A. We saw 2 videos very interesting and this is what I can share:
Three Faces of Educational Technology
• Phase 1. Teachers start with a dynamic presentation
• Phase 2. Textbooks are replaced with electronically devices, use on line sources for different knowledge
• Phase 3. Teacher should see students as producers of information. There should be a product at the end. It can be a movie, podcast… etc. Student as publisher; to share their results with a wider audience so the student will also became audience for other. Student as peer reviewers; they can share ideas and provide feedback to their partners.
Why we need to teach technology in schools
We need to use the technology that has been invented; it can improve our work, the communication, and a lot of things in our live. As technology is changing every day, if we are not thought to use these tools we can be left behind. We must motive them to create, to manipulate and to innovate. Using digital tools kids nowadays feel motivated.
B. The reading we did was about How People Learn and what Technology might have to do with it by Driscoll, Marcy P.
The author mentioned 4 principals for teachers to think about how technology can support their instruction:
• Learning occurs in context: Technology is being created to engage people into real situations. Video games and different kind of medias are interesting so kids feel challenged and they spend hours solving problems shown in this games.
• Learning is active: technology is design to promote creation and innovation so we should motivate them to perform their ideas and actively work taking advantage of the technology facilitates.
• Learning is social: Technology has focused in the social aspect that’s why there are a lot of software that can connect students within a social network like CSILE
• Learning is reflective: this talk about providing feedback among the students so they can have a different perspective of their works and their critical thinking is wider.
It is really important when he mentioned that technology by itself cannot guarantee learning but if we as educators can guide students and effectively work with technology and students we can rich great learning.
"If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow" John Deway
So, you pointed out the crucial role that plays technology in the motivation and the development of the students in the classrooms today and that is good, but what happens with a small school in a remote village in Talamanca or Corredores, how can they get motivation if as you say technology is the fundamental element for motivation? They have no technology as desired, they have only 2 or three classrooms and an electric bulb in each, that's all... No computers, no ipods, no cell phones, no laptops..So, how are they motivated?
ResponderEliminarHey hold on, I didn’t say that the crucial role that plays technology is the motivation for students. I meant that when you have access to these tools, and your students are people that manipulate technology devices in their daily activities, then implementing that technology into their learning process, will be very motivating as it is something they like. But If you live in those regions where the economical situation is poor, you can’t say those kids will feel motivated with technology if they barely know technology devices. You won’t appreciate something until you actually have it and even lose it. Those kids’ motivation will be totally different..m maybe go outside and learn by games in the field or something more closely to what they like to do in their spare time. This will be other perspective view for other social class… thank you for bringing that up.
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