Chapter 7 “The process of making and remaking context is in itself, an act of imaginative play” This chapter discusses the importance of ensuring our students are media literate. Students need to learn to decipher information in a world where information and images can be manipulated and presented to serve a specific purpose. Students can approach an idea with a willingness to explore and experiment it. Awareness of negotiation of truth is important for our students to be successful in engaging in meaning making. Question: How can we develop agency in our students? Connection: I am teaching Expository Reading and Writing this semester and my students are learning how to analyze a writer’s argument using ethos, logos, and pathos in different texts. It is also important for students to be able to interact with organic texts like wikipedia. Aha: The definition of literacy is changing in the sense that students needs to learn how to interact with organic text. Information is in a constant flux and understanding the logos, pathos, and ethos is increasingly important. Chapter 8 “Digital networked environments do not provide only an extension of real world interaction: they also provide an enhanced environment for sharing information and engaging in meaningful social interaction” So..: Classroom blogs can be used as tools to teach students how to collaborate effectively with their peers. If used efficiently students will learn to interact with each other over a social platform. The skills they will learn are transferable to real life. Students will use these skills in college to in only course or hybrid courses. These skills are also important in the business world as students need to learn the proper way to interact and communicate with business professionals. Question: How long should classroom blogs be made available? (One year?) Connection: In my classroom we have used Google docs for group projects. It’s a great way for students to work together on research projects. It makes it easy to jigsaw different research topics and it saves valuable teaching time. Aha:Technology makes it necessary for students to be media literate as well as text literate. We need to prepare our students by providing rich experiences in the classroom that will help them succeed in college and in the job market. Chapter 9 “Imagine an environment where learning happens on a continuous basis because the participants are internally motivated to find, share and filter new information on a near-constant basis.” So..: Students can learn to use social media platforms to enhance their learning. Social media sites can be used in the context of learning. If students use the media they are already familiar with in the classroom they can learn the added benefits. Twitter is an example of a social platform that has an abundant source of new information. Users are able to share links to many topic. Users can filter information to focus on any topic. Question: How can we keep students all students with different likes and interests motivated? Connection: I am going to assign a 20% project to my students because I see the value of fostering intrinsic motivation in my students. Students will seek out authentic learning experiences if the are given the chance to focus on topics that interest them. I am excited to see how students respond to this new type of learning. Aha: Information sharing and learning both happen at a constant basis. we can use these tools in the classroom to enhance our teaching. Students already possess the skills needed to navigate social media but they can transfer those skills to focus on learning.
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A New Culture of Learning
Chapters 4-6 Chapter 4 “Our ability to produce, consume, and distribute knowledge is an unlimited, unfiltered, and immediate way is the primary reason for the changes we see today.”Collaboration is key to finding and creating true knowledge. Creating network and online communities increase the flow of information on any particular topic. Groups of people who work together on a similar goal, project of interest, or to solve a problem are more efficient than any one person working alone. Question: What role does the teacher play in peer to peer learning? Connection: When I was in High school I loved to read magazines from local collectives. It is more common today for people to use virtual collective because it allows for increased collaboration. Classroom blogs can be used to create inquiry based approach to learning and teaching Aha: The internet allows for people to connect with other who have similar interest. Information is easier to find and some of the questions that someone might has probably been asked before. This allows for people to explore interest at a larger scale and with ease. We can teach our students to use a collective approach when teaching a specific unit. Learning to participate in a collective in a safe classroom environment teaches students skills that will enhance their abilities to find and collaborate with others on projects of similar interest. Chapter 5 “Through new media, the collective serves not only as a kind of resource for learning but also as a kind of amplifier: It intensifies and heightens the process of learning by continuously relating it back to the personal. ” In order to build motivation in students they need to be able to make the topic relevant to their lives. Digital media is a tool for teachers that helps makes learning authentic and personal. Question: How do we distinguish collaboration from sharing answers? Connection: The case involving the students at Ryerson University proves that the essence of what constitutes studying is changing. If the answers are available to our students with the simple click a button then ensuring that they get the right answer should not be our main concern as educations, instead we need to check that our students can develop creative ways to solve their problems or reaching their desired goals. Aha: When students are able to learn in fun environment that are not restrictive they can explore their interest at a deeper level. This is how life long learning happens. Organic spaces that are constantly producing new information and that students can participate in are most valuable because they represent the true nature of our reality. Answers can no longer be found they are being created every day and our students need to learn that they can participate in this creation of knowledge. Chapter 6 “You tech and I learn. But tacit knowledge, which grows through personal experience and experimentation, is not transferable-you can’t teach it to me, though I can still learn it.” Our role in this technological driven world in addition to the content material is how to access information relevant to their studies. But our most important role is to provide them with as much experience as possible. We can create the stage for students to make connections to content material in our classrooms. It is these rich experiences where they can put their knowledge and skills to use that helps grasps real concepts and ideas. Question: What are effective ways to develop inquiry in our students? Connection: It is important to remember that students have different learning styles. For this reason it is important to allow students freedom in their learning. They will demonstrate the most creativity when they are truly invested in something that interest them. They will also be more likely to seek out new learning experiences when they are truly motivated by their work. Aha: Imagination and creativity is something that has was lacking in traditional education system. New teachers have the task of undoing some of the teaching methods and practices that are benefitting our students. 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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