Alexander+Bill

My name is Alex Bill and I'm a freshman this year in Secondary Education with a concentration in history. I enjoy listening to music with my friends, playing basketball, and anything fun. I decided to become a teacher because I think it's important to be able to help build the future through the students you teach.

Issues in Ed Tech

1. Does technology make a difference in the learning process or could you teach just as well without it? Yes, because so many students already use technology. It's already a process that they're familar with which helps them to learn new information quicker and easier. They can also communicate through technology making it easier to share ideas. 2. Are students today fundamentally different than students in the past? Yes. Students today are already introduced to technology before they enter a classroom (cellphone, ipods |ipods]], laptops, and video games ) which was not the case 20 years ago.

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Reflection The Clark article supports my previous thoughts about technology used in the learning process. The experiment with the physics classes using "ThinkerTools" clearly showed that when technology is used appropriately in the classroom it positively correlates with student's learning and comprehension of a subject. Teachers in the today's classroom should have lesson plans incorporating technology but at the same time they shouldn't make it the main focus. After all the technology being used to help teach can often times be more complicated than the subject at hand. Technology should simply be used as a tool to help with learning.

Objectivists
 * teacher gives notes about a particular subject to students
 * teacher then poses a question to students
 * told if answer is correct or not
 * correct responses are rewarded with positive reinforcement
 * wrong answers cause the teacher to repeat the process
 * teacher is because they are in complete control
 * memorization
 * students give meaning to the information

Constructivist
 * student is an active learner
 * different techniques work differently for each student
 * student is encouraged to explore question based on previous experience
 * teacher helps student to find the answer by themselves
 * mental models
 * teacher and student work together
 * each student creates their own meaning to apply to real world scenarios

[] This video clearly demonstrates a constructivists' teaching method. The first teacher shown in the video said she once used mainly lecture and her students were able to pass tests on paper but she believed it was apparent that they were not able to apply it to the real world. This is when she began employing a constructivist technique. The hands on, comprehensive project shown on the video was able to help students achieve a deeper understanding of the material which she wanted. This video reminds me of all three of my ninth grade honors teachers. Each quarter we were assigned a group project (due at the end of the quarter) in which we had to incorporate all three honors subjects (english, history, and science) into a combined presentation.

[] HAHAHAHHA. This is obviously an objectivist's teaching method. He lectures straight facts and gives straight answers. There is no creativity in his teaching method. His teaching method is reminiscent of my high school teacher Mr. Stober. His class was all lecture and worksheets, no hands on projects or activities.media type="custom" key="15021248"


 * have time off for teachers so they can attend technology confrences/seminars
 * faculty meetings devoted to the implementation and use of technology in the classroom
 * have other (most likely younger) teachers peer teacher others to learn technology faster

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