1. Teachers act as designers when they merge content and technology to produce high quality teaching. Teachers focus on a difficulty and search for ways to resolve problems with the use of technology. The chapter gives us many examples and one I liked very much was the creation of a catapult (trebuchet) by a science class. Instead of recurring to the established way where they built with wood, and spend long days rebuilding every time they experiment, this class created a catapult with a simulation program.
2. It is possible to learn from television when students assume an active role instead of just sitting to be entertained for hours. When watching educational television adults should ensure that the programs are appropriate for the age and skill level of the child.
3. The use of word processing programs to prepare book response journals is an opportunity for the students to express their personal reactions. Here students are encouraged to communicate everything they read and demonstrate their understanding. A teacher can provide feedback to each student by sharing ideas, or making suggestions about the material studied. In addition, the teacher can assess the student’s writing mechanics and literacy skills. Another assessment opportunity for the teacher is through students’ presentations prepared with power point. These presentations transform ideas into something concrete and observable through visual, audio, movement, and/or music. Here the teacher has another opportunity to assess the student’s ability to communicate what she/he learned.
Resources:
Jonassen, David, Howland, Jane, Marra, Rose, & Crismond, David. (2008). Meaningful learning with technology. Prentice Hall.
I also liked the trebuchet idea. It not only lets the teacher design but also encourages the students to be designers. The Television program must definately be age appropriate. As teachers we do not want to bore our kids crazy. Im currently working at a daycare and a woman comes and puts on a show and we do not even take the older students for that very reason. I like you assessment. It is important that we as teachers help students grow by providing feedback through our assessments.
ReplyDeleteCarmen, I agree with your statement that we need to take an active role to learn, not just watch something being done. An example for me was watching the video on how to create the e-portfolio. It just said, click here, then click there, then choose your template, and it's done! Simple as that. Well, there was a little more to it than simply clicking a few buttons. I didn't learn how to make my e-portfolio by watching the video; I learned by making one. We need to remember this when teaching our students.
ReplyDeleteI always enjoy reading your post. I agree that you have to take an active role in learning. You can learn little bits of information by watching TV, but the more you do or participate in something the more you learn, its kind of like directions when you are driving somewhere, first time you follow the map, if your me the 2nd and 3rd time I'm still following the GPS, but after that I'm good on my own :) I also learned more about creating the e-portfolio by doing it, I learned the initial part by watching the video, but with most software, the more time I play with it, and do different things, the more I learn of it.
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ReplyDeleteI agree with Karen and Mary Ann that we dont learn by watching the video but we learn by doing it. :) Well done!
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