Unique. Powerful. Transformative. Each term conveys how digital technology can affect the attitudes and behaviors of teachers and students in ways that propel new learning and organizational change" (Maloy, 2013) Unique suggests that electronics cannot impact students the same way as non-electronics can. Depending on the certain subject.
The term Powerful points out how technology's in schools and society will be important and long lasting in our time period. Transformative case is that the way we learn and how we teach is altered by the technology we use.
Group-work and cooperative learning are discussed in chapter three, after reading I see how group-work and collaboration can be used with technology. The textbook gives an example of how an elementary school teacher had a group of children working on one subject, while she instructs reading, writing, math, etc in other parts of the room. "Well-organized group activities give students control and responsibility over the learning process." (Maloy, 2013) While being in these groups is a good way for the children to learn, I would also think they are also learning the importance of organization, responsibility and accountability that they'll complete the work given to them.
Digital Citizenship was something I found interesting in this chapter. To explain, digital citizenship is meant to teach everyone from children to adults what teachers using technology must understand to teach it appropriately. The goal is to teach the students "how to use technology productively, honestly and safely in there current and future lives." (Maloy, 2013)
Resources:
Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.
Good to see you continuing your blog postings. :) You definitely need to go beyond paraphrasing/quoting the facts in the textbook as this is meant to be reflective writing where you share how what you learned (ie., the facts/concepts/quotes in the textbook) impact you, whether that be in your current learning/job, your past experiences and/or what you imagine to be your future classroom! You also need to include visuals (properly acquired images and/or videos) and your own creations (select from the list of digital/web 2.0 tools) as indicated in the assignment details. Let me know how I can help.
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