Likewise, the learner takes on more responsibilities such as determining their learning goals, becoming a resource of knowledge for peers, and actively collaborating in the learning process
I always found that I enjoyed classes more when I could create a goal for myself at the end of the year. Especially in elementary school, I would look forward to challenging myself and having a goal that I ended up setting for myself.
Throughout the process, students are constantly gaining new information from multiple sources, including their peers, to guide them to their final solution. Based on the interaction between project-based learning and social perspectives, Hutchins’ theory of distributed cognition helps to make sense of these ideas with the notion that learning is a cognitive phenomena that occurs when new information is shared, or distributed, from multiple individuals, artifacts, and technological devices
I found group projects to be very beneficial in grade school, and still do. The way that other people can bring new information to the table that I would have never thought about allows me to learn new things not just from the project itself, but from the people I'm working with.
“different historical and cultural circumstances may encourage different developmental routes to any given developmental endpoint”
It's important to realize that other cultures do have other ways of learning. Not all places have standardized tests or teach things the same way one place does. It's important to realize that does not change the intelligence of another place.
The types and the extent of supports provided in a learning experience are based on performance, and the scaffold is gradually phased out
In my intro to special education class we talked a lot about the use of scaffolding in the classroom when it comes to lesson planning. It allows for lessons to be very individualized and for students to not be overwhelmed. It also allows students to keep using information they previously have learned
, where a learner actively acquires new culturally valuable skills and capabilities through a meaningful, collaborative activity with an assisting, more experienced other.
I feel like guided participations is what a lot of education rides on. The teacher is the experienced person while the students learn meaningful things from activities the teacher runs. I believe guided participation is very important to learning because it's hard to learn on your own. By having someone who is good at the subject and they can help guide you, it can make it a lot easier to learn the subject
, “[T]he goal of prototyping isn’t to finish. It is to learn about the strengths and weaknesses of the idea and to identify new directions that further prototypes might take”
I totally learned this during class this week. When we had to make 10 ideas and sketches, it was more about what came to mind when we were all talking about what could help with making water clean. Rather than fixing in on our first idea, our group chose an idea we came up with later! Because we prototyped it cave us a lot of room to find the best idea.
Jeppesen and Frederiksen (2006) reported that in various industries producing everything from electronics to computers to chemical processes/equipment, 11-76% of the innovation in the field came from actual users, not professionals
I believe this could be because people are experiencing things and wishing there was something that could fix a problem they may be running into. This and they're not being told by bosses "you have to come up with something" or "it must be made this way specifically". Actual users are allowed to have creativity with the products they have and the can be what leads to innovation.
“Higher education needs to use its natural resources in ways that develop content knowledge and skills in a culture infused at new levels by investigation, cooperation, connection, integration, and synthesis
I find that there's a lot of ways to include different forms of learning in the classroom. Creativity is something that can be ingrained into classroom activities, educators themselves just have to be creative in how they come up with these activities! I remember there was points in elementary school where we would have to act out something we just learned with a group to show that we had learned it. It was a creative and fun way to show that we knew what we'd learned!
This recommendation suggests that teachers should be aware of the benefits and consequences of AI-based assistive technologies, and the extent to which students could be impacted, while ensuring that their own biases are not coming into play when determining what is best for their students.
I feel that biases of educators are not considered a lot. I hope that there is workshops on how educators can remove their own biases from their teachings, what sites they use, and making sure their students are getting the information they need. Not the information an educator wants to teach them for their own biases.
All machine learning programs are task specific. Such a program analyzes thousands of data sets to build an algorithm from patterns that would be less obvious to humans, and the algorithm is then adjusted based on whether or not the machine achieved its goal
Something we've talked about in one of my classes that's based on a lot of social justice in education and learning about minorities is that data is readily available for mostly just white people. I wonder if this would translate over to how programs learn and how algorithms are created and if it's mostly catered for white people rather than other races because not as much data is collected from them.
“these companies are amassing quite detailed information on student demographic characteristics in their databases, as well as detailed information on student learning records”
I hope that in the future, before teachers ask students to sign up for a cite for class or go into a grading website, they go through and explain to students or their parents the data that's being collected. I always just blindly would create an account for a cite if it was needed for a class, never thinking about what information it may be collecting.
