Rules of Engagement: Using Personal Technologies to Motivate
Are student devices - laptops, netbooks, smartphones and tablets - distracting your students? Or are you using them to motivate and engage? Some simple rules can help you make the most of these devices that are increasingly common in the classroom.
This one hour presentation/discussion examines the difference between entertainment and engagement and describes five strategies for dealing with "distractive" technologies in the classroom with concrete examples of how personally owned devices can be used to both enhance traditional educational practices and to completely restructure learning.
PowerPoint slides (shared DropBox link)
This one hour presentation/discussion:
- Examines the difference between entertainment and engagement
- Describes five strategies for dealing with "distractive" technologies in the classroom with concrete examples of how personally owned devices can be used to both enhance traditional educational practices and to completely restructure learning
- Shows practical examples of using technology for formative assessment, collaborative work, and differentiation of instruction in the classroom.
Related articles by Doug Johnson:
- Designing Projects Students and Teachers Love, Multimedia Schools, Nov/Dec 1999
- Engage or Entertain, Education World, April, 2008
- Taming the Chaos, Learning & Leading with Technology, November 2010
- BYOD - an ethical dilemma indeed, Blue Skunk blog, October 14, 2011
- Advice on buying technology for students (letter to parents), Blue Skunk blog, December 1, 2011
- Project ELF-Tech (a BYOD initiative), Blue Skunk blog, December 28, 2011
- TedxASB talk "Entertainment vs Engagement: Why It's Imperative to Know the Difference"
- 7 Things You Can Always Do in My Class With Your Device, Blue Skunk blog, February 8, 2013
Mankato Area Public School's BYOD resource page
Edina Public School's "Classroom Management Resources" for it BYOD project
Fairfax County Public Schools RECOMMENDED BEST PRACTICES FOR PERSONALLY OWNED COMPUTING/NETWORK DEVICES fairfaxBYOD.pdf
Neilson, L. 7 Myths of BYOD Debunked, T.H.E. Journal, November 11, 2011.
Robinson, J. Lessons from Our One-Year Experiment with BYOT
Valenza, J. Infotention and digital citizenship
West, M. Making the Case for Mobile Tech. Expansion, Education Week Digital Directions, June 13, 2012
Wolpert-Gawron, Kids Speak Out on Student Engagement, Edutopia, April 28, 2012