Technology, in all of it's glory, can be used for problem solving and troubleshooting for situations that could be rendered unbearable without it. For example, a girl who doesn't comprehend mathematics that are presented to her in a way unaccesible to her without a computer. When the teacher tries to explain to her that Joe gives Tim three apples, she doesn't get it; but when she sees two lilypads with four frogs each, and she moves the frogs from one pad to the other, she starts to understand that one will have 12 frogs while the other will have 4 or viceversa. Sometimes, students need technology in order for information to be presented to them in a way that they can grasp it and comprehend it, leaving students who are bad at math a little less discouraged, and the utilization of technology for the common good of teaching that much more wonderful.
Maloy, Robert W.. Transforming learning with new technologies. Boston: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, 2011. Print.
The video below was made by me on the Powtoons website, and then I uploaded it to my youtube in order to make embedding it a much easier task. Please enjoy.
Maloy, Robert W.. Transforming learning with new technologies. Boston: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, 2011. Print.
The video below was made by me on the Powtoons website, and then I uploaded it to my youtube in order to make embedding it a much easier task. Please enjoy.
Good to see you experimenting with PowToons - can you see the value in such a tool for students to use in explaining their own understanding of a concept? Perhaps a teacher could use for a short presentation as well. Opportunities abound!!
ReplyDeleteYou mention the problem solving aspect of computing. How about additional concepts you learned from this chapter? Higher order thinking skills? Inquiry learning? Open source software? Gaming?