EXPLORING NEW TECHNOLOGIES

EDUC 2201 Week 2

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The Internet program we used in class on Wednesday was pretty awesome! #wowfactor I #wonder what other types of Internet software programs we are going to use this semester? #curious #excited :p

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My Wonder for this week is about being creative with technology. I would like to know how creative I can be teaching a class of first graders using technology.

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The wow factor that i really enjoyed was seeing that teachers are now supposed to organize their curriculum around topics that students will find meaningful so they are not just memorizing facts and not really taking anything in. Not only is this material supposed to be meaningful and interesting to the students but it is also supposed to be important to the subject being taught. After reading about the teaching for understanding method i am wondering how many schools are doing this and how it is helping the students.

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My "wow" would have to be the friends I've made because of the group work. I never would have known about these individuals or that we could be such good friends. I do wonder what was meant by looking back at the definitions and pictures, my mind is set in its ways, so I don't think my opinion of such things will change.

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So my WOW for the day is that I was shocked that we used Harry Potter for a source of learning. My wonder would have to be why would you choose the word "creative" when teaching understanding and learning? The terms understanding and learning go hand in hand with each other while being creative sort of stands alone.

My Own Schema
Purposes for Schooling Learning, Understanding, and Creativity Mindfulness/ Awareness
e.g., Delors Four Pillars of Education: Learning to know Learning to do Learning to live together Learning to be Making Connections Applying Knowledge Thinking Flexibly Within Constraints

The Examined Life Second Sight

Getting Your Heads Around Technology

What Technology Can You Not Imagine Living Without? noteapp.com/tech9am noteapp.com/tech12pm

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Teaching and Traditional Technologies

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Teaching and New Technologies

Wonder

Present their Understanding

Think

The main criteria are that the technology has significant potential to enhance students understanding and is not yet part of the teachers repertoire of educational tools. TfUwT, pp. 15-16

Explain

Analyze

Take A Stand on New Technologies

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Take A Stand on New Technologies

Compared with previous generations, todays students have fundamentally different cognitive skills because of the digital technologies they have grown up with.

Take A Stand on New Technologies

Todays digital technologies encourage student creativity and personal expression.

Take A Stand on New Technologies

Todays digital technologies encourage greater collaboration among students.

Take A Stand on New Technologies

It is imperative for schools to teach and assess todays students using the digital technologies they are most comfortable with.

Take A Stand on New Technologies

Todays digital technologies are creating an easily distracted generation with short attention spans.

Take A Stand on New Technologies

The Internet encourages learning by connecting students to resources about topics of interest to them.

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The availability of digital content has broadened students worldviews and perspectives.

Introducing VoiceThread: What Speaks To You About Technology?

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Looking Forward

Next Up: What are characteristics of a well-designed learning goal? Very Soon: Living Document Part 1: What are learning, understanding, and creativity? Due September 6 Now: Exit Tweet. Whats a #wow and a #wonder from this week?

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