Chapter 9Quote: “Collective indwelling evolves out of the fusion of the information network and petri dish elements of learning, and it is almost entirely tacit. It both resides in and provokes the imagination. It is at once personal and collective.” (Thomas & Brown, p.113)
Question: Is there a way to allow for imaginative play and still utilize structure? Or does the structure come from the context in which the student is learning? Connection: I remember reading a study that used the same idea as online game play and compared it to real life skills. Students that played first person shooters or some third person had much higher reaction rates that students who did not play those games. Students who played adventure games were able to figure out puzzles faster due to their gaming background. I have experienced this in my personal life when playing games gave me a faster reaction time when it came to myself playing sports like soccer or tennis. Epiphany: This last chapter brought all of the previous ideas together in a succinct way allowing for myself to see the importance and application of the ideas. I realized the importance of all three steps and how they correlate and allow for full integration into lesson plans. This final chapter really linked everything together in a memorable manner.
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Chapter 6Quote: “Inquiry is an extremely powerful technique for learning because it produces stockpiles of experiences. Things that result in dead ends for one particular question may wind up being unexpectedly useful later on-even, perhaps, for a completely different question.” (Thomas & Brown, p.83) I choose this quote because I think it not only defines the goals of chapter 6 but really the goals of common core.
Question: Can indwelling be synonymous with educational common sense? If it is going to be considered that the skills gained from indwelling become second nature and are thus autonomic for the learner then I would assume that educational common sense/shared experiences would be accurate. Connection: What we are teaching towards for common core is for students to utilize writing and primary sources across all topics. If we get out students to absorb good reading and writing strategies that they can apply to both science and English then they will have a much better chance getting into college. Getting students to absorb the knowledge in history is also getting them to tie together events and assess primary sources not just at who wrote them but what was happening when they were written? Was this during a revolution or war and how that would skew someone’s bias in the past? Epiphany: I realized that we are doing the same basic model in our quest to become educators. We are trying to absorb the knowledge of pedagogy and be able to create awesome lesson without focusing on every small piece of the lesson because since we have absorbed the knowledge it will be utilized automatically. UDL will be in every lesson because we have learned about how effective it is not only from text but from use in the classroom.
Chapter 3Quote: “Embracing change means looking forward to what will come next. It means viewing the future as a set of new possibilities, rather than something that forces us to adjust.” (Thomas & Brown, p.43) I think this quote really sets the reader up for the rest of the chapter and understand that most of the time change is good.
Question: Should students be able to use Wikipedia as an academic source? Now that there is more vetting I could see it as a decent background source but most teachers still don’t want it used from my observations. Connection: Over the course of the single subject program I have had to constantly change and learn new technologies and skills to become a better educator. Most of those I have learned digitally because at one point someone else had experienced my exact struggle. 10 years ago if you tried to google something in education there would be very little besides statistics, now you can go on Pinterest and find full lesson plans with educators encouraging anyone to use them. Epiphany: My aha moment was realizing how much technology has changed for the better over the last couple of years. Educators are now using technology much more efficiently and with less worry of something failing or a video not working. Web 2.0 also involves students understanding how to properly integrate technology into their learning and not miss use it. |
Bryan AndersenJust a teacher candidate that is super excited to impact students lives Archives
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