Reflect on the required resources for Week Five, especially the articles from Edge (2012) and Wagner and Ice (2012) and your personal and professional experiences in relation to the points conveyed in the resources. Discuss how instructional design principles and theory influence the ability to make informed decisions regarding the use of technology in support of learning and, especially, leadership. Use additional resources in addition to those provided with Week 5 to support your evaluation. Providing specific examples or a scenario to illustrate your understanding of the question and incorporating opposing views to demonstrate critical thought is encouraged.
I have heard my son make the comment, “It’s in the cloud Mama,” so many times it is not funny. He tells me that nothing can be lost once it is in the cloud. Well if I can’t be lost once it is in the cloud, we know that the information can be collected and “tracked”. According to the Wagner and Ice article, (2012) “Data warehouses and ‘he cloud’ make it possible to collect, manage, and maintain massive numbers of records.”
This is great in the since that it can also allow teachers to track the grades and progress of the students. Technology being introduced has helped both the students and the teacher. Edutopia video (2012) states that teachers need to “meet them where they are”. The meaning of this is that a majority of younger children are technologically advanced and we need to teach them with what they know.
In the past all classes have been geared more towards teacher centered. They are moving more now towards the students having some control of the learning process. The teachers are still needed to lead the classroom but students are able to use technology and learn at their own pace. This is HUGE because in the past if a student learns faster than others, he or she is not help back, they are allowed to move ahead. This is where instructional design comes into place. Instructional design is set according to skill levels and cannot be completed until that skill level is mastered. The teacher is needed for this area because she or he is the one that decides whether or not the students are learning the material.
References
Edutopia (2012). An introduction to technology integration. Retrived from http://www.youtube.com/user/edutopia?v=d59eG1_Tt-Q.
Wagner, E., & Ice, P. (2012, July/August). Data changes everything: Delivering on the promise of learning analytics in higher education. Educause Review, 33-42. Retrieved from http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERM1243P.pdf
Supporting Learning and Leadership
With Technology
Jamie Cavender
EDU 697: Capstone: A Project Approach
Dr. Keith Pressey
January 24, 2016
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Supporting Learning and Leadership
With Technology
Byrom and
Bingham stated…”leadership is probably the single most important factor
affecting the successful integration of technology into schools” (2012). I signed onto my computer to do some school
work . When I was finished I closed my
computer, but first, I saved all of the information I was working on by sending
it to the cloud. I closed out all of the
information I was working on and felt like it had all but been erased. This is not true. We leave behind “bread crumbs” (Edgar,
2012). These bread crumbs can lead a
person to where they started.
Educators
welcome this digital breadcrumb we leave behind. It is useful in letting others know what
worked and what did not work. We can
look at the past for future indicators.
For this lesson I used constructivism as my instructional design
principle. We are taking what the
student learned in the world and apply that to the work to be completed. During this time, the teacher is still in
charge as the leader.
The teacher
being in charge is very important because she can teach the students by:
1.
Vision
2.
Lead
by example
3.
Support
the faculty
4.
Focus
5.
Share
leadership role (Byram &Bingham, 2001).
I had a difficult time finding a
previous lesson that could accurately express the
instructional design theory through leadership. I had in my mind what I wanted to express and
was not able to do this. Therefore, I
had to think awhile before I came up with a lesson to rework.
Leadership
is hard to determine and maintain in the 21st century with the use
of technology, if seems that teachers are not needed as much. This is not the case, someone has to be able
to teach the students how to use this new technology. The leaders must be able to communicate with
their students as well as other teachers.
References
Byrom, E and
Bingham, M. (2001). Factors influencing
the effective use of technology
For teaching and learning: Lesson learned from the SEIR-TEC Intensive
site
Schools. Retrieved from
files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED471140.pdf.
Edge
(2012, September 9). Reinventing
society in the wake of big data. Retrieved from Edge:
http://www.edge.org/conversation/reinventing-society-in-the-wake-of-big-data
- Exploration of the
sociocultural changes occurring with the rise of “Big Data”, which
informs any discussion of how large-scale data on learner and educator
activities in and out of the classroom affect design for teaching and
learning with technology. Video or text version available.
Wagner,
E., & Ice, P. (2012, July/August). Data changes everything:
Delivering on the promise of learning analytics in higher education. Educause Review,
33-42. Retrieved from http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERM1243P.pdf
Exploration
of the promises, peril, and realities of use of data in educational contexts.
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