SESSION ONE: Supporting Curious Learners

Three key strategies for supporting curious learners:

1. Empowering students to ask questions and pursue answers to those questions
2. Collaboration/social learning
3. Authentic audiences

Session Activities:

• Our Instagram story of the conference — created by participants in this session.
• Supporting Curious Learners- Technology and the Classroom — session presentation slides

Miscellaneous articles, links, and recommended software/sites lists:

• 10 Surprising Ways to Use Instagram in the Classroom
• Preschool Math Apps, Games, and Websites — chosen by the editors at Common Sense Media
• Best Apps for Kids (1st through 8th grade) — rated by educators and parents
• PBSKids.org — educational games and videos
• 10 EdTech Tools for Encouraging Classroom Collaboration (NOTE: A few of these tools have already disappeared. This is a very volatile time for these types of tools and services.)
• 5 Great Sites for Student Collaboration
• Instagram — share photo stories through this popular service
• 8 Apps for Creative Collaboration in the Classroom
• Seesaw — digital portfolio tool for sharing student creations with authentic audiences
• Apps and Sites for Storytelling

SESSION TWO: Godly Device Management

Session Resources:

• Intentional Device Management Plan — Word Copy — document that may be edited and used with students or adults as you see fit.
• Device usage humor videos used in the session:
  • Smartphone Addiction
  • Emma — French Commercial
• Deep Work — book referenced during the session
  • Deep Work on Amazon
  • The Complete Guide to Deep Work — a summary of the book and its ideas
  • Deep Work — a second book summary

SEVEN STATEMENTS ON GODLY TECHNOLOGY USE: These statements of mine were shared and debated in the session. See if you agree and discuss your level of agreement with others:

1. Technology (including mobile devices) is a gift from God.
2. When issues arise with the use of technology, it is our (individually and/or collectively) fault.
3. Godly technology use starts with us — modeling it as adults.
4. Not all screen time is created equal.
5. Deep Work management of technology is essential for everyone.
6. We cannot fully understand the lifestyle of our students because we did not live at that age with mobile and digital technologies.
7. I would rather embrace the mess of helping students with device use in our Lutheran school setting than cede the opportunity.