Educational Technology

1. 3. VALUE LADEN

1.1. Alone Together - (my favorite TED Talk that I've ever watched) Humans are separating themselves from each other and becoming closer to our technology. We are losing the ability to communicate.

1.2. Social Media is the opposite from "social"

1.3. Artificial audiences

1.4. While technology has some positive influences on our values, it comes with negatives as well.

2. 1. TECHNOLOGICAL LITERACY

2.1. Technology, Pedagogy, Content Knowledge

2.2. What does computer literacy really mean?

2.3. Considering which technology is appropriate in certain situations

2.4. Introducing the NOT

2.5. "The power and promise of technology can be further enhanced if all people are technologically literate in the future."

3. 2. LIMITS & TRADE OFFS

3.1. Technology can solve one problem, but create another

3.2. The dangers of multitasking

3.3. Quit Social Media - TED Talk

3.4. Myths about technology solving/creating problems

4. 4. NOT & DECISION MAKING

4.1. Predicting students success with technology isn't always possible

4.2. What will ACTUALLY help students learn?

4.3. What happens when schools focus too much on data, and not enough on the progress of students

4.4. Resistance, Awareness, Experimentation, Adoption, Substitution, Disillusionment, Integration, Transformation

4.5. Educators should wonder if students are mentally engaged or entertained by technologies in the classroom

5. 5. ETHICS & TECHNOLOGY

5.1. Connections with American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers

5.2. Teaching students about plagiarism and fair use

5.3. Digital distractions: how to put down your device to save relationships and decrease dangerous situations

5.4. Digital privacy - the dangers of what students put online

6. 6. COGNITIVE LEARNING THEORY (CLT)

6.1. Discussions on if technology makes learning more effective

6.2. Focusing on how the student learns most effectively

6.3. "Revolutionary solutions to our educational woes"

6.4. Targeting the lesson wanting to be taught, then deciding which method of instruction is most effective