Survey of Computers in Elementary Schools (ICE 234)
Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Christy Keeler, Ph.D.
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The Future
Objectives:
Students will:
- Identify technological devices futurists predict will become common within the next century.
- Suggest possible educational uses and benefits of emerging technologies.
1B. Teachers demonstrate continual growth in technology knowledge and skills to say abreast of current and emerging technologies.
2D. Teachers plan for the management of technology resources within the context of learning activities.
2E. Teachers plan strategies to manage student learning in a technology-enhanced environment.
3C. Teachers apply technology to develop students’ higher-order thinking skills and creativity.
3D. Teachers manage student learning activities in a technology-enhanced environment.
- One teacher computer with lecture slides, quote slides, and web access
- Copies of the introduction to the Fitzgerald and Lester article (1 per student)
- Copies of highlighted Fitzgerald and Lester article for readers 1-4 (download I and II)
- Future Technology Cards (1 per 2 students)
- Ray Kurzweil’s The Age of Spiritual Machines
- Example modern electronic items or items
made using electronic tools
- Photo album made with iPhoto
- Snapfish artifacts (e.g., tie)
- Roomba
- JPEG photo frame
- Handheld computer
Have quotes from
the past that focused on the future of technology projected on the wall
using a slideshow.
Display these in a continuous loop.
Select four students to be readers during the group reading time. Give each selected student one of the highlighted articles and tell them they will read the highlighted sections in front of the class when called forward. They will try to read it as if they are reading a news report.
Sponge Activity: A Vision of the Future (10 minutes)
Select four students to be readers during the group reading time. Give each selected student one of the highlighted articles and tell them they will read the highlighted sections in front of the class when called forward. They will try to read it as if they are reading a news report.
Sponge Activity: A Vision of the Future (10 minutes)
Hand each student
a copy of the introduction to
the article “Knowledge-Based
Learning Environments: A Vision for the
Twenty-First Century” by Fitzgerald and Lester.
Have them read silently and think about
the projected quotes.
Ask students:
Ask students:
- What technologies will be ubiquitous in the future?
- How will these technologies affect the appearance of classrooms?
- In what ways will learning and instruction be different because of the new technologies?
Opening (5 minutes)
Group Brainstorming: Future Technologies in the Classroom (15 minutes)
Reading: Social Studies in the Future (10 minutes)
Announce daily
outline and objectives.
Based on slides
presented by Ronald Anderson (AERA 2005) and Ray Kurzweil’s The Age of Spiritual Machines,
present on expected directions in technology over the next 10-50 years.
Group Brainstorming: Future Technologies in the Classroom (15 minutes)
Have students get
in groups of two. Have each group select a card identifying an
emerging technology. There should be enough cards so that at
least two groups will receive the same card. Cards may include:
- Massively multiplayer online role playing games
- Wearable, implantable, and paint-able computer and GPS chips
- Virtual tutors/Electronic mentors
- Haptic technology and virtual reality
- Podcasting
Have students
spend five minutes brainstorming possible instructional and
productivity uses of their assigned technology within a classroom.
Then, have pairs join with other pairs who have the same technology.
The foursome will then identify what they feel are the three
potentially most effective uses of that technology within schools.
Call all students to the main meeting space of the classroom and have groups of four present their ideas.
Call all students to the main meeting space of the classroom and have groups of four present their ideas.
Reading: Social Studies in the Future (10 minutes)
Have the four
students selected before class move to the front of the room with their
assigned readings. Have them
stand in front of their classmates in a row and
read the highlighted text using a reader's theatre format. When
finished, these students may sit down.
Ask students:
Ask students:
- What technologies identified in this article are not presently common in classrooms?
- What teaching techniques are possible in this futuristic classroom that are difficult to replicate today?
- How can we prepare our methods and teaching today to enable seamless movement to this type of technology integration?
Closing (5 minutes)
- Review daily outline and objectives.
- Remind students to continue work on their portfolios and Technology Journey II assignments and to seek assistance as needed.
- Review the lesson plan, lecture slides, and lecture audio.
- Read the article “Knowledge-Based
Learning Environments: A Vision for the Twenty-First Century” by
Fitzgerald and Lester and write a brief reaction paper to the
article.
- Brainstorm 1-2 possible instructional or productivity uses
for the below technologies within elementary level classrooms. List
these in a table created in Word.
- Massively multiplayer online role playing games
- Wearable, implantable, and paint-able computer and GPS chips
- Virtual tutors/Electronic mentors
- Haptic technology and virtual reality
- Computer-generated art
- Podcasting