With technology transforming into teaching methods, it creates new ways to engage students into learning. You can pretty much use any type of technology form to further teaching a subject or just having the students interact with technology to further their knowledge. As teachers, you can use technology learning theories that vary from metacognitive skills to demonstrating. The main four theories mentioned in the textbook are the following: behaviorism, cognitivism, constructivism, and constructionism. The theory I would use in my classroom would be the cognitivism because it deals with active learning, transferring of learning, comprehension, and metacognitive skills.
There is different techniques to engage the students. These techniques vary from one-on-one tutoring with just the teacher and student to the students needs and knowledge. Learning groups which students can go into groups and discuss with each other their own explanation. Inquiry learning which deals with projects to further explore questions in a subject field. And finally, metacognitive thinking which shows students how to examine their own learning methods through self-explanation and self-explanation.
While using technology in the classroom, you want to have ways to use technology for feedback. There is a lot of websites and software out there that will help a student out. BrainPop is a good website for students to interact with and to gain more knowledge by watching videos and playing games. Google Earth is an interactive map you can use in your classroom to actually show students what Europe looks like in person. Another way for feedback is having a profession chart in the classroom that students can look at anytime to see where they are at and what they have accomplish.
This video that I attach is pretty cute and funny because it's kids explaining what technology is and how it's used in the classroom. It's worth the watch. It's crazy how students are leaning with technology now because when I was in school we didn't have that much technology to even use in the classrooms.
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.
What a great capture of your learning in the infographic chart - is that Piktograph? You really created a nice summary of your learning on these three concepts here and your text supplemented that with some connection to your own experiences - though I would like to see more reflection for future posts. :) I also liked your video - what a great way to imagine the future through the minds of our students. The only thing missing were the attributions for the YouTube video and your Piktograph creation - both of which are expected in APA citation style in the resource section. Overall, nice job though! :)
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