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 Hannah Nicole Smith Fnds 6170 Dr. Alexander Research and Technology Project

 Daniel H. Pink is an American writer. He is most famous for writing three books about changing the world of work, one of which is a New York Times Best Seller, “A Whole New Mind.” In this book, Pink argues that todays workplace has shifted from an “Information Age” that values knowledge workers to a “Conceptual Age” that values creativity and right-brain-directed (R-Directed) aptitudes. Pink considers six R-Directed aptitudes to be most successful: design, story, symphony, empathy, play, and meaning. He believes that these aptitudes can increase a worker’s value in the workplace. These aptitudes can be seen in the following technologies. 

Podcasts: Podcasting is a beneficial medium not only for students but for teachers in that the ability to learn and teach isn't time sensitive. For teachers the benefits include recording, editing, and rerecording topics that are important to the class, so that the defined subject matter is conveyed without interruptions. For students it is easy to grasp information instead of quickly jotting inconclusive notes from a fast talking teacher students can playback lessons until they feel comfortable with the material. Podcasting also encourages brainstorming and produces project management skills. Taking Erik Erikson's psychosocial theory and in conjunction with Freud and Piaget we can see that paying particular attention to the stages of development students can better attenuate themselves to the goals, concerns and dangers. In that the idea of stopping and idea of playback is essential to this theory for a better degree of learning. With these stated abilities that the student now possesses with the lecture podcasts students can see their self image increase due to the heightened level of subject matter understanding.

IN MY CLASSROOM: 
 * Can use podcasts to engage students in art critiques
 * Record commentaries on artwork studied in art class-discuss elements of composition: light, color, etc.
 * Students are encouraged to record their own reactions to the art and the repeated exposure will help with vocabulary skills
 * Will encourage appreciation of visual art
 * Use podcasts as an opportunity for students to record walking tours of their own work



SMART PEN:  In conjunction with the theory of emphasized observational learning and based on motivation one can see how easily the smart pen will increase the user's experience in learning basic writing fundamentals. In the 1950s Albert Bandura started the theory of social learning. In his work, we can see how using this smart pen in a social setting will induce the classroom environment to more of a homogenous one by allowing each student to actively watch and observe each others mistakes and successes. By simply pressing a record button, students can write out commands and talk at the same time while either taking notes, or practicing their pronunciation of the words they are currently studying. Instead of using just a regular pencil to write out words, phrases, or commands in early education, students will now hear the emotion conveyed over and over again with the use of this smart pen. This not only provides an exciting way to write, the smart pen can also transfer your notes to your computer allowing you to share them with others. Furthermore, you can eliminate carrying mounds of paper or even a laptop to class. In case studies, the smart pen encourages students to put forth more effort because it simultaneously acts as a personal coach. In that, the use of the smart pen in a classroom setting with indeed increase the amount learned in a more exciting way, rather than using a normal medium of paper and pencil.

IN MY CLASSROOM:


 * Use Smartpen for note taking and sharing
 * To practice good vocabulary skills
 * Create videos that display organized notes and key points of the material

Skype "With Skype The Whole World Can Talk For Free!" Skype is a software application that allows users to make voice calls over the internet. Skype is free to use and download. Additional features include instant messaging, file transfer, and video conferencing. Skype allows users from across the world to connect with each other in a a multitude of ways. Vygotsky believed that individual development could not be understood without reference to the social and cultural context within which development occurs. He also believed in scaffolded instruction which involves an instructor or advanced peer working to support the development of the learned. As learners become more proficient, able to complete tasks on their own that they could not initially do without assistance, the guidance can then be withdrawn. Vygotsky, who was contemporary of Piaget's had a major influence on developmental psychology. By using Skype the instructors can guide the learned in such a way that the gap is bridged between the learners' current skill levels and the desired skill level. One advantage of Skype would be that the instructor could quickly and easily invite guests from all over the world to speak with their students.  IN MY CLASSROOM:
 * <span style="color: #0058ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">I would incorporate Skype in my classroom by using it to communicate with other artists around the world, (possibly even well accomplished artists).
 * <span style="color: #0058ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">My students could use the opportunity to learn from various artists through communication with them.
 * <span style="color: #0058ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Skype could also be a way to compare artwork of peers in the same class.
 * <span style="color: #0058ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Students would be able to communicate and critique assignments through out the creative process using Skype.

