1. The role of teachers
In the Cyberworld
of students
Ms. Kiran Budhrani
Instructional Designer / Author
June 8, 2011

2. IN HIGH SCHOOL

3. IN ELEMENTARY

5. How a student learns is
not entirely dependent
on the student alone.

6. Students perform
depending on
what is expected of them
by the teacher.

7. YOU
are a major influence

8. Rethink
WHAT and HOW
we teach

9. Advances in technology,
information, and communication,
have changed the way
learning and instruction
are carried out.

10. The
Internet broke
through and
changed
everything

11. Students today are doing things
differently from those 20 years ago

12. 21 st
CENTURY
Educators are faced
with even more CHALLENGES
than the last century

13. TEXT
Handwriting Typing
Post-It Spiral Notebooks
Highlighting Filing
Paper-based culture

14. TEXT
E-mail Webcams
+
NON Blogging Gaming
TEXT Googling Streaming
Chatting Social Friends
Screen-Based culture

15. How we acquire information
We are
V isual
70% of the time,
we put effort on
SEEING

16. USE multiple representations
beyond the textbook
Print Images Animation Videos
Audio Internet Wikis, Blogs Chat

17. Generation
I don’t know…
but I can find out!

18. 13 HOURS
Worth of video is
uploaded in YouTube
every MINUTE
412.3
YEARS
To take to view them all

19. 1,000,000,000
materials, links, etc. shared every week
5,000,000,000
minutes spent in facebook every day

20. 98M Population

21. 98M Population

27. NEW SOURCES

28. Facts
• Students use technology and they LIKE it
• Students use technology differently from
their teachers
• Students like to learn from different modes,
different people, different sources

29. Technology Changes Everything
• How we define literacy
• How we communicate
• Our role as teachers
• Where learning takes place
• How learning takes place

30. The Role of the Teacher
MUST CHANGE

31. Join Them!
There’s no other way…

32. Factual Change
• Teachers use technology and must LIKE it
• Students use technology similar to their
teachers
• Teachers should learn from different modes,
different people, different sources

33. i Am Present
i Search
i Share
i Collaborate
i Create
i Protect

34. i Am Present
• Do not limit yourself to the classroom
• 24/7 teacher
• Be visible in the Cyberworld
• Use what students use
– Information Technologies
– Websites
– Social Networks

35. i Search
• Do not limit yourself to the textbook
• Find content online
– Pictures, videos, animations
– Blogs, wikis, articles
• Collect content that is
relevant, useful, interesting,
cool, fun, new

40. http://visual.merriam-webster.com/

41. http://www.flickr.com

42. http://www.ehow.com/

43. http://www.physicscentral.com/

46. http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/

47. Yenka

48. http://virtual.itg.uiuc.edu/

49. http://chemtoolbox.free.fr/uk/screen
shot.php

50. http://www.teachertube.com

51. http://www.youtube.com

57. “Build Your Toolbox”
Online Resources
Digital Media

58. i Share
• Provide a good reference list to students
• Share with colleagues and peers
• Learn from your students as well

59. www.delicious.com

60. i Share
• Provide a good reference list to students
• Make the connections among the
different information available online
• CONNECTIVISM principle

61. LINK RESOURCES BY TOPIC AREAS

62. Example:
The SUPERMOON - multiple sources

71. i Collaborate
• Form a network with colleagues
• Form a new relationship with the
students -- online facilitator

72. i Collaborate
• Asynchronous
– E-groups
– Online activities in groups
– Message boards / forum
– Social Networks
• Synchronous
– Online conversations (chats)

73. i Create
• Once you are ready, create your own
materials
– Blog / Wiki Articles
– Videos
– Audio Podcasts

77. i Create
• New paradigm of sharing your
knowledge, information, and materials
for FREE
– File Sharing
– Group Access

80. i Protect
• Intellectual Property
– You, your students, others
• Cybercrime
– Spam
– Fraud
– Obscene or offensive content
– Harassment

81. 21st Century Instructional Factors
Learner Teacher Classroom Curriculum

82. i Am Present
i Search
i Share
i Collaborate
i Create
i Protect

83. Curriculum Goals
• Integrate technology
• Project-based learning activities
• Performance-based assessment
– Beyond testing
– Use rubrics

84. Project Based Activities
• Design activities that students like to do
– Listen to lecture
– Watch a video
– Teach each other (presentations, videos)
– Create slide shows
– Tell stories (words, photos)

85. All this media
talads to
BECOME
WW
TEACHERS!

86. Thank You! 
Contact me:
kiranbudhrani@gmail.com
TWIT TER: kiranbudhrani
BLOG: cybersmartguide.wordpress.com