Denizens of a Digital
World
Ten ways technology can enhance
professional development
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What type are you?
1. Recluse
2. Refugee
3. Immigrant
4. Native
5. Explorer
6. Innovator
7. Addict
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Ten points for each yes answer
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Do you instant message?
Do you blog?
Do you subscribe to RSS feeds?
Have you contributed to a wiki?
Do you use Digg, Furl or Delicious?
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Ten points for each yes answer
6. Have you used an interactive whiteboard?
7. Have you created an avatar at Second
Life?
8. Do you watch videos on YouTube, Ed
Video Online or other sites?
9. Have you subscribed to a podcast?
10. Do you use search engines other than
Google?
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#1 Model Schools Network
The mission of the network is to
leverage technology to transform
education to improve the learning
and lives of students.
http://www.modelschools.net/NYSMS/
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#2 Internet Tools
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#3 Video Enhanced Instruction
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#4 Social Bookmarking
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5. Moodle
(course management system)
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#6 Wiki
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#7. Blogging
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#8 Interactive White Boards
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#9 Student Response Systems
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#10 Podcasting
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For further information
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David Ashdown – WSWHE BOCES, Coordinator for
Instructional Technology Integration Programs
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Connie Centrello, NYSED Office of Curriculum,
Instruction and Instructional Technology
[email protected]
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Debbie Kennedy, Western Suffolk BOCES Divisional
Administrator – Curriculum & Instruction
[email protected]
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Michelle Okal – Erie 1 BOCES, Manager Instructional
Technology [email protected]
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