Videos
First of all, this weeks videos focused on
the “big thinkers” about their perspective on digital media, ethics, and
parental involvement. James Paul Gee, an Arizona State University Professor,
explained in his video how he sees a bright future for video games in the
learning process, in and out of school. Howard Gardner, founder of
multiple-intelligences theory, discussed the challenges ethics, and education
face as face as digital media becomes more prevalent. He emphasized that there
are five ethical senses: identity, privacy, ownership-authorship,
trustworthiness, and credibility. Sasha Barab, a Professon of learning sciences
at Indiana University, explains how new-media literacy are creating new
opportunities for student participation. Barab big thinking is that “it’s not the
kids who are the problem, it’s the way we are thinking about school.” He
emphasized the importance of starting to appreciate the power that game has to
offer in order to engage students in what interests them, and to use failure as
a motivator. The Vision for Technology in
K-12 Education was a great short video that had many “What if…” questions.
Questions and concerns that would lead to a 21st century learning
and teaching environment. Lastly, the video A
Vision for the 21st century Learning emphasized on our our
world, our education system in the 21st century is built asa mass
standardization response to the industrial revolution at the turn of the 20th
century. Our world today consists of digital technology, constant networking,
instant gratification, global conectiveness, different stimuli than previous
generation. The key idea of this video, for me, was that global awareness and
technology are critical to ensuring our children are prepared for the 21st
century work environment. Overall in the 21st century classroom
teachers serve as coaches/mentors and students are empowered, and ultimately
learning will take place. It is a time to have a vision, and hope, and to make
things happen!
Readings
In this weeks readings we read the Pitler
text, were he shares his ideas on how significant it could be to lead students
to deeper understanding and relection through explicit direct instruction that
accommodates all diverse learners. He emphasized the importance that it is for
students to receive explicit direction in identifying similarities and
differences. Pitler gave a wide array of example of how to guide our students
in this way of thinking, he recommened that students use comparing,
classifying, metaphors, and analogies. With the 21st century
resources that we have, it is easy for teachers to model and use a variety of
graphic organizers and visual tools that would engage students in the learning
process. In addition, these technology resources can be applied to help enable
learning and reflection. Another great emphasize in Pitler’s text for this week
was to guide students through the use of technology to facilitate learning, so
that they can acquire higher order thinking skills. In the Solomon & Schrum
text the emphasize was in how technology offers an array of possibilities for
authentic assessments. Solomon’s & Schrum’s explanation, supported what the
“big thinkers” explained within this weeks videos. In this text, it was
explained that when students are engaged in solving worthy problems or
questions of importance in a collaboration environment, it’s a natural fit to
share the rsults and refelction with an authentic audience for feedback and
presentation. With the ease of the many Web 2.0 resources that are readily
available for student use, it empowers students to create, collaborate,
present, and gain feedback about what they’ved learned. Overall, teaching with
technology continues to gain way in the educational field and we are becoming
more and more virtual. We are creating classrooms that stress the ability to
solve problems collaborately and innovate.
Work Cited
Citation: Edutopia.org (nd). Big thinkers: James Paul Gee on grading with games. Retrieved from http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-james-gee-video
Citation: Edutopia.org (nd). Big Thinkers: Howard Gardner on Digital Youth. Retrieved from http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-howard-gardner-video
Citation: Edutopia.org. (nd). Big Thinkers: Sasha Barab on New-Media Engagement. Retrieved from http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-sasha-barab-video
Citation: Youtube.com (nd). Vision for Technology in K-12 Education. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhoOG5Kf1w4
Citation: Pitler, H., Hubbell, E., Kuhn,
M., & Malenoski, K. (2007). Using technology with classroom instruction
that works. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum
Development, 155-164.
Citation: Solomon, G., & Schrum, L.
(2007). Web 2.0: New tools, new schools. Eugene, OR: International
Society for Technology in Education, 168-176.
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