- Support knowledge construction
- represent learners' ideas, understandings, and beliefs
- produce organized, multimedia knowledge by learners
- Support explorations
- access needed information
- compare perspectives, beliefs, world views
- Support learning by doing
- simulating meaningful real-world problems, situations, and contexts
- represent beliefs, perspectives, arguments, and stories of others
- provide a safe, controllable problem space for student thinking
- Support learning by conversing
- collaborate with others
- discuss, argue, and build consensus among members of a learning community
- support discourse among knowledge building communities
- Intellectual partners that support learning by reflecting
- help learners articulate and represent what they know
- reflect on what they have learned and how they came to know it
- support learners' internal negotiations and meaning making
- construct persona representations of meaning
- support mindful thinking (Jonassen, Peck, & Wilson, 1999 as cited in Jonassen, 2000)
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Saturday, October 20, 2007
Learning WITH Technology
Are your students learning with technology? If so, HOW? If not, what needs to change?
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Saturday, October 20, 2007
Learning WITH Technology
Are your students learning with technology? If so, HOW? If not, what needs to change?
- Support knowledge construction
- represent learners' ideas, understandings, and beliefs
- produce organized, multimedia knowledge by learners
- Support explorations
- access needed information
- compare perspectives, beliefs, world views
- Support learning by doing
- simulating meaningful real-world problems, situations, and contexts
- represent beliefs, perspectives, arguments, and stories of others
- provide a safe, controllable problem space for student thinking
- Support learning by conversing
- collaborate with others
- discuss, argue, and build consensus among members of a learning community
- support discourse among knowledge building communities
- Intellectual partners that support learning by reflecting
- help learners articulate and represent what they know
- reflect on what they have learned and how they came to know it
- support learners' internal negotiations and meaning making
- construct persona representations of meaning
- support mindful thinking (Jonassen, Peck, & Wilson, 1999 as cited in Jonassen, 2000)
8 comments:
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jesskenney320 said...
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I like to think that when I do have the chance to expose my 3-5 year old learners to technology that they are learning. I know that they get very excited about using the computer as a tool. They like it a lot more than laminated paper, I can tell ya that much! I do my best to keep the environment safe for them while using technology. They do reflect one what they learned at the end of each visit (because they have to in order to choose a sticker).
But I really don't think that I could honestly say that my little guys are learning with technology within the realm of the established bullet points. Hopefully after this class they will be able to do so a bit more. -
October 25, 2007 at 5:22 PM
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Jim said...
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We are experimenting with using technology to support knowledge constructs, support exploration, and so on. My sense is there are still many old techniques that are used with the new technology that need to be changed. I find I approach instruction from previous experience and make modifications allowed by the technology. I look forward to the time when my previous experience is using a technologically rich environment. My goal is to develop curriculum that is native 21st century learning, not adapted 2oth century learning.
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October 25, 2007 at 5:24 PM
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Natalie said...
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I think my students are learning with technonlgy, but on a very basic level. The students are using webquests to explore and review content. There are many programs they use in Math and Language Arts to practice skills. I use technology in my lessons to present information such as United Streaming, Power Points, and things of this nature, but I would like the students to start using technology more to express their understanding. Most projects and assignments that are being done only invlove the computer for research. I would love to see the students creating projects with the computer, but not sure how to go about doing this.
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October 25, 2007 at 5:25 PM
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Ryan said...
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Very interesting that the ideologies brought up by Jonassen are similar to the National Educational Technology Standards for Students.
It looks as if both sources claim "learning by doing" is key to a student's thinking process.
As I am beginning to blog tonight, I'm starting to think outside the box as far as how students think. Students are always interacting with each other. Now to use the student interaction in educational settings, students can far more achieve what is typically happening in school. After reading some of these educational blogs, students know much more about technology than I had imagined. I knew that my Middle schoolers were more technologically advanced than I. But now to see young adults on these blogs (the same age as my students) running internet sites, similar to blogspot. I believe this course is going to open up my expectations to what technology can REALLY do to my classroom and my students' achievement.
-Ryan Maule -
October 25, 2007 at 5:26 PM
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Mike T. said...
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I do not believe my students are learning much with technology, however, we often simulate real world experiences in the classroom whenever applicable. Currently, I am in my third year of teaching and I do think many of my projects could be enhanced if they had some technology infused with them. Hopefully I will figure out how during this course.
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October 25, 2007 at 5:26 PM
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Kevin said...
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My initial reaction to the question is yes. They are learning by doing, using, exploring, creating, breaking and then fixing the technology. Could the lessons be more demanding and engaging for the students, absolutely. I try to expose my students to as much technology as possible in the mere 20 days that I have with them. We work on typing, spreadsheets, desktop publishing, digital movies, utilizing Moodle and so much more. However, I believe I can do more and I don’t believe my initial reaction of yes is valid. I believe it’s actually more in the middle between yes and no. I could be doing more to teach them the technology available and how to utilize it.
