Corin Justa
Chapter Six Reflection
Technology
tools can encourage students to be reflective and evaluated their own strengths
by using such things as blogs which offer students to reflect on what they are
learning overtime. Survey tools are also helpful to assist you in identifying
the learning characteristics of each student and be able to identify their strengths,
weaknesses and interests to better adapt your teaching to reach all students.
Ways
in which you can get students’ minds ready for a project include shaking up
ideas on what they already know. Arousing curiosity will spark a student’s interest
and they will want to learn more. By generating events that grabs students’
attention, teachers can build confidence among their students who will in turn
become eager to learn generate more information on a topic.
The
elements of teaching fundamentals first include helping students build their skills
gradually before taking on a complicated project. It is important to provide
students with the necessary information to build and strong foundation before
moving forward and onto larger, more complex tasks.
The
important steps in preparing students for using technology include setting up a
technology playground, finding out each student technical capabilities introduce
project management tools and demonstrate. It is important to educate yourself
in what your students already know. Those students whom are more advanced in their
knowledge of technology may be helpful when assisting other students who lack
in the awareness. Once all the students are on the same page, providing tools
and demonstration will promote a successful experience for each and every
student involved and the teacher as well.
Ways
to promote inquiry and deep learning involve guiding students throughout their learning
experience. Provide questions and comments that will help expand their thinking
and direct them in the direction they should be going. Positive feedback is one
of the most important tools when trying to promote a successful experience in
the classroom.
Concepts
in this chapter relate to our topic by showing how important it is to
demonstrate and guide students along while teaching. Project based learning
provides students the opportunity to take control of their education. It is
important that we understand how to appropriately conduct our lessons and know
how to properly engage with students so that they can reach the expectations
that we set out for them. Organization, demonstration, reflection, and positive
feedback are all important attributes to establish success as our students venture
out and use technology to reach their educational goals.
I like what you said about guiding students while teaching. We can’t just give them the material and say “here. Make something.” And expect them to do it perfectly. We also don’t want to do the project for them either. As teachers, we want to make them feel like they are the ones coming up with the ideas on their own and we just guide them when necessary.
ReplyDeleteI really liked how you talked about technology can encourage the students learinging. I also, agree that having the students talk about what they know on a topic is importatant because then one students will be teaching other students and you won't be wasting time on having the students learn something they already know.
ReplyDeleteI also like how you mentioned that as teachers it is important for us to let the children explore and branch out with their options and using different technology but I also like how you mentioned that we as teachers still have to give the children some sense of directions to head into. It is important for us not to get so cough up in the materials and technology that we forget to guide the student's along into the right direction.
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