Using technology to meet the physical, intellectual, emotional, and social needs of middle school students.

1. Technology and the
Developmental Needs of
Young Adolescents
Stephen Davis
rushtheicberg.com
thedavis2112@gmail.com
twitter.com/rushtheiceberg
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2. Collaborative Google Doc
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3. Brief Background...
I have been teaching middle school
for 13 years.
I earned a M.A. in Middle Level
Instruction from Walden University.
I teach at my former junior high
school...
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5. Today’s Take Aways
Needs, too - not only standards
Bring the humanity back to education
Focus on the developmental needs
(PIES) of students
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6. Developmental Needs = PIES
Physical
Intellectual
Emotional
Social
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7. Needs, too -
not only
standards
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8. District officials,
principals,
teachers, and
parents have
become puppets
to the standards
testing hysteria...
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9. Bring the humanity back
to education!
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11. Any teacher can create
lessons that are
“Standards Masterpieces”
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13. A focus on the “PIES” create lessons that
are like a lived in house: comfortable and
realistic.
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14. Our students are in a large sandbox
experiencing drastic physical,
intellectual, emotional, and social
changes throughout the next few years.
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15. Physical Needs of Adolescents
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16. Adolescents experience more
physical changes than at any
other time in their lives,
except their first two years.
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17. Physical Needs and Technology
You Tube - Watch videos of plays,
sports, dancing and musicians.
Nike BOOM and iFitness - Workout! or
Lift Weights!
Geocache - Go on a scavenger hunt.
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18. Neil Peart Drumming
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19. Nike BOOM
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20. Geocache
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21. Share Your Sites
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22. Adolescents know their sandbox is getting
bigger, but focus on specific areas, then
move to other areas of the sandbox.
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23. Intellectual Needs of Adolescents
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24. Adolescents increase
their ability to execute
abstract thought
processes, though often
overlooked because it’s
not as obvious as
physical changes.
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25. Intellectual Needs and Technology
Braingle - Solve logic riddles.
Mental Floss - Floss your brain!
Khan Academy - Get help with math.
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26. Braingle
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27. Mental Floss
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28. Khan Academy
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29. Share Your Sites
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30. The sandbox in which adolescents played and
discovered as a child is rapidly expanding,
producing greater joy and broader
discoveries.
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31. Emotional Needs of Adolescents
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32. Adolescents exhibit intensity
and unpredictability because
they are navigating a
developing identity as an
adult, while maintaining
credibility with peers.
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33. Emotional Needs and Technology
Glogster - Create a dynamic poster!
Soundation - Compose a soundscape!
Abby’s Road - Listen to real, heartfelt teen talk
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34. Glogster
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35. Soundation
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36. Abby’s Road
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37. Share Your Sites
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38. Adolescents want to be alone and together.
They want to be a part of a group, yet desire
to create their own identity.
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39. Social Needs of Adolescents
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40. Adolescents desire to be
in a group, with
increasing importance
placed on being
associated with other
adolescents rather than
adults.
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41. Social Needs and Technology
Social Voice - Share your voice.
Choc Walk - Walk for the cure.
Global Read Aloud Project - Read with
people.
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42. Social Voice
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43. Choc Walk
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44. Global Read Aloud
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45. Share Your Sites
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46. More Links
Memoov
Symbaloo
Free Rice
Wallwisher
Yelp
National Novel Writing Month Young
Writer’s Program
Twitter
Facebook
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47. Needs, too - not only standards
Bring the humanity back to education
Remember the developmental needs (PIES) of
students.
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