Fun, thoughtful technology in the classroom

Fun, thoughtful technology in the classroom

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  Andy Burkhardt &Sarah Faye Cohen Champlain College, Burlington, VT VLA College & Special Libraries Section June, 2011
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  CHAMPLAIN COLLEGE, BURLINGTON,VT 2000 on-campus students Professional Focus Multimedia Graphics E-gaming Digital Forensics Business New Interdisciplinary Core Curriculum Roll-out began Fall 2007 http://www.flickr.com/photos/glemak/270321175/
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  THE “CORE” CURRICULUM Sequential,linked, theme- based courses Interdisciplinary Inquiry-based Common, master syllabi Common texts Common, project-based, research assignments http://www.flickr.com/photos/imagemd/827470717/
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  CHAMPLAIN’S INFO LITPROGRAM “All students, all four years” Incremental Embedded Inquiry Based Rubric-based assessments Common curriculum http://www.flickr.com/photos/ma lloy/195204215/
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  SESSION GOALS: THINGSWE TRY TO DO Inquiry Based (required) “All fun, all the time” Breakdown barriers Thoughtful integration of technology Learn something about our students Photo by Sharon Eastman on wikimedia commons: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Berlin_fallofwall_emerson.jpg
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  YOUTUBE IN TEACHING Fallsemester, sophomores Not your high school session on plagiarism Ethical use of information “Real world” examples Murky/Grey
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  THE SESSION OUTCOME… Strongstudent engagement Visual & Kinesthetic Hands on wrestling with ethics and uncertainty Surprises students http://www.flickr.com/photos/ckorhonen/3678599268/
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  CELL PHONES INTHE CLASSROOM Fall semester, first years First interaction with librarians Sexy use of ubiquitous technology “New School” interactive Enhanced classroom dynamic http://www.flickr.com/photos/tommyhuynh/1219122548
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  WHERE DO YOULIKE TO GET INFORMATION? TV Other People 5% 5% 25% The Web 296 People 97 The Web TV 20 65% Other 20 Total 393
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  HOW DO YOUSEARCH? Yahoo 2% Bing 5% The Google 357 Google Yahoo 10 86% Library Bing 20 4% The Library 18 Other Other 13 3% Total 418
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  HOW DO YOUSHARE INFORMATION? Email it Other 5% 9% Print it 4% Talk about it 205 Talk about Texting Facebook 66 it 16% 50% Texting 64 Facebook Print it 15 16% Email it 20 Other 38 Total 408
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  WHAT’S NEXT? Polls inother classes • Student directed learning • Citation evaluation • Website evaluation Everything in moderation http://www.flickr.com/photos/theunquietlibrary/3800432619/
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  CONCLUSION Thoughtful technology in the classroom…  Helps students jump into inquiry  Sparks thinking  Connects us with this generation of students  Offers fun in the classroom for us http://www.flickr.com/photos/remcat/2693930736
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  FEEL FREE TOCONTACT US: ANDY BURKHARDT: ABURKHARDT@CHAMPLAIN.EDU HTTP://ANDYBURKHARDT.COM @VONBURKHARDT SARAH FAYE COHEN: COHEN@CHAMPLAIN.EDU HTTP://THESHECKSPOT.BLOGSPOT.COM/ @THESHECK THANK YOU