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we get it backwards when students don't have to think, just answer and follow the path.

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we get it backwards when students don't have to think, just answer and follow the path.

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A lot of what students do with technology is just react to it. There's no creation really.

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A lot of what students do with technology is just react to it. There's no creation really.

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How do we know when the tech and tech expectations are programming the educator?

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How do we know when the tech and tech expectations are programming the educator?

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The algorithm feeding off of our interests and then refeeding us that information to keep us engaged via social media.

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we are backwards when learning is teacher driven only

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we are backwards when learning is teacher driven only

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I use Google forms with students. I have them complete the form. I use the technology to help me. To correct this, I should incorporate the students creating forms on their own.

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The students need to be actively engaged, rather than passively

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The students need to be actively engaged, rather than passively

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When we force the technology on the student, rather than let the student discover the technology that fits them best.

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Student learns the navigation of the software and is more intuitive to other software.

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Student learns the navigation of the software and is more intuitive to other software.

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We give students a device but do not teach them how they can use it to enhance their learning. The students use the device to search for answers to questions rather than learning problem solving skills. "They just google everything."

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We give students a device but do not teach them how they can use it to enhance their learning. The students use the device to search for answers to questions rather than learning problem solving skills. "They just google everything."

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Essential Ed - LMS; many students have NEVER used a computer before

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Essential Ed - LMS; many students have NEVER used a computer before

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When the technology ALWAYS presents the info instead of the student presenting the info through technology. That is, when tech gives info to the students instead of students building understanding through tech. 

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When the technology ALWAYS presents the info instead of the student presenting the info through technology. That is, when tech gives info to the students instead of students building understanding through tech. 

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If we could simply be replaced by a user's manual, we are doing it wrong.

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If we could simply be replaced by a user's manual, we are doing it wrong.

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When we think we know more about technology than the students, we can also have the students teach us the technology they are using.

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When we think we know more about technology than the students, we can also have the students teach us the technology they are using.

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We get it backwards because the pathway is set for the most part. I feel like this puts limits on creativity.

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Help students to overcome their fear of IT

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It's very easy for students to become comfortable with the basic functions of technology and to have negative feelings when the technology changes or is updated. They might not think about how the technology can be or should be improved.

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Backwards if we use the basic features instead of all its true potential

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Backwards if we use the basic features instead of all its true potential

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We often see how the tech can distract or get in the way instead of how it can help take learning even further.

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Not allowing students the opportunity to be actively engaged; however, expecting them to be passively engaged 

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Not allowing students the opportunity to be actively engaged; however, expecting them to be passively engaged 

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When students learn technology like a checklist.

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When students learn technology like a checklist.

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Example :  Looking at a graph online instead  of taking data and creating a graph.

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Kahoot- Studying civics questions, concepts, game based fun competition

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Kahoot- Studying civics questions, concepts, game based fun competition

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I do my module assessments via Kahoot and my students love it. The assessment becomes a game and I have them work on in it groups so they collaborate, speak English to each other, and have to argue validity of answers all under pressure which pushes them to be engaged and to practice their knowledge of English.

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All the student who feels intimidated by technology overcome it once they start using it and pass the curve of learning.

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All the student who feels intimidated by technology overcome it once they start using it and pass the curve of learning.

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One simple tech I use that I find students run with is making Google Slides of things they research to show the class what they have found. This can be about careers, about topics related to what we are learning, sharing their own story, or other. It can be a group slide show where we are collaborating on one product, or individual presentations that they then present to the class.

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One simple tech I use that I find students run with is making Google Slides of things they research to show the class what they have found. This can be about careers, about topics related to what we are learning, sharing their own story, or other. It can be a group slide show where we are collaborating on one product, or individual presentations that they then present to the class.

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24/7 Access to Learning!

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The students love the Kahoot podium at the end showing who got 3rd, 2nd, and 1st.  They take pictures of it with their phones to show their family at home.

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Kami- allows students to engage with annotating during reading passages

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Kami- allows students to engage with annotating during reading passages

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We are piloting a VR math tool and it always surprises me when students want to do a module about stars or ratios again just for fun.

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I used a Google Applied Digital Skills lesson on creating a story using Google Slides and was blown away by the creativity and how so many went beyond the given assignment. Definitely a sense of pride. 

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I used a Google Applied Digital Skills lesson on creating a story using Google Slides and was blown away by the creativity and how so many went beyond the given assignment. Definitely a sense of pride. 

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Multi-user whiteboard (once they stopped drawing anime characters) really helped students collaborate on math.

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Multi-user whiteboard (once they stopped drawing anime characters) really helped students collaborate on math.