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<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: normal;">Piaget's learning theories are centered around his stages of cognitive development. He devised a system to show the developmental stages of children to better understand how children learn. The first stage is sensorimotor which is from birth to 2 years. Preoperational is 2 to 7 years, Concrete operational is 7 years to 11 years, and abstract thinking is 11 years and up. He theorized that every person must go through each of these stages in their life, and they don't skip any stages. Using these stages, Piaget learned that students need a discovery based learning environment making activities enriching and engaging, providing experiences to help them through each of these stages. He was the first to describe learning as a series of discoveries and that students need to be given opportunities to do and undo their work to better understand and conceptualize their thoughts and experiences. In an ideal classroom setting, the teacher will provide activities, experiences and guidance, to help students explore the ideas and concepts to better understand the information. In the 21 <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px; line-height: normal;">st <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: normal;"> Century classroom, technology is the reality of Piaget’s theories in which a successful classroom is Learner-Based. Software, hardware, virtual reality and role playing games all provide opportunities for discovery based learning. Diigo, if used correctly can produce these opportunities.The name "Diigo" is an abbreviation for //<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; line-height: normal;">" //**<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; line-height: normal;">D ** //<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">igest of  //**<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; line-height: normal;">I **//<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">nternet  //**<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; line-height: normal;">I **//<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: normal;">nformation <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; line-height: normal;">,  //**<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; line-height: normal;">G **//<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: normal;">roups and <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; line-height: normal;">  //**<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; line-height: normal;">O **//<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">ther stuff." <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: normal;"> //<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: normal;">Diigo enables valuable collaborative research. Diigo provides a browser add-on that makes finding research easier and improves it. Reading on the web now becomes more than just an opportunity to bookmark, but a chance to **<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">highlight portions of web pages ** <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 117%; line-height: normal;"> <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: normal;">that are of specific interest to you. Diigo has its own sticky notes that you can use in reference to particular parts of web pages. The software creates an easy way to share your findings with peers and colleagues, complete with your highlights and sticky notes. A project team, class, or club can create a group on Diigo to attain relevant resources, discoveries and thoughts together. While you are reading a web page, the Diigo sidebar allows you to see who else has bookmarked the same page or site, and what other similar pages and sites you have in common. This Diigo capability provides you with a social browsing experience and a great way to find related content. These features by Diigo, will allow students to “do and undo their work to better understand and conceptualize their thoughts and experiences.” <span style="color: #0094ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">IN MY CLASSROOM:
 * <span style="color: #0094ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Use Diigo for Research papers
 * <span style="color: #0094ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Research projects
 * <span style="color: #0094ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Find and compare art material



<span style="color: #ff5200; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 210%;"> <span style="color: #ff5200; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 210%; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #ff5200; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 230%; text-align: center;">Teacher Tube <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"> Teacher Tube provides teachers, schools, and home learners an educationally focused, safe venue to upload, tag and share videos worldwide, attach support files such as assessments, lesson plans, and notes,browse hundreds of videos uploaded by community members, find, join and create video groups to connect with people who have similar interests, customize the experience by subscribing to member videos, saving favorites, and creating playlists, integrate Teach Tube videos on websites using video embeds or APIs, make videos public or private, and more. Urie Bronfenbrenner (1917-2005) developed the ecological systems theory to explain how everything in a child and the child's environment affects how a child grows and develops. He labeled different aspects or levels of the environment that influence children's development, including the microsystem, the mesosystem, the exosystem, and the macrosystem. The microsystem is the small, immediate environment the child lives in. Children's microsystems will include any immediate relationships or organizations they interacts with, such as their immediate family or caregivers and their school or daycare. How these groups or organizations interact with the child will have an effect on how the child grows; the more encouraging and nurturing these relationships and places are, the better the child will be able to grow. Furthermore, how a child acts or reacts to these people in the microsystem will affect how they treat her in return. Each child's special genetic and biologically influenced personality traits, what is known as temperament, end up affecting how others treat them. The TeacherTube is a great way for students and teachers to interact with each other virtually. <span style="color: #ff5200; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">IN MY CLASSROOM:
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Create tutorials on art projects
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Videos demonstrating certain methods or techniques used with varying mediums.
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Play videos of other teachers demonstrating art lessons
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Use art history videos

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Using the Smartdesk not only do students have a exciting and colorful medium to learn with, they also get to exercise the sociocultural theory in a way that promotes their cognitive development. Vygotsky expressed the importance of social interaction in cognitive development. Students would begin to appreciate different thought processes of others because they would witness the diverse conception of approaches in different subject matter. Thus influencing their cognitive development in beliefs, attitudes, expectations and knowledge. Students can even further their motivation by collectively learning on the Smartdesk. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> IN MY CLASSROOM:
 * <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Use Smart Desk to present various pieces of art
 * <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Share artwork of students
 * <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Use for in class art projects

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