Voice thread for week 5
The reoccurring problem that I have in my classroom is keeping the classroom library neat and organized.
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Week 5 Blog
Chapter 7: Cooperative Learning
Cooperative learning is when students work together to have a better understanding of their learning.
Keypals looks to be an interesting site for students to reach out to other students in different states, or countries. This idea is a way for students to learn about others and socially interact with students about a give topic. This is a very social way for students to learn about cultures, languages, as well as different student perspective about an academic topic.
As I was reading about WebQuest, I was thinking of how I could use this in our school. My class only has 5-8 students so it gets hard to come up with a project they can work together on that will interest all of them. So if I was to set up a webquest with another classroom, students would be able to have the social connection and cooperative learning with out having to work with the same few kids all the time.
Another social activity I thought of adding to my classroom is having my class build a web site. This would be a place where students can have online discussions as well as show competed work. For those students that do have a computer at home they will be able to share their work with their parents. For those students that do not have a computer at home they can share their work with their parents during student led conferences.
There are so many new technology based ideas in this chapter and all of them are good examples of social learning.
Cooperative learning is when students work together to have a better understanding of their learning.
Keypals looks to be an interesting site for students to reach out to other students in different states, or countries. This idea is a way for students to learn about others and socially interact with students about a give topic. This is a very social way for students to learn about cultures, languages, as well as different student perspective about an academic topic.
As I was reading about WebQuest, I was thinking of how I could use this in our school. My class only has 5-8 students so it gets hard to come up with a project they can work together on that will interest all of them. So if I was to set up a webquest with another classroom, students would be able to have the social connection and cooperative learning with out having to work with the same few kids all the time.
Another social activity I thought of adding to my classroom is having my class build a web site. This would be a place where students can have online discussions as well as show competed work. For those students that do have a computer at home they will be able to share their work with their parents. For those students that do not have a computer at home they can share their work with their parents during student led conferences.
There are so many new technology based ideas in this chapter and all of them are good examples of social learning.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Week 4
Constructivism/Constructionism in Practice
Chapter 11: Generating and Testing Hypotheses
Dr. Orey states that constructionism is “a theory of learning that states people learn best when they build an external artifact or something they can share with others.” (DVD) With constructionism the teacher is the guide to help along the way but the students are the ones that are in charge of their learning. They then become the teachers when they present their finished project.
In chapter 11, they talked about students using spreadsheets, data collecting tools, web resources and gaming software with students to create hands on experiences. These are good examples of the constructionism theory because they are a way for a student to create or build their learning. Technology is hands on and students are able to create a finish project.
My students would be really interesting in the gaming software. They are highly motivated by video games and it would make a really interesting PBL unit.
The Project Based Learning web site is a great jumping off point when making a PBL unit. This website is for making middle and high school PBL units but I plan on seeing if I use it to make elementary PBL units for my students. I spend a lot of time making the units on my own I was excited to see a site with a format that I can follow.
Chapter 11: Generating and Testing Hypotheses
Dr. Orey states that constructionism is “a theory of learning that states people learn best when they build an external artifact or something they can share with others.” (DVD) With constructionism the teacher is the guide to help along the way but the students are the ones that are in charge of their learning. They then become the teachers when they present their finished project.
In chapter 11, they talked about students using spreadsheets, data collecting tools, web resources and gaming software with students to create hands on experiences. These are good examples of the constructionism theory because they are a way for a student to create or build their learning. Technology is hands on and students are able to create a finish project.
My students would be really interesting in the gaming software. They are highly motivated by video games and it would make a really interesting PBL unit.
The Project Based Learning web site is a great jumping off point when making a PBL unit. This website is for making middle and high school PBL units but I plan on seeing if I use it to make elementary PBL units for my students. I spend a lot of time making the units on my own I was excited to see a site with a format that I can follow.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Week 3
How cues, questions, advance organizers, summarizing and note taking correlate with the principles of cognitive learning theory as well as concept mapping and virtual field trips.
