Sig Proposal
Group Members: Cindy Roy, Addy Hamilton, Dave Crispin, Gary Franks
Subject Matter: Using Flip Cameras/Camcorders & Cell Phones/Smart Phones (Middle & Secondary Levels)
Focus in Each of the 4 Common Places of Education:
Emphasis Areas:
Major Categories and Resources to be Gathered:
Subject Matter: Using Flip Cameras/Camcorders & Cell Phones/Smart Phones (Middle & Secondary Levels)
Focus in Each of the 4 Common Places of Education:
- Teacher: How the teacher defines usage guidelines and implements/incorporates the technology into the daily curriculum in an learning enhancing capacity.
- Student: Understanding and abiding usage guidelines; learning to pro-actively utilize their personal cameras and cell phones in an educational setting in order to motivate and enhance learning.
- Subject Matter: Focus includes all academic and extra-curricular courses.
- Context: Using an educational technology that students can relate to, to make an educational difference in the classroom.
Emphasis Areas:
- Cindy Roy: Smartphones
- Addy Hamilton: Flips and camcorders
- Dave Crispin: Smartphones
- Gary Franks: Flips and camcorders
Major Categories and Resources to be Gathered:
- Types of digital technology and their applications that are useful in an educational setting
- Use and benefits of specific features of the technology
- Lesson plans that can be implemented with this technology
- How this technology will be “technology with a change”
- Web 2.0 resources that utilize cell phones.
- Examples of ways camcorders and flips are used in the classroom
- Professional development or online tutorials for educators
- How to educate parents about the use of flips, camcorders, and Smartphones in the classroom.
