微课制作Did_you_know研讨.ppt

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ....anyone … anywhere … anytime with Howie DiBlasi! The revelations of TxDLA member Howie DiBlasi read of digital-age literacy, inventive thinking, effective communication and high productivity. Within the letters to fellow disciples of 21st century learning skills, the message is to prepare students for a global economy. “I am a zealot (a person who shows zeal or fanatic) for 21st century learning,” DiBlasi said. “We as educators must change the way we teach our students.” As IT director with Durango, Colo., school district, DiBlasi espouses his beliefs as devoutly as his personal faith. Planning to retire in 2008, he keeps motivated as an educator by “spreading the gospel of 21st century learning and observing educators/administrators that get excited on how it can change the way we educate our ‘digital natives’,” he said. Quoting from leading educational technologist Alan November, DiBlasi cites the need for students to be self-directed as they come to understand how to organize their own learning and deal with massive amounts of information. “We also need to teach our students how to be prepared for jobs that don’t yet exist,” DiBlasi said, “using technologies that haven’t been invented in order to solve problems we don’t even know are problems yet.” The emphasis on career preparedness should not be surprising. DiBlasi’s roots as a teacher began in Lake Havasu City, Ariz., where he was selected as Arizona’s vocational teacher of the year and developed a program recognized as “most innovative.” After 20 years, DiBlasi entered the private sector and owned a retail computer business for 13 years. Upon completion of his doctorate in educational technology, he began serving as IT director for Durango. Through the past 15 years, DiBlasi has brought others into the fold with online courses and interactive video conferencing (IVC). “IVC fulfills our goal of continuously looking for ways to integrate technolo