It makes me want to use problem solving centered lessons so that my students can see the usefulness and need to learn something. Once they have that they will most likely actively seek out to solve the problem using any means necessary like Google or YouTube and they will dicover the solution or answer to the problem they are looking for. It makes me want to be more of facilitator and let them do the exploring as I guide them on how to use the technology and what objectives that I am looking for.
The first thing I want to say regarding this video is that I don't think Sugata took into consideration how completely inundated so many students are with technology in America right now. To the students in India and Africa, these computers and the Internet were new and exciting, but our students have literally never known a world where these things didn't exist. We CAN'T allow them to be online without supervision because they know how to find and access things that aren't appropriate or conducive to learning.
What I do think this research means for instruction in America is even more support the ideas of problem and inquiry based learning, like what we read about in our textbooks this week. Students need to be able to create their own knowledge and be able to solve different, interesting problems. The book had a line that said so few problems in the real world are ever laid out like a problem in a math class or textbook. Students need to learn to regulate themselves and apply their knowledge outside of the classroom, and inquiry and problem based learning can help them do just that.
I do kind of agree that when you have nothing, everything is new and exciting. How can you not want to learn more? And then when you have everything at your fingertips, there's a factor of underestimation. I think it could make it harder to get students interested in the subject matter.
My takeaway was that if we stop handing out the answers to the tough questions when a student says "I don't know" then maybe they'll start figuring out how to answer the questions themselves. I also think that, like the author said, if a student is interested in something, they will learn about it. Maybe my job will be more to make it interesting without making it cut and dry. Posing a challenging and interesting question without an immediate answer may spark the curiosity and intrigue of a student enough to get them excited about finding out the answer.
The implication is that technology will provide instruction and teachers will guide instruction, provide feedback to students and assess knowledge. Children will actually learn the content on their own or in groups. Instruction will come from the world wide web instead of the teacher. Classrooms will be more than one room in one school--- our classroom will co-exist in places like Africa, India, Texas, and Mexico. All classrooms will be apart of our group while their leader goes to eat lunch or if they can't afford a teacher we would be that guide for the children via the internet.
It makes me want to use problem solving centered lessons so that my students can see the usefulness and need to learn something. Once they have that they will most likely actively seek out to solve the problem using any means necessary like Google or YouTube and they will dicover the solution or answer to the problem they are looking for. It makes me want to be more of facilitator and let them do the exploring as I guide them on how to use the technology and what objectives that I am looking for.
ReplyDeleteThe first thing I want to say regarding this video is that I don't think Sugata took into consideration how completely inundated so many students are with technology in America right now. To the students in India and Africa, these computers and the Internet were new and exciting, but our students have literally never known a world where these things didn't exist. We CAN'T allow them to be online without supervision because they know how to find and access things that aren't appropriate or conducive to learning.
ReplyDeleteWhat I do think this research means for instruction in America is even more support the ideas of problem and inquiry based learning, like what we read about in our textbooks this week. Students need to be able to create their own knowledge and be able to solve different, interesting problems. The book had a line that said so few problems in the real world are ever laid out like a problem in a math class or textbook. Students need to learn to regulate themselves and apply their knowledge outside of the classroom, and inquiry and problem based learning can help them do just that.
I do kind of agree that when you have nothing, everything is new and exciting. How can you not want to learn more? And then when you have everything at your fingertips, there's a factor of underestimation. I think it could make it harder to get students interested in the subject matter.
DeleteI should clarify that I would intend to use technology/computers/the Internet quite heavily in problem and inquiry based learning.
DeleteMy takeaway was that if we stop handing out the answers to the tough questions when a student says "I don't know" then maybe they'll start figuring out how to answer the questions themselves. I also think that, like the author said, if a student is interested in something, they will learn about it. Maybe my job will be more to make it interesting without making it cut and dry. Posing a challenging and interesting question without an immediate answer may spark the curiosity and intrigue of a student enough to get them excited about finding out the answer.
ReplyDeleteThe implication is that technology will provide instruction and teachers will guide instruction, provide feedback to students and assess knowledge. Children will actually learn the content on their own or in groups. Instruction will come from the world wide web instead of the teacher. Classrooms will be more than one room in one school--- our classroom will co-exist in places like Africa, India, Texas, and Mexico. All classrooms will be apart of our group while their leader goes to eat lunch or if they can't afford a teacher we would be that guide for the children via the internet.
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