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I use Desmos and I am really pleased with the way students tell me that it helps them make the connection between an equation, a data table and a graph of a straight line.

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Something a simple as posting a photo of a piece of writing from their writing journal on a group Whatsapp -- is amazing. The students learn from one another and are proud of their work and sharing.

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Definitely a challenge to use technology with new language learners, but I love seeing my students using DuoLingo before class and during our breaks, because they can show each other their progress. They also use Remind to engage with me during class to answer questions and communicate outside of class.

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Definitely a challenge to use technology with new language learners, but I love seeing my students using DuoLingo before class and during our breaks, because they can show each other their progress. They also use Remind to engage with me during class to answer questions and communicate outside of class.

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What I do in my virtual classroom is basically try to recreate the in-person environment. I use Zoom to expose students to content and to try to get them to think about it/engage with it. I know they are engaged when the tech-student-teacher interface is seamless and smooth.  

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What I do in my virtual classroom is basically try to recreate the in-person environment. I use Zoom to expose students to content and to try to get them to think about it/engage with it. I know they are engaged when the tech-student-teacher interface is seamless and smooth.  

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Jamboards- surveys, add images, sharing ideas

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Jamboards- surveys, add images, sharing ideas

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Question: Students do not all come in at the same comfort level. I agree that some will surprise us, and I also find that some disappear when confronted with something very new. How do we scaffold students to this independence... provide something that some can dip their toe into, and others can run with?

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Question: Students do not all come in at the same comfort level. I agree that some will surprise us, and I also find that some disappear when confronted with something very new. How do we scaffold students to this independence... provide something that some can dip their toe into, and others can run with?

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Sometimes I think I do not use technology in my classroom with my adult ELAA students because I like to see them interacting without technology and I also see their own hesitancy to use it. I think I need to be braver and just jump into it more often!

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My classes have been completely online for the past year and each time we troubleshoot logging in, my students overcome their frustration. I see how they have become more comfortable when they ask for more online resources.

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Mixtures allows exploration of percents through two piles of colored and uncolored chips. The user must decide how many chips to color to create the desired percentage of colored chips compared to the total pile. Mixtures is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers.

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I sometimes use the NYT letterboxed puzzle with my Advanced ELL students. At first, it seems super difficult and confusing, but once they figure it out, they're so excited about the length/number of words they can create. It's "hard fun".

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Criterion 1

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Is it “hard fun?”

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Criterion 3

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Criterion 1 because I don't fully understand it. I would like some examples.

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Criterion 1 because I don't fully understand it. I would like some examples.

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Question: Students do not all come in at the same comfort level. I agree that some will surprise us, and I also find that some disappear when confronted with something very new. How do we scaffold students to this independence... provide something that some can dip their toe into, and others can run with?

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Question: Students do not all come in at the same comfort level. I agree that some will surprise us, and I also find that some disappear when confronted with something very new. How do we scaffold students to this independence... provide something that some can dip their toe into, and others can run with?

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Hard choice - I'd be happy to talk about any and all!

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Hard choice - I'd be happy to talk about any and all!

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Criterion 4  Does it unlock new ways of thinking

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Criterion 4  Does it unlock new ways of thinking

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Criterion 3

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I would like to learn more about criterion #4

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Criterion 4 because creativity is important for learning.

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Criterion 4 because it would entail understanding my way of thinking or the students' way of thinking.

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Often I use Baamboozle -- that is a type Jeopardy type game with many "games" made by teachers -- I often use it to wrap up my ESL classes and the students like it very much.

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Language barriers in the beginner ESL classroom

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Language barriers in the beginner ESL classroom

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Students are hesitant to use technology from lack of experience and exposure.

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Lack of availability to tools/ upgrade equipment/ internet

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Lack of availability to tools/ upgrade equipment/ internet

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Students not seeing how learning can be applied to real life.

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Students not seeing how learning can be applied to real life.

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Student background with tech for some is a barrier, while others see tech as typical

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Student background with tech for some is a barrier, while others see tech as typical

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Ed Tech can help by using interactive language programs to improve speaking and vocabulary

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Lack of available technology in the classroom.

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ESL beginner students and not always having accessibility 

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ESL beginner students and not always having accessibility 

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Language is one as well as experience with technology for the immigrant and elderly community, but a lack of functional technology has been an issue in the past. We got new computers though over the holiday so this training comes with great timing.

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Technology is available to some, not all. Adult Learners (particularly older Adult Learners) are hesitant and not knowledgeable of how to utilize technology to enhance their learning.

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Technology access, computer literacy problems, reading skills,

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Tech skills - students and "guide."   How do we know then the virtual environment does/does/not represent real life, since the connection can be blurred or lost...  How do we match these types of "expressed learning" with other types of assessment?

