tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660088913986214367.post5391600548779243893..comments2012-03-27T01:05:36.466-04:00Comments on Technology in the Classroom: Social Learning TheoriesJudy Spearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12073222809044400859noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660088913986214367.post-91574403161543646912011-10-09T10:52:08.510-04:002011-10-09T10:52:08.510-04:00Christopher-
I agree most teachers use cooperativ...Christopher-<br /><br />I agree most teachers use cooperative grouping regularly simply because it has proven to be effective. I try to use as much variety of technology in my third grade class as possible. They come to me with limited experience and I plan to expose them to as many as possible so they know what is available. However, I have run into some of the same issues; access to certain things are blocked. I cannot get into this particular blog site that we are using but our class page has a blog portion. It allows me the ability to use it in class. I have been able to create a wiki for the first time but we will not start working on it until next week. I am looking forward t incorporating it into the lesson.<br /><br />I believe educational leaders need to go through some of the training and read the articles we are for this program. If they would then they would see the importance of improving the use and source of technology in classrooms. It is the only way our students are going to have a chance to compete in today's world.Judy Spearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12073222809044400859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660088913986214367.post-27087569610507740462011-10-09T10:44:38.496-04:002011-10-09T10:44:38.496-04:00Joe-
I believe math is one of the more difficult ...Joe-<br /><br />I believe math is one of the more difficult content areas to incorporate technology. However, working with high school students you may have an advantage if your students have had experience in various types of technology. You could present the problem and give them an open ended project where they can explore and choose which form of technology to use to display their artifact. I teach third grade and unfortunately they have had limited experience in technology. I am working to expose them to as many different tools as possible so that when they get in upper grades they can have a variety of ways to choose to present information. I believe if you give your students the opportunity to use blogs or wikis to create group artifacts they will deepen their understanding of the target concept.Judy Spearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12073222809044400859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660088913986214367.post-60288941825026147502011-10-08T19:41:20.850-04:002011-10-08T19:41:20.850-04:00When I taught 7th grade science, my students loved...When I taught 7th grade science, my students loved to work in cooperative groups. For every unit, I would try to have at least one activity or project where the students were able to collaborate on a problem and work together to solve that problem. We’re learning about these social theories now, but I believe any good teacher regularly implement these techniques in their classrooms. <br /><br />I would love to implement wikis in my schools, but currently my county will not allow it. We are just now able to use blogs, and the teachers and students love it. We cannot use wikis because the wiki servers are located off campus, so if a disgruntled teacher or student posts inappropriate content, we (technology department) have no way of removing the content. Until there is a way for us to house the servers’ on campus, giving the tech department total control, we won’t be able to use wikis. And this is a shame because I believe the students would benefit from this collaborative technology.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660088913986214367.post-68055847814237573372011-10-07T07:33:07.308-04:002011-10-07T07:33:07.308-04:00I too think that blogs and wiki's have an incr...I too think that blogs and wiki's have an incredible use in the classroom. Being a math teacher, students have typically used pencil and paper to solve problems. Incorporating technology as part of math content becomes increasingly difficult since students are already comfortable using this technique. My challenge is how to motivate students to learn a content area that is historically pencil and paper based.<br /><br />One idea to address this challenge and incorporate technology as part of the math curriculum involves blogging and then creating a wiki about unit and semester exam reviews. Students will not only be able to learn from one another about challenging content, but teachers would also be able to use it as a check for understanding and perhaps a formative assessment. Depending on the dialogue in the blog and wiki, teachers could simply adjust their classroom instruction to address learning gaps in content. The end products are useful unit and semester exam reviews developed by the students themselves. <br /><br />This experience has the potential to be one of the most powerful partnership experiences in a high school student’s academic career. The integration of technology that involves collaboration enables students to gain multiple perspectives while utilizing a variety of cross-content skills to express their understanding. Additionally, student efforts will foster communication skills to effectively collaborate, critical thinking skills to determine which problems are most beneficial to review for a test, problem solving skills to ensure accuracy of problems posted and issues that arise during the project, and inevitable leadership to carry out the directives of each team. <br /><br />Great job this week!Joe Pluskotahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798362958669865765noreply@blogger.com