Chapter three discusses many points and concepts that are interesting.
The first thing I want to touch on is the page on High Tech high. It talked about schools where the educational philosophy blends new technologies with innovative approaches. It talks about how technology is integrated seamlessly in ways that support the goals of the school. I was very interested when reading about this. I think that it is only a matter of time before more and more schools take this approach. I feel that technology is becoming so important and vital to teaching and learning. To use technology like this just shows how beneficial it is to implement it.
The second thing that I want to discuss one of the instructional methods to engage students. I want to further talk about Inquiry Learning. Inquiry learning engages students in projects that ask them to do authentic and active work by investigating relevant questions in a subject field. I choose to talk about this method because I think that it is an effective method. I feel as though students become more engaged in something if they are doing something hands on. They tend to take more in when they are to look up information and present things rather than sitting being told information. When having to just sit and listen to a teacher tell you specific information the words most likely go in one ear and out the other. Other instructional methods are one-on-one tutoring, learning groups, and metacongnitive thinking.
The last thing that I want to talk about is section about creativity. The book says that information technologies provide students and teachers with powerful ways to express their creativity. I agree. I think that technology really helps to convey peoples creativity. People can express themselves through technology, it has become an outlet that many people take advantage of. Technology not only makes it easier to complete school projects and assignments, but it also helps to make it easy to convey creativity on those projects.
Works Cited
Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.
"Introduction To High Tech High" YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 01 Feb. 2015.
High Tech High is indeed a prototype for what could very well be the schools of the near future. There are a number of folks who would agree, but there are still many barriers for major change, including money and even the same philosophy. Hopefully, the tipping point to new attitudes will change soon. :)
ReplyDeleteYour mind map is a great start to understanding the framework for instructional methods for student engagement. Do remember to give yourself credit for the creation of web 2.0 tools in the Resource section - this is not only important for the habit of always giving attribution, but also for identifying the digital tool for the grading rubric for this assignment. :)