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October 25, 2007 at 5:27 PM
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Oscar Sosa said...
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I would say that my students learn through good instructional design. The technology, specifically LMS/CMS software, has helped me:
• give a voice to more learners
• organize material for the learners
• facilitate personal reflections
• motivate the learner
• teach beyond the traditional content (I was a Spanish teacher)
As far as what needs to change? We need more teachers considering the possibilities that technology enables in education. Information is no longer under a lock and key, behind library walls, or expensive encyclopedias. We have the power to educate more learners… -
October 25, 2007 at 5:31 PM
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JEC175 said...
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Are my students learning with technology? Yes, but not nearly enough. The district is always running straight into the cutting edge of what technology has to offer, but it continually drags its feet in terms of training, support, and availability of resources. Who wouldn’t smile when the stars align to allow each member of a class to sit at their own computer, without the mysterious technical difficulties that never happen on our home computers, and with the proper resources full of valid licenses and multiple options for meaningful learning activities? As I mentioned before, my students do have opportunities as described above, but it is the exception rather than the norm. The five numbered items from the “Learning WITH Technology” blog are present (especially learning by conversing) when the stars align, but unfortunately, I can only move mountains . . .
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October 25, 2007 at 5:33 PM
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I like to think that when I do have the chance to expose my 3-5 year old learners to technology that they are learning. I know that they get very excited about using the computer as a tool. They like it a lot more than laminated paper, I can tell ya that much! I do my best to keep the environment safe for them while using technology. They do reflect one what they learned at the end of each visit (because they have to in order to choose a sticker).
But I really don't think that I could honestly say that my little guys are learning with technology within the realm of the established bullet points. Hopefully after this class they will be able to do so a bit more.
We are experimenting with using technology to support knowledge constructs, support exploration, and so on. My sense is there are still many old techniques that are used with the new technology that need to be changed. I find I approach instruction from previous experience and make modifications allowed by the technology. I look forward to the time when my previous experience is using a technologically rich environment. My goal is to develop curriculum that is native 21st century learning, not adapted 2oth century learning.
I think my students are learning with technonlgy, but on a very basic level. The students are using webquests to explore and review content. There are many programs they use in Math and Language Arts to practice skills. I use technology in my lessons to present information such as United Streaming, Power Points, and things of this nature, but I would like the students to start using technology more to express their understanding. Most projects and assignments that are being done only invlove the computer for research. I would love to see the students creating projects with the computer, but not sure how to go about doing this.
Very interesting that the ideologies brought up by Jonassen are similar to the National Educational Technology Standards for Students.
It looks as if both sources claim "learning by doing" is key to a student's thinking process.
As I am beginning to blog tonight, I'm starting to think outside the box as far as how students think. Students are always interacting with each other. Now to use the student interaction in educational settings, students can far more achieve what is typically happening in school. After reading some of these educational blogs, students know much more about technology than I had imagined. I knew that my Middle schoolers were more technologically advanced than I. But now to see young adults on these blogs (the same age as my students) running internet sites, similar to blogspot. I believe this course is going to open up my expectations to what technology can REALLY do to my classroom and my students' achievement.
-Ryan Maule
I do not believe my students are learning much with technology, however, we often simulate real world experiences in the classroom whenever applicable. Currently, I am in my third year of teaching and I do think many of my projects could be enhanced if they had some technology infused with them. Hopefully I will figure out how during this course.
My initial reaction to the question is yes. They are learning by doing, using, exploring, creating, breaking and then fixing the technology. Could the lessons be more demanding and engaging for the students, absolutely. I try to expose my students to as much technology as possible in the mere 20 days that I have with them. We work on typing, spreadsheets, desktop publishing, digital movies, utilizing Moodle and so much more. However, I believe I can do more and I don’t believe my initial reaction of yes is valid. I believe it’s actually more in the middle between yes and no. I could be doing more to teach them the technology available and how to utilize it.
I would say that my students learn through good instructional design. The technology, specifically LMS/CMS software, has helped me:
• give a voice to more learners
• organize material for the learners
• facilitate personal reflections
• motivate the learner
• teach beyond the traditional content (I was a Spanish teacher)
As far as what needs to change? We need more teachers considering the possibilities that technology enables in education. Information is no longer under a lock and key, behind library walls, or expensive encyclopedias. We have the power to educate more learners…
Are my students learning with technology? Yes, but not nearly enough. The district is always running straight into the cutting edge of what technology has to offer, but it continually drags its feet in terms of training, support, and availability of resources. Who wouldn’t smile when the stars align to allow each member of a class to sit at their own computer, without the mysterious technical difficulties that never happen on our home computers, and with the proper resources full of valid licenses and multiple options for meaningful learning activities? As I mentioned before, my students do have opportunities as described above, but it is the exception rather than the norm. The five numbered items from the “Learning WITH Technology” blog are present (especially learning by conversing) when the stars align, but unfortunately, I can only move mountains . . .
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