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Welcome to EDU 521.05. If you have a problem or a question, CONTACT me - Please!. Paula Goldstein pgoldste@mail.nasboces.org 516-608-6661. Handouts. You will receive MANY handouts for future reference. Information will also be posted on the internet. Important Things to Remember!!.
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Welcome to EDU 521.05
If you have a problem or a question, CONTACT me - Please! Paula Goldstein pgoldste@mail.nasboces.org516-608-6661
Handouts You will receive MANY handouts for future reference. Information will also be posted on the internet
Important Things to Remember!! • Saving Your Work • Breaks/Schedule • Attendance • Class Participation • Assignments • Journals
Professional Conversation • Collaborate • Network • Share • Support
Reflective Journal My Journal My Journal • Evaluate • Review • Speculate • Wonder • Respond • Assess
Application Software • Cross Platform • K – 12 • Multi-discipline • Higher Order Thinking Skills
Constructivism Learning is not only a matter of transferring ideas from one who is knowledgeable to one who is not…it is a process where knowledge becomes internalized. Teaching with Technology, Sandholtz, Ringstaff, Dwyer 1997, Teachers College Press, Columbia University
INSTRUCTIONAL EVOLUTION FIVE STAGES • ENTRY • ADOPTION • ADAPTION • APPROPRIATION • INVENTION
Entry Technology is a problem, an inconvenience • Non-users of technology • Minimal student technology use • Disconnected technology use • Traditional Instruction
Adoption Technology seen as having some, limited utility • Use technology for personal productivity • Limited student technology use • Traditional Instruction
Adaptation Technology used for traditional instruction • Use technology for instruction • Consistent student technology use • Continue to do what they’ve always done, but now with technology • Technology often an add-on
Appropriation Technology becomes a powerful tool for learning • What will this tool let us do? • Powerful student technology use • Changes in teaching practice begin
Innovation Technology transforms teaching and learning • Non-traditional classroom • Powerful student technology use • Student-centered, learner- directed • Constructivist • Project-based
Instruction Construction • Teacher centered, didactic • Learner centered & interactive Classroom Activity • Fact teller, always expert • Collaborator & sometimes learner Teacher Role • Facts, memorization • Relationships, inquiry and invention Instructional emphasis • Quantity • Quality Demonstration of success
The New York State Learning Standards • Situate learning in real-life contexts • Help students be actively involved in their own learning • Show students how to explore, develop, apply, respond critically, analyze, evaluate • Focus on what the student will do, not what the teacher will do • Requires a change in instruction & assessment
Essential Questions • Go to the heart of a discipline • Naturally recur • Raise other important questions • Have no simple right or wrong answer
Essential Questions • What makes a great author? • Must you live it to write it? • Is the U. S. 18th century constitution the best basis of government in the 21st century? • Is the space exploration worth the cost? • Did the Roman Empire fall or was it pushed?