An immediate change that I will be making to my classroom this year is to make sure that I am covering the information in multiple ways so that the students are getting the information in multiples ways. This will help them to retain the information and be able to apply it. A goal for future classes is to be aware of the strategies that I am using when I teach and make sutre that I am covering multiple strategies. I would also like to incorporate more technology into the classroom. I have discovered more about how useful it can be in helping the students learn the pertinent information.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Reflection
I think that before this class started I was unaware of what my "Personal Learning Theory"was. I think that I just taught what I wanted to and how I felt. I never thought about what theory it fit into. After being able to explore all of the learning theories and how they apply to technology. What I realized the most through out the course is that there is no one theory that should be used in the classroom. If that were the case then do many students would be missing out on important information that they were not retaining.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Connectivism and Social Learning Theory in Practice
The social learning theory is a great theory. I think that by students working together and holding each other accountable they can learn a lot more and retain the information rather than listening to the teacher all of the time. By allowing the students to work together with less guidance form the teacher students learn through self discovery as well as from their peers. Sometimes their peers can put things in a context that is easier to understand.
Technology can be incorporated by allowing students to use blogs to communicate as well as a social networking site such as facebook. There are also a lot of other good resources out there that students can use to collaborate such as a Wiki or Google reader. The voice thread that we were asked to create this week would be great for students to use if you were in a classroom that had good computers and students were able to spend a lot of time on their work. THe truth is I don't think that applies to a lot of schools or classrooms. I think that the social theory works and can be used without technology, although technology is a very helpful tool.
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