Chapter 4: Cues, Questions and Advance Organizers
“The instructional strategy cues, questions and advanced organizers focuses on enhancing students’ ability to retrieve, use and organize information about a topic.” (Pitler, Hubbell, Kuhn, & Malenoski, p. 73) This statement helps define cognitive learning theory. Dr. Orey stated that cognitive learning theory focus on putting information into short term and long term memory using cues and connections to retrieve information. Using word processing to create tables and organize information for students is something that I have been able to teach my students how to do once the template is set up for them. The use of concept mapping and advanced organizers is essential for teaching students how to effectively organize information so that it makes sense to them. I enjoyed reading about the Tacoma bridge project; this is something I discuss with my students when talking about weather and our Washington communities. I am going to try to incorporate some of the texts ideas when we talk about the Tacoma Narrows Bridge next year.
Chapter 6: Summarizing and Note Taking
This chapter has once again opened my eyes to new ways to use Microsoft Word. After reading about how to use the track changes and summarizing features I can see that there is more to word than typing and tables. This makes me excited to share this information with my class and help them learn and better way to take notes. The inverted T chart helps connect words with pictures cues to help student recall information. The use of concept maps to summarize and organize information is a simple way for student to learn and retain information. I am interested to explore the web resources in chapter 6 to see how I can use them with my students. Blogs and wikis are a great way to share notes with others. Students can work together to teach each other what they have learned as well as asking clarifying questions.
Chapter 4: Cues, Questions and Advance Organizers
“The instructional strategy cues, questions and advanced organizers focuses on enhancing students’ ability to retrieve, use and organize information about a topic.” (Pitler, Hubbell, Kuhn, & Malenoski, p. 73) This statement helps define cognitive learning theory. Dr. Orey stated that cognitive learning theory focus on putting information into short term and long term memory using cues and connections to retrieve information. Using word processing to create tables and organize information for students is something that I have been able to teach my students how to do once the template is set up for them. The use of concept mapping and advanced organizers is essential for teaching students how to effectively organize information so that it makes sense to them. I enjoyed reading about the Tacoma bridge project; this is something I discuss with my students when talking about weather and our Washington communities. I am going to try to incorporate some of the texts ideas when we talk about the Tacoma Narrows Bridge next year.
Chapter 6: Summarizing and Note Taking
This chapter has once again opened my eyes to new ways to use Microsoft Word. After reading about how to use the track changes and summarizing features I can see that there is more to word than typing and tables. This makes me excited to share this information with my class and help them learn and better way to take notes. The inverted T chart helps connect words with pictures cues to help student recall information. The use of concept maps to summarize and organize information is a simple way for student to learn and retain information. I am interested to explore the web resources in chapter 6 to see how I can use them with my students. Blogs and wikis are a great way to share notes with others. Students can work together to teach each other what they have learned as well as asking clarifying questions.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Blog Assignment week 2
How reinforcing effort and homework and practice, relate to behaviorist learning theory.
“Reinforcing Effort”
The use of spreadsheet software and data collection tools to reinforce student effort is a great idea. When students can see how the amount of effort they put in place will affect the out come of their learning. I believe these two methods of technology show strong sense of behaviorism by helping students understand the correlation of effort to progress. Students learn what effort is and have a clear formed rubric of how to successfully show effort in their learning. The more they understand effort the higher of the reinforcement because of the better grades. When the data is used school wide students are able to see how this affects other students as well as themselves. Technology becomes a strong tool to help students focus on achievement; this is something that most teachers do not take the time to share with their students. I think this method would be very powerful for students.
“Homework and Practice”
After reading chapter 10, I was amazed at all the different uses of technology that I didn’t know about. I have learned new strategies through the use of Word that I can’t wait to show my students. The idea of having homework and practice available to student to complete at home is a new concept for me, I believe most of my students have computer assess and would enjoy some of the multimedia and web resources described in chapter 10. I can see how the tools in word would relate to behaviorism especially with the immediate responses and feedback with the use of the spelling and grammar tool as well as the auto summarizing tool. Also some of the web resources that gives the student information and then asks them questions about the information is also a skill from the behaviorist learning theory. I think that technology makes homework and practice more exciting for students and will increase further understanding than paper and pencil tasks.
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