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BCS Technology:
Where things are heading
Jim Niedermeier
September 22, 2010
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What we have at BCS
iPod Touches!
Digitizing Tablets!

SMART Boards and SMART Tables

response devices for youngest
in every classroom! learners!
Desktops in every room!
Laptops everywhere!

Cameras! Red Cat

Powerful WiFi and LAN
network Audio Systems in
every classroom!
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BOE End

Students are productive citizens

prepared to succeed in their choice
of career, field of academic study
and areas of interest.
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Jeanne Meister, author of The 2020
Workplace (2010), on Net Gen
Predictions about the 2020 workplace:

 Mobile devices and the web will become

offices

 Recruiting will take place on social

networking sites

 Video games will become delivery modes

for training

 Social Media literacy will be required

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2020 Leadership Traits
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What are employers expecting?
Are they really ready to work? (2006)
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that don’t yet exist.
(or why every teacher must be a teacher of
technology—whether we like it or not)
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Understanding our tools

 The internet is no longer a really

fast card catalogue

 An iPod isn’t a tape player

 A SMART Board isn’t an overhead

projector

 Many important tools are free or

monetized differently
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Modeling collaboration
How do I teach them to be 21st century leaders?
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Writing Collaboratively
Google Docs
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Seeking Instant Feedback
Poll Everywhere
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Seeking Instant Feedback
G-Whiz Mobile Learning Assessment Tool
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Becoming Digitally Confident
Weebly
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Modeling Digital Confidence
School World Webpages
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Using technology to stay relevant
Is the most cutting edge information at conferences?
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Using technology to stay relevant
How do I keep up with changing information?
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Using tech to level the playing field
How do I bridge the digital divide?
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Bridging the Digital Divide
Windows Live@Edu
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What’s next?

...all students will be reading,

writing, and computing
proficiently at the conclusion
of each grade.