Sorry it took so long. Life has been crazy but here is my voice thread. After I made it, I thought of so much more I can do with it.
http://voicethread.com/#q.b681769.i0.k0
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Social learning
Social learning is when students get together to learn. As our text describes it “Social learning theory is working and connecting with others to construct knowledge”. (Laureate, 2009) I used this method along with the constructivist theory to have my students get into groups and create different artifacts. One of my favorite projects was to have groups of students create a solar cooker and then cook an egg with it. The students had to research designs and then create the cooker. The groups had to create a blog or wiki where they could share information. It was interesting to see how the groups broke up their work. I saw each student bring their talent to bare to create the cooker. This is what social learning is about. Each student can work to their strength to create an artifact. There is a problem with students getting along in the group and having one person do all the work while others do nothing. That is where the teacher comes in. They are more a facilitator when doing social learning.
Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2009). Bridging learning theory, instruction, and technology. Baltimore: Author.
Pitler, H., Hubbell, E., Kuhn, M., & Malenoski, K. (2007). Using technology with classroom instruction that works. Alexandria, VA: ASCD
Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2009). Bridging learning theory, instruction, and technology. Baltimore: Author.
Pitler, H., Hubbell, E., Kuhn, M., & Malenoski, K. (2007). Using technology with classroom instruction that works. Alexandria, VA: ASCD
Constructivist theory
Sorry I have been away for a bit. My daughter brought my second grand child into the world. James Jackson is healthy and so is mom but it through my life into chaos for a bit. I have a 2 yo grandson who we were watching while mom was in the hospital. I am back now making up my work.
Week four’s learning strategies fit into the constructionist theory like a glove. In the constructionist theory students learn best when they build an external artifact or something they can share with others” (Laureate Education Inc., 2008). I teach science and I feel the best way to learn science is by getting your hands dirty and doing projects and experiments. This week the teacher was not as much a teacher but was a facilitator that helps the students learn by themselves by giving them activities and projects to do instead of listening to lectures all the time. When the students create an artifact it is a good way to incorporate social learning too. Constructing an artifact also opens up many uses of technology which is very exciting. Our resources this week talked about using excel and its graphing capabilities. This works out great for science. Students can graph their data and look for relationships in the data. I also like the students to create power points to present their findings. As I said earlier this theory and the related strategies fits science very well.
Resources:Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2008). Constructionist and Constructivist Learning Theories. Baltimore: Author.
Week four’s learning strategies fit into the constructionist theory like a glove. In the constructionist theory students learn best when they build an external artifact or something they can share with others” (Laureate Education Inc., 2008). I teach science and I feel the best way to learn science is by getting your hands dirty and doing projects and experiments. This week the teacher was not as much a teacher but was a facilitator that helps the students learn by themselves by giving them activities and projects to do instead of listening to lectures all the time. When the students create an artifact it is a good way to incorporate social learning too. Constructing an artifact also opens up many uses of technology which is very exciting. Our resources this week talked about using excel and its graphing capabilities. This works out great for science. Students can graph their data and look for relationships in the data. I also like the students to create power points to present their findings. As I said earlier this theory and the related strategies fits science very well.
Resources:Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2008). Constructionist and Constructivist Learning Theories. Baltimore: Author.
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