Skip to main content

Module 2 Blog

 For this blog post I have chosen the quote “Empowered learner is defined as a student who has significant opportunities, voice, and choice for purposeful engagement in deep, authentic learning.” This quote is from the empowering learners section of module 2 and ISTE standards for students. 

This quote stood out to me because it gives you an insight as to what deeper learning is, it’s about giving students the ability to really engage. This shows how it’s not all completely on the teachers, students need to take accountability for their own learning. 

I think this will influence my final project in that I can design learning experiences that let kids make choices in how they show what they’ve learned instead of just spewing information in traditional ways. An example of this might be instead of having students do a standard essay students could make a multimedia presentation. This is a way to give students a type of ownership over their work.


This connects to the ISTE Educator Standards and the SAMR framework, it shows me that just substituting things with technology is not enough. The quote relates to the empowered learner standard in the ISTE student framework, which stresses student involvement as a major part in technology in learning.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

 Hi! This is my first post so I figured I would introduce myself. My name is Hadley Schnurr and I am a Sophomore at the University of Missouri, Columbia. I am an elementary education major. I am originally from Saint Joe Missouri and I am so excited to get started on this blog.
Post a Comment
Read more

Module 4 Blog

 FAQ How do you choose when to put technology into the lesson plan? Technology should come last in the planning process. Backward design tells us to figure out what results you want, then find acceptable evidence before planning activities and tools. If you focus on your goal first you can avoid letting technology do all of the work, that way the tech tools can support the outcome and not drive it (plan the learning experience. How can I make sure that technology in the classroom is more than just fun activities? The ISTE standard stresses on making authentic activities. They focus more on the big ideas. Ask yourself, Does this tool help students to apply their knowledge or authentically demonstrate learning (where's the technology?). How can assessments come into play when using technology? By using backward design you can plan your assessments before your assignments. This makes it so that you know what is being taught so that it also shows up on the assessment. An example of thi...
Post a Comment
Read more

Module 1 Blog

 Based off of the information given in module 1 I would say that these are the 3 main points:  Technology has changed education: since technology has been introduced to education, whether it be through laptops, remote learning, flipped learning, or just having 1:1 technology in the classroom; there is no way that the way kids are learning can stay the same. (Innovations in Schools section, Kevin Bushweller) Having access to technology is not enough, it needs to be used effectively: Not every one has access to technology or the way different schools use their technology. There are different things in place to help integrate technology with education, like SAMR and TPACK. (Section about the digital divide; Technology for Learning) Teachers are key in using technology in the classroom: Teacher readiness to use technology is how classrooms can effectively use technology in the classroom. (The Impact of The Instructor, Med Kharbach) I would say that my personal take away from this ...
Post a Comment
Read more