A New Culture of Learning
Chapters 1-3 Chapter 1 “The game does not teach programming it builds citizenship.” Using technology in my classroom does not only help students acquire and technological skills. Technology is a new tool they need to learn to use to collaborate and share work with their peers. Older students can also benefit from learning how to interact and connect with people in other parts of the world in an educational setting as those skills are transferable to most careers and college. It is also beneficial for students to learn how to interact with people who have different knowledge and expertise. Scratch was a great example of how students can share their work and share it with with other to comment and built on in a fun way. Question: Will standards that encourage communicating/collaborating via technology eventually be included in the Common Core Standards? Connection: Creating a positive environment for our students is something we all prioritize. It is important for our students to be able to they have safe and positive interactions inside our classrooms. Technology forces us to consider how students communicate and collaborate outside the classroom. In Spanish methods we use a program called iearn to connect with students in other Spanish speaking countries and share cultural experiences. Programs like iearn are great resources that we can use to provide students with diverse cultural interactions. Aha:Technology is a tool we can use to expand those skills in the sense that we can teach students how to build relationships to our communities. This is an essential real life skill they will use in that will help them be successful in many ways. Like with the game Scratch students can learn to collaborate with their community members on projects that interests them, learn from others’ input and benefit from listening to others’ perspectives on their ideas. Chapter 2 “As we will see, however, in the new culture of learning the point is to embrace what we don’t know, come up with better questions about it, and continue asking questions about it in order to learn more and more about it, both incrementally and exponentially.” Students can look up answers to question on the web. Memorizing answers is no longer how we determine which students are learning the content we teach. What is important is that students are able to find the answers to their questions and can add or expand to their learning provided with a vast amount of information. Students in our schools today need to be able to sort out information and find relevant sources to supplement their learning. Question: How can we consider the web to be part of the class environment? Connection: I can see how school culture has changed since I went to high school to adapt to the increasing use of technology. Online classroom and more common. Aha: If we teach our students how to make good use of the technological tool and the resources available on the web they will benefit from those skills. The internet can be overwhelming to students if they do not learn how to categorize information. We can teach students how to find credible information and how to use creative ways to elaborate on others ideas. Chapter 3 “Embracing change means looking forward to what will come next. It means viewing the world as a set of new possibilities, rather than something that forces us to adjust.” As educators we should look at the vast amount of technological resources in a positive light. Technology has changed the traditional school setting from what is considered the classroom environment to the tools we use to teach our students in the classroom. If we can learn how to use technological resources ourselves and teach it to our students we can increase the amount of learning that goes on in our classroom. Our resourcefulness will only benefit our students. Question: How does the way that students are learning affect what they learn? Connection: This chapter mapped the evolution of Wikipedia and highlighted how information is being shared today. Collaboration is key to presenting and finding accurate information. Aha: It’s important that students learn to accept knowledge from different perspectives. Instead of teaching our students that there is only one answer to a question we need to teach them to be creative with their answers.
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2/16/2016 09:55:26 pm
Cristina,
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2/19/2016 06:08:20 am
I can relate to your "Aha" for chapter three. It is very important that we learn to gather information from multiple sources, but also equally important that we determine the legitimacy of those sources as well.
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Katy Parker
5/9/2016 11:51:24 am
Hi Cristina,
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