As a result, student information can be tracked in ways that do not enhance their educational experiences.
I wonder a lot of the time how much Moodle or say powerschool (an application used for grading in high school) does with my information. There is no way they just collect the information on my grades and do nothing with it.
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I used to use this website in middle school to submit musical assignments for band! It's a very easy site to use which I always really liked about it!
Audio is one of the most common ways to keep your audience engaged
I have always been a fan of podcasts. I learn a lot of information from podcasts that I listen to because I can listen when I'm walking or doing something that I'm enjoying. It helps me remember the information more because I can do something I like while consuming information. Having a website that uses not only capturing visuals but also audio allows both my vision and my ears be engaged.
Story
I think that the story aspect should be used a lot more when it comes to capturing media. One of my favorite commercials as a child was the old goldfish commercials. They would have a story and always ask "want to see what's next?" and show that there was a website. I would always want to see the end of the story. People love resolution and if you tell a story it makes the media feel more real, and captivates an audience.
listen with understanding
In a group setting, I think it's important to go in a circle and let everyone have a moment to share their ideas. At points in a group context, I can be scared to share my ideas at times and just sit and listen to what others say. By giving space for everyone to give their thoughts and listen with earnest to understand their ideas
think about your thinking
This is a very important step in my opinion, especially when working with others. Everyone thinks in a different way and learning to think about how you think compared to others is crucial to getting the group work done. By reflecting on your own thinking, you can learn where you need to listen to others in a group context and make sure everyone's ideas get across
Constructivism suggests that learners create knowledge as they attempt to understand their experiences
I believe this to be true. Everyone arrives to knowledge in different ways. This can be through hands on experiences, those who end up explaining and teaching us, or in other forms. For example, I learned to tie my shoes through a song. Some learn it by watching a video, or by their parents showing them, or by observing how others may do it. Overall, by trying to understand how shoes are tied throughout whatever method works best for the learner, the learner will gain knowledge.
How can we continue to stay current in a rapidly evolving information ecology?
Going into the teaching world with how advanced tech is getting had led to me getting worried that I will almost get "replaced". I don't want to become like my parents and have students be confused as to how I don't know how the latest tech works. I want to be able to support my students with tech and have it be a learning tool, but not take over the classroom.
As a teacher, one of your primary goals is to model lifelong learning for your students to show them that learning is not contained within a diploma or limited to a classroom.
This was one of the things that made me want to become a teacher. In first grade I had a teacher that concentrated a lot on making sure we actually understood the material. She taught me life skills that weren't on any exam or anything and she is the first person who made me want to be a teacher.
For this reason, professional educators should be thoughtful about how their activities online and approaches to information seeking may help them to critically consider their own biases in an ongoing way.
Media is very interesting where it will be catered to your beliefs and your opinions. It's especially important as an educator to make sure you're not falling into this biases and teaching them to impressionable students.
By creating a Google Alerts search criteria with the word "discrimination," you can receive an email notification every time a new story is added to the Google search index that meets those criteria.
I never even knew this. I think this could be very useful to teach students so if they have a research paper on a topic, they know when articles that could aid them in their research are posted.
As this chapter illustrates, educational technology research does not always focus on the newest available educational technology.
I especially imagine for professors and teachers who are older that as technology develops it gets increasingly harder to use in the classroom. One of my professors is 73 and sometimes struggles with Moodle and the powerpoint slides, so I can't even imagine how much technology will develop by the time I get to my 50's.
“because 3-D technologies can provide levels of visual or sensory realism and interactivity consistent with the real world, ideas learnt within a 3-D VE should be more readily recalled and applied within the corresponding real environment”
I think not just games could be used with 3-D VE, but also I remember the video we saw where students got to see coral reefs in the classroom. I think being able to do things like that in science classes can really help engage students. I know I'm a very visual learner so this would really help me engage.
During the 2010s, schools began to embrace elements of gamification, but clear evidence of which gamification elements had the most beneficial impact was lacking
I can see myself in elementary school, even middle and high school really enjoying learning in the aspect of games. I had to take a summer course to be able to fit in all the requirements I needed to graduate and in the course when learning about how to use spreadsheets to keep track of money, we got to play papa's pizzeria and keep track of our money there. It made me actually want to learn how to use the spreadsheets and I truly had fun while learning