Chapter Two: Transforming
learning with unique, powerful technology
Focus Question 6: How does technology
provide feedback to support technology?
A student’s
ideas and curiosities are supported by technology through a want for to learn and
to be able to on their own without direction from a teacher. Examples of these
technological tools used are email, discussion boards, blogs, instant
messaging, amongst others.
Tech Tool 2.1: Web Resources for
Visual Learning
A few of the
web resources listed that seem useful and interesting are the E-Skeletons
Project, it offers 2D and 3D versions of human and non-human primate’s
skeletons. Physics Education Technology offers interactive simulations of
motion, heat, electricity, light and other forces and properties. The Whale
Hunt documents through slideshows nine days in which Eskimos planned and
executed a whale hunt.
Chapter Summary Points
-There are
many different technologies available to both teachers and students today. The
three points of the chapter I found intriguing were that technology has
transformed learning through visual learning, information research and retrieval
as well as creative self-expression.
-A research
project, Teaching Internet Comprehension to Adolescents, has noted that less
than 10% of the study’s 7th graders check the accuracy of
information they find online, while 80% don’t read Google search results
because they don’t know how to accurately read the information.
-I like the quote and the point that was brought from The How
People Learn series, it was found that human learners from infants to adults are “goal
directed agents who actively seek information”.
Resources
Transforming Learning with New
Technologies
Jeff Peterson via Flickr
Though I don't like the results of the research you quoted, I am not surprised and think it reflects some of the points of discussion from last week's class regarding researching and evaluating information.
ReplyDeleteDevelop your thoughts with more reflection for future blog posts and don't forget to hyperlink your photo citation and list other resources.