Formats:
Presentations can take the form of keynote addresses, conference sessions, specialized workshops for conferences or ongoing professional development at a variety of educational venues. All topics listed can be adapted for each audience and format requirement.
Topics:
Project-Based Learning in a Technology Rich Environment
The challenge of bringing 21st century learning and teaching into today’s schools is huge. Many schools and districts across the country have found that project-based learning addresses the challenge. Students learn to work collaboratively, research effectively, present their findings, draw from all disciplines, and realize the “real world” applications of how they spend their time at school. And test scores go up. See examples. Develop criteria for your own setting. Share ideas. Our kids (and teachers) deserve it.
Digital Storytelling: Using Multimedia Tools to Tell the Tale
Once upon a time, we all learned our lessons sitting around a campfire, or our grandmother's kitchen, as the elders told us stories that taught how to think, how to act, and what was important in life. Today, technology tools make it possible for everyone to share themselves and their learning using words, images, sounds, and other effects. A huge audience--the whole world--awaits the insights of you and your students.
Information Literacy
Since we all suffer from TMI (too much information) these days, we must help students sort through what they see and hear from the myriad sources available, incuding television, radio, billboards, books, magazines, and the Internet. There are solid criteria for evaluating Web sites, video segments, TV ads, and other media. Familiarizing students with these tools equips them for critically analyzing anything they see and hear.
Multiple Intelligences in the Curriculum
We all encompass varying degrees of a variety of intelligences, including linguistic, logical-mathematical, spatial, musical, bodily-kinesthetic, naturalist, interpersonal, and intrapersonal abilities. When we can provide opportunities for students to learn using these intelligences, they strengthen their abilities in all areas.
Integrating Technology into Teaching and Learning
Effective use of technology skills enhances instruction in all areas of the curriculum. An array of tools, Web sites, online and offline materials make teaching and learning more interesting for teachers and students.