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Sometimes we are asking our students to engage with technology on their phones, but they don't always have data to access the internet, and our school doesn't easily provide wifi connection for them

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Students either do not know how to use the tech OR they are engaged in other activities at home that demand their attention. 

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Students either do not know how to use the tech OR they are engaged in other activities at home that demand their attention. 

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Some students have a blanket aversion to technology.

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Barriers: complex lives that don't always allow time to focus fully; trauma and fear of failure as well as fear of success; teacher imperfections and technology limits. Online learning allows students to try to double task, or try to work in a busy environment

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Barriers: complex lives that don't always allow time to focus fully; trauma and fear of failure as well as fear of success; teacher imperfections and technology limits. Online learning allows students to try to double task, or try to work in a busy environment

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Students question whether the math they are learning is actually useful in their lives. Precisely "the transfer of learning"! There are a lot of resources we are using online but students are sometimes overwhelmed by those same resources.

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Of the many barriers there are, personal barriers we come with such as "I suck at math" "math is hard for me, I'm dumb"-(an adult learner!!)

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Of the many barriers there are, personal barriers we come with such as "I suck at math" "math is hard for me, I'm dumb"-(an adult learner!!)

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Varied comfort of technology among teachers

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Varied comfort of technology among teachers

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Sometimes one classroom teacher is much more comfortable utilizing technology in the classroom than the next, sometimes teaching the same classes.

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Adult Learners are focused on obtaining knowledge only to pass GED test not necessarily focused on learning for application to life.

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Because GED students grapple with life situations that often cause them to miss class or become distracted from their goals.  Making learning available online to keep up or stay on track is essential for some adult learners.

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What if we don't have electricity and NO COMPUTER or access to the storage and knowledge there?

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What if we don't have electricity and NO COMPUTER or access to the storage and knowledge there?

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Keep finding engaging ways to expose students to tools and stay updated with technology/keep taking classes

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Keep finding engaging ways to expose students to tools and stay updated with technology/keep taking classes

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I didn't have much reflection. But I am taking in all the information and feedback. Thank you

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So many opportunities to think differently, use other modalities/tools for both educator and learned regardless of anything. My brain hurts but it this has been "hard fun".  thank you  

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So many opportunities to think differently, use other modalities/tools for both educator and learned regardless of anything. My brain hurts but it this has been "hard fun".  thank you  

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Would a training presentation time like this be an appropriate place to test this type of learning on teachers? What could the goal be, and how long should that presentation time be?

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Would a training presentation time like this be an appropriate place to test this type of learning on teachers? What could the goal be, and how long should that presentation time be?

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I'm a strong proponent of democratic schooling, and things even like unschooling.  What a great way to empower students to be free thinkers and to learn to problem solve.  Adding tech to this is why we are evolving so quickly.  The youth are leading the way and if we can guide them to this how amazing!

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I'm a strong proponent of democratic schooling, and things even like unschooling.  What a great way to empower students to be free thinkers and to learn to problem solve.  Adding tech to this is why we are evolving so quickly.  The youth are leading the way and if we can guide them to this how amazing!

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Several concepts I'm going to share with my learners. As adults, and esp. adults w/ possibly outdated mindsets, it's key to share concepts like "Use before understanding" is normal, and "hard fun"

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As an instructor, Id like to continue educating myself about new resources coming up. I'm all for finding curated resources available to students for free.  

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As an instructor, Id like to continue educating myself about new resources coming up. I'm all for finding curated resources available to students for free.  

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The use of technology in the classroom can be amazing when it enhances learning, but many times as teachers we are pushed to use technology for technology's sake. I think your presentation has helped to remember that we need to search for the right tools to get students thinking and creating.

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We always list how we can make it happens. We never list why we cannot do it. 

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We always list how we can make it happens. We never list why we cannot do it. 

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Technology help with independent learning, work on your own pace, hands on, and other principals.

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Change to thinking positive about technology-don't let it be negative/ hard/ difficult

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Change to thinking positive about technology-don't let it be negative/ hard/ difficult

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Affordable Internet must accompany k-12/ABE PUBLIC education in order to increase retention and maintain enrollment for the future

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Hi Matthew, please put your contact information in the chat - Linked in or email or...

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Hi Matthew, please put your contact information in the chat - Linked in or email or...

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As a lifelong adult learner myself, I believe it's important to keep retooling self so that one can continue to expose our students to the ever swiftly-changing technology.

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It's important to continue retooling self as educators so that we can inspire students to feel safe in the ever changing technology space.

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It's important to continue retooling self as educators so that we can inspire students to feel safe in the ever changing technology space.