Tech Integration Teacher, What time is it?
Education with Technology Harry G. Tuttle
by hgtuttle
3y ago
When someone asks what time it is, that person wants to know the time, not the history of the clock, not how a clock works, and not what other types of clocks there are. Classroom teachers want to help their students improve their academic learning through technology. Sometimes they need help with technology so they go to a technology integration teacher. Any technology integration teacher should offer direct instruction in exactly what the teacher wants. A friend of mine just came back from a one-on-one training session on a management system. He felt lost since the technology integratio ..read more
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Curriculum Focus, Not Technology Focus
Education with Technology Harry G. Tuttle
by hgtuttle
3y ago
In my public school career I have been a classroom teacher, a technology integration specialist and a technology administrator. In my technology role, I served under the Assistant Superintendent for Instruction. She had a simple mission: Improve students’ academic learning. My mission was equally simple: Improve students’ academic learning through technology. I met with the curriculum chairs to learn about the curriculum, how it was taught, and areas in which teachers and students had the most difficulty. When I met with grade level or curriculum teacher teams, we talked about the curriculum ..read more
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Students React to Digital Badges: Pros, Cons and Interesting
Education with Technology Harry G. Tuttle
by hgtuttle
3y ago
  ISTE 2016 By Harry Grover Tuttle, Ed. D. College World Language Students’ Preferences Digital Badges – 52%        Paper Certificates – 48% World Language: Can-Do Digital Badges Digital Badges Pro- – Breaks down proficiency more – Shows all badges at once – Is more attractive – Is more appropriate since we use Schoology – Avoids misplacing paper certificates Con – Prefer Paper Certificates – Looks more official / credibile – Has a physical touch – Is easier for me, limited tech at home – Is easier to read the proficiency name – Can have it when the course / Schoology ..read more
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Digital Badges: Naming the Badge
Education with Technology Harry G. Tuttle
by hgtuttle
3y ago
Once teachers have selected what learning and what digital badges (individual or category badges; see previous blog), the teachers encounter another decision. What will they name each badge? Will they use the full name of the Common Core Standard or the national proficiency? For English, under “Speaking and Listening,”will they write out SL.2 “Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally” as the badge name? Will they use an abbreviated word name such as “eval media”? Or will the teachers use a number code such as SL2 ..read more
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Digital Badges: Better Than Grades?
Education with Technology Harry G. Tuttle
by hgtuttle
3y ago
Teachers understand that the grade in a course consists of many different factors such as homework, participation , projects, tests, etc. Blodget observes that sometimes grades reflect attitude, effort, ability and behavior (http://www.academia.edu/9074119/Grading_and_Whether_or_not_Grades_Accurately_Reflect_Student_Achievement). Equally important, a letter grade does not mean the same thing among grade level teachers. Does an “A” in Mrs. Brown’s 7th grade English class in Roxo Middle School equal an “A” in Mr. Cooper’s 7th grade English class in the same school? (tuttle, https://eduwithtechn ..read more
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World Language Students Use of Mobile Devices in the Classroom
Education with Technology Harry G. Tuttle
by hgtuttle
3y ago
Do world language students use technology n the classroom? Do their  teachers go beyond having their students use technology simply for the drill and practice in vocabulary and grammar? Students can use laptops and mobile devices to hear authentic language, read authentic texts, read tweets about famous performers, see up-to-the-moment culture,  watch video clips, see tv shows, and communicate with native speakers (Tuttle, 2013). Teachers can help students select those learning activities appropriate to their language level. Often these mobile activities have built in conte ..read more
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Digital Badges: Individual or Categorized Learning Badges?
Education with Technology Harry G. Tuttle
by hgtuttle
3y ago
The idea of digital badges sounds appealing for the digital children in classes. As teachers start thinking about digital badges, they have to figure out what badges will be awarded. The teachers can award social or academic badges. If teachers decide to use academic badges, then the teachers may base their badges on the Common Core Standards or other international proficiencies. That decision leads to additional questions. How much learning will the students do during the course? How many badges will be awarded during the course? Will the badges represent each individual proficiency or catego ..read more
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English +Common Core +Mobile = Success (ISTE2014 Poster -details)
Education with Technology Harry G. Tuttle
by hgtuttle
3y ago
Here are the ten examples I showed at my English + Common Core  + Mobile ISTE 2014 Poster Session: Based on CCSS Anchor Statements: L.2 Take a Conventions Mobile Online Quiz  to pick the  incorrect sentence from four choices (capitalization) SL.2  Evaluate audio recording of a  book chapter on mobile and predict for next chapter. SL.4 Tell about a mobile picture of a place far from your home by using space organization. SL.6 Present mobile recorded news to two different groups (HS class and elementary class). R.2 Create a one minute small group video to record the &nbs ..read more
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Global Cultural Learning Using Mobile Devices (ISTE Mobile MegaShare Presentation)
Education with Technology Harry G. Tuttle
by hgtuttle
3y ago
Based on my presentation at ISTE 2014 Mobile Megashare Why teach about other countries? Location: Large view to small on maps. Culture or culture. Find six similarities in a  mobile picture from another culture (“Wars are caused by differences, not similarities.”-Tuttle.) Tell one piece of information from each different Internet visual from a place in that country. Have students do a Visual Analysis and Interpretation (Literal; Inference; and Value) for visuals from another country.  Use Flickr to find current images. Analyze the same topic by looking at pictures ..read more
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English + Common Core + Mobile = Success in Learning Poster Session at ISTE 2014
Education with Technology Harry G. Tuttle
by hgtuttle
3y ago
In my ISTE Sunday 8-10 am poster session, I demonstrate many diverse mobile activities to help students achieve the English Language Arts Common Core Anchor Statements through mobile devices. The mobile activities focus on free common tool apps that are available on both the Android and the iPad. The students use the apps as a seamless tools with which to show their demonstration of the Anchor Statements.  Here are short descriptions of three activities: L.2 Conventions Mobile Online Survey. Teachers can give their students quick conventions formative assessment QR codes th ..read more
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