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GREETINGS! Here we are at 5364 Teaching with Technology! The readings this week provided so much information, I want to post to my wiki for future reference for anyone who visits! My name is Elaine Swalley. I teach high school 11th and 12th grade English.
 * WEEK 1 **//Each week will have a page of its own!//**

Reading 1: //Using Technology with Classroom Instructions that Work// pp 1-14: To keep up to date with our changing world and to prepare our students for the future, it is a MUST that we use technology with instructions. The right tool, used effectively, can give the students practice for collaboration and communication projects they will meet in the future.

Reading 2: "Learning as a Personal Event: A Brief Introduction to Constructivism" Experienced teachers often practice using this theory without even knowing it: we find out what the students know about a certain topic or subject, we help them determine what they need to know, we expose them to new information, then we allow them to tell us what they learned. Often, the construct is more than just the new information - it is a combination of what they knew, what they learned, and an altogether new point or idea that is totally different from the facts given. Students can create a blog, a powerpoint, a wiki to reflect what they now know about the topic and how they arrived at these new revelations.

Reading 3: //How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School// pp. 194-218. We teachers can technology for students to use in exploring and solving real-world problems. They can collaborate online, consult with experts, and receive feedback to "refine their understanding and build new knowledge."

Reading 4: "Social Networking Technologies in Education" (McPheeters 2009, March). Education absolutely must make a major shift to get out of the dinosaur mode. In the future, I see students managing their lives, their learning through personal computers that are small, mobile, and connectible at all times. Reading 5: "If I Teach This Way, Am I Doing My Job: Constructivism in the Classroom: Teachers often feel that if they are not lecturing, actively giving student information to write down, they are not teaching. Often this idea comes from lack of knowledge or use of technology for the teachers themselves. Administrators and teachers more technology-proficient can invite other teachers to see student-centered learning with technology live in the classrooms where it occurs, or video-tape and discuss what has been viewed.

Reading 6: //Web 2.0: New Tools, New Schools:// pp. 7-44 The world is changing, and the World Wide Web is now affecting every area of our lives. The new technologies that go along with this now interactive Web as well as the new capabilities can be used to educate the students, and to engage and motivate them. With the variety of tools available, teachers can create learning opportunities using different tools that appeal to different learners. Blogs, project-based learning, wikis are just a few of the basic tools and strategies that can be used. none        Save PreviewText Editor ||  ||   || Help · About · Blog · Terms · Privacy · [|**Support**] · [|**Upgrade**]Contributions to http://swaldog.wikispaces.com are licensed under a [|Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 3.0 License]. Portions not contributed by visitors are Copyright 2010 Tangient LLC. Type in the content of your page here.
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