From the course: Creative Insights: Renaldo Lawrence on Elearning
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On getting started in educational technology
From the course: Creative Insights: Renaldo Lawrence on Elearning
On getting started in educational technology
- I got started in educational technology through ... One day I was in the office and a friend of mine actually dragged one image from one program to another. Completely blew my mind. I then decided that, you know what, this may be a career. This could be what I want to do. And I was teaching P.E. at the time having played professional basketball and going through that journey and was teaching in a school. So I decided then, you know what, I'm gonna give this a shot. So it just so happened, as things would happen, two or three days later, a lady came to me who was a head of IT and said that she was pregnant. And she just happened to mention that she wasn't telling anybody yet and that if I wanted the job that I would have time to actually work toward the job. So what I did was I went to every single department in the school, and I asked them, "Look, if you had to "have an internet or intranet site, "what would you have on it?" And luckily enough for me, all of them thought, "Oh, Okay,…
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On getting started in educational technology1m 52s
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How did you learn technology?1m 59s
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What software do you use?55s
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On creating content for teachers59s
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Using technology to prepare students for the future1m 28s
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Using technology familiar to students1m 46s
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Using technology to reach parents1m 51s
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On Renaldo's background2m 5s
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On the future of the classroom2m 13s
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On the biggest lessons learned1m 13s
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On getting students interested4m 5s
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On lynda.com and online education2m 23s
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On influencing kids in and out of the classroom2m 15s
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On self-teaching and getting started4m 11s
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Using technology to structure teaching2m 18s
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