Best Practice:
A best practice in regards to technology enhanced learning experiences is to allow many opportunities for students to create. By allowing students to create things, specifically through technology enhanced learning, students are required to deep at deeper level and use their critical thinking skills. I think many people at my school believe that technology enhanced learning simply means for students to work on an online program that provides lessons and practice problems. Although, this is a great use of technology, it is not using it to its fullest potential. Also, by allowing students to create things utilizing technology your are helping to better prepare them for the 21st Century workplace. This creativity results in even greater benefits when students have student choice within the creativity project. Defending Resource: Article: www.edutopia.org/technology-integration-guide-implementation This resource aligns with my stance because it explains the various use of technology on different levels. For example, it explains the benefits of technology when you have a smartboard, when you only have one computer, and when you have a computer for every student. I focused more on the idea of every student having their own computer because this is the scenario that I will have next school year. This portion of the article focuses on the ways that technology can be used to foster students creativity and allow them opportunities to create things such as blogs, digital stories, cartoons, videos, etc. This article also explains the positive effects that technology enhanced learning can have students. Technology Tool: ToonDoo: www.toondoo.com/ This technology tool allows students to create cartoons such as comic strips. books, etc. This tool aligns with my stance because this tool allows students the ability to be creative and artistic while creating through technology enhanced learning. In my personal classroom, I think that this would be an excellent tool when assessing students on a concept. I could have students create a comic strip that in some way explains a Mathematical concept or problem. I think that the students would have a lot of fun while learning when using this tool.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorMy name is Heather Thompson and I am and 8th grade Math teacher at Zoneton Middle School. ArchivesCategories |