Anmish, Powtoon  Assess - Google Forms, Socrative, VoiceThread  Diagramming - Mindmup, Lucid Chart, MindMeister  Poster/Infographic - Easelly, Piktochart, Smore  Study skills - Quizlet, Study Stack  Create Presentations - Slides, Prezi, Haiku Deck  Screencasting - SnagIt, Screencastify  Record video - VoiceThread, MoveNote  Interactive Whiteboard - Educreations  Create movies - MoveNote, Magisto, We Video  Record audio - recordmp3.org, Vocaroo  Create/edit images - Google Drawing, Discovery Education, Pic Monkey  Multimedia Resources - Discovery Education, BrainPop  Faculty Starter Tech Toolbox for The Pingry School
 * Seen in a public school: They were evaluating the 1 to 1 program, but they have a set tool box of tools for teachers that they recommend teachers use and train them heavily on. 8-10 tools that they recommend to teachers. Try this tool if you're looking to do this.
 * Designing "Tech Literacies" throughout the school
 * looked at some examples from public schools, didn't really fit
 * worked individually with departments and asked "Okay, what skills are you trying to have them do? Let's find tools that fit and support that skill set."
 * Google Plus Page community-- a page for the teachers where she posts new info, apps, programs, etc. for teachers to see
 * Helpful as a record for what she's found over time
 * PD-- One in service day a year that's led by faculty-- them demoing a tool they use in their classrooms. When teachers hear it from their peers, they're more likely to use it/take it on

Columbia Grammar: Amanda Troha

 * Offers a start of the year seminar for teachers about "Here's some cool stuff we have."

What do we want the kids to be doing--> start there. And then find the tools to support that.
 * the device is a tool. USE IT AS A TOOL.
 * Unplugging is an important thing for them to be able to do, developmentally

Who's teaching the students the skills they need? Can we ask the teachers to do it?

Rodeph Shalom: Vanessa Miller

 * Teaches art class (3D printing, etc.)
 * Had a designated tech class, they took it away because they figured the kids didn't need it ("they have iPads so they're using tech already!") but now they come to 5th grade with no idea how to navigate or use a computer ("What's a dock?")

__**Change the Message:**__ You have to teach these skills to be a self-directed learner To be an inquiry based program-- they need to have their skill set So in order to get them to explore their education progressively, they need these skills first

Elizabeth Morrow School: Sarah Rolle

 * Where do our teachers hear the message from?
 * The "tech curriculum" should be changeable and be malleable
 * A spreadsheet with skills--> coding, robotics, typing, navigating, etc.
 * Allows her to overlay skills with projects
 * Example: teachers used iMovie in their Revolutionary War unit: kids still wrote a paper, but also made a movie to explain what they knew. A student who couldn't write a paper/express himself in text, was able to make an amazing video
 * What's the next level for technology in schools? The tech supports what they're doing, and does it in a way that's easier, but what does it offer us beyond that? What does it give us that we don't otherwise have?

Rodeph Shalom: Elizabeth Shaw

 * Tech needs to allow for differentiation: what do you do for the kid who has visual tracking issues? What about the kid who's going to drop the laptop? Lose the iPad?

Dwight School-- Matthew Moran

 * Let students have their own choices in tools: You want to build a game? Okay, use Scratch or Twine or Minecraft, or whatever
 * Heads up kids: If you decide to use a tool I don't know/we haven't trained in, you totally can. But you're going to need to be responsible for learning it/watching a YouTube video, etc.
 * The teacher is already doing a unit: hey maybe next year let's try doing this thing

LREI-- Joy Piedmont

 * 9th and 10th grade Academy
 * Covers sex ed, drugs, etc. and also digital literacy

Dalton: Christie

 * Curriculum mapping is so important
 * Curriculum based projects that use tech have been going on for several years--> there's been time to learn and preparation
 * They up the ante each year or so: hey, let's try this additional thing on this project