This week we went over two different areas that help in the cognitive learning area. Cues, question and Advanced organizers and summarizing and not taking. Both of these actives lend well to the cognitive theory of learning which states that students learn with technology not from. The student is not using the computer to practice anymore but they are using technology to gain, organize and present information. The student is no longer using technology to refresh old knowledge but now they are using technology to increase their knowledge and gain new knowledge. Technology can be used in four areas in the cognitive theory, Information seeking, Information presentation, knowledge organization, and knowledge integration. Students can seek out new information, then arrange the information is a way that makes it easier for the student to understand and then connect the new information to information they already know and finally present the information in a logical manner. The quote from our reading that I like most and that sums up the cognative approach is “When students work With computer technology, instead of being controlled by it, they enhance the capabilities of the computer, and the computer enhances their thinking and learning.” (Orey, M.(Ed.). (2001)).
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Online Book: Orey, M.(Ed.). (2001). Emerging perspectives on learning, teaching, and technology. Retrieved from http://projects.coe.uga.edu/epltt/
Section: Cognitive Tools
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I enjoyed you end quote. It is so true in a number of ways. Without the student, or for that matter anyone, to capture the prupose of technology and computers, it is a giant paper weight. The user is what makes technology so wonderful. Technology certainly meets all of the qualitites of the cognitive learning theory. All of your senses, except taste and smell are being utilized.
ReplyDeleteOrganizer is a great cognitive tool that helps students keep track of their learning. It goes a far way in allowing students to have their learning laid out and monitored, and to add to the creat wonder, it can be done without the use of pen and paper which makes it more exciting.
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