Teaching and Learning with Technology

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Teaching and Learning with Technology

• By the CA-60sVocals-Steve, Piano-Carol,
  Drums-Ryan, Clarinet-Cathy

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Active Learning

• Active learningideally lends itself to a more
  diverse range of learning styles.
• Bernie Dodge
• According to Howard Gardner, children exhibit
  different learning styles (Multiple
  Intelligences).
• Howard Gardner

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Active Learning

• Our student profiles present students with
  individual learning styles. Active learners
  read, write, discuss, listen, analyze,
  synthesize, and evaluate. These profiles show
  how active learning is manifested in various
  ways. We believe the most important part of
  active learning is being engaged in higher level
  thinking.

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Active Learning

• Active learning is when students reach high level
  thinking skills, this occurs when students are
  actively engaged and motivated. Therefore, each
  student will reach high levels of engagement and
  motivation when learning is connected to their
  dominate intelligence(s)/learning style(s).

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Culture for Learning

• Student-centered
• Students create classroom rules
• Safe to ask questions
• Safe to make mistakes
• Understanding diverse cultures and socio-economic
  status of students
• Discussion
• Making connections to the broader community

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Student Learning and Thinking

• Assessment-centered
• Participation
• Artifacts/Representations
• Assessments/Formative and Summative
• Feedback and discussion
• Students ask questions

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Instructional Materials to Support Learning

• Knowledge-centered
• Curriculum
• Materials supporting active learning
• Collaborative/Cooperative activities
• Authentic/Problem Based
• Real-World connections

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Steve
Carol
Visual/Spatial
Intrapersonal
Ryan
Cathy
Logical/Mathematical
Interpersonal
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Social Learning

• Out of school/community learning is often
  socially shared through interconnections with
  individuals.
• Scaffolding builds on students prior knowledge
  derived from the culture around them.
• Another way students learn is through
  apprenticeship activities that call for authentic
  problem solving in settings that are familiar to
  the student.
• Constructivists models focus on students problem
  solving by offering a rich environment of various
  resources, e.g. encyclopedias and computers.

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Social Learning

• Community-centered classrooms are those in which
  students and teachers feel connected to the
  larger community including homes, businesses,
  nations and the world.
• Cooperative and collaborative learning
  emphasizing working in groups to solve problems.
• Learning through exploration offers authentic
  experiential learning.

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STUDENT PROFILE (Steve is a Learning Disabled
student who struggles with social interaction.
His dominant learning style is Visual/Spatial.)
Name Steve Grade Level5th GradeTeacher
Mr. Yadav Room 122 Steve as an Active
Learner ArtifactsHow is a storyboard a tool
for thinking? How is a storyboard important to
the learner? TechnologiesHow is Kid Pix a tool
for thinking?How is Kid Pix important for the
learner?
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STUDENT PROFILE (Carol is Caldean and from
recently from Iraq. She is not fluent in the
English language at this time. The is a student
in the ESL program. Her dominant learning style
is Intrapersonal.) Name Carol Grade
Level5th GradeTeacher Mr. Yadav Room
122 Carol as an Active Learner ArtifactsHow
is a journal a tool for thinking? How is a
journal important to the learner? TechnologiesHo
w is Storybook Weaver a tool for thinking?How is
Storybook Weaver important for the learner?
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STUDENT PROFILE (Ryan is a mathematical/logical
and inquisitive student who is a part of the
Gifted and Talented Program.) Name Ryan
Grade Level5th GradeTeacher Mr. Yadav
Room 122 Ryan as an Active Learner Artifacts
How is a graph a tool for thinking? How is a
graph important to the learner? TechnologiesHow
is Microsoft Excel a tool for thinking?How is
Microsoft Excel important for the learner?
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STUDENT PROFILE (Cathy is a social butterfly.
She makes friends easily and is comfortable in
group discussions. Her dominant learning style
is Interpersonal.) Name Cathy Grade
Level5th GradeTeacher Mr. Yadav Room
122 Cathy as an Active Learner ArtifactsHow
is an oral retelling a tool for thinking? How is
an oral retelling important to the
learner? TechnologiesHow is an audio recording
a tool for thinking?How is an audio recording
important for the learner?
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Steve as an active learner

• Steve is engaged in learning when the activities
  involve pictures, drawing and using
  manipulatives.
• He is motivated by individual activities rather
  than cooperative learning activities.

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Carol as an active learner

• Carol is engaged when using the Rosetta Stone
  computer program which is an English language
  tutorial that helps her to evaluate and analyze
  speech patterns.
• Carol is motivated when working individually at
  her own pace.

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Ryan as an active learner

• Ryan participates often in classroom discussions.
• Ryan is motivated by patterned activities.
• Ryan is engaged by sharing his learning with
  others.

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Cathy as an active learner

• Cathy is engaged during discussions and when
  material is presented orally.
• Cathy is motivated when working in cooperative
  and collaborative learning.

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How are graphs a tool for thinking?

• Graphs help the student compare and contrast
  information in different ways by using a visual
  representation.
• Graphs can isolate the critical information of
  the represented world, while ignoring other, more
  irrelevant information.
• Graphs can be appropriate for certain tasks.
  They can, enhance the ability to make judgments,
  to discover relevant regularities and
  structures(Norman).

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How are graphs important to the learner?

• Graphs help Ryan see at the information in a
  logical and way.
• Some graphs such as bar graphs can help Ryan
  clarify his ideas, while other graphs such as pie
  charts can show Ryan information in a way that
  compares the parts of a whole. These
  representations help Ryan develop other areas of
  his intelligence, besides the logical
  intelligence.

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How is graphing with Microsoft Excel a tool for
thinking?

• Excel is a spreadsheet program that allows
  students to enter information and view it as a
  graph.
• The student can also choose from several types of
  graphs or charts to view.
• Excel allows access to an infinite number of
  graphs in a short amount of time. It simplifies
  the process by generating the graphs, thus
  allowing user more time to reflect and analyze
  and the product.

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How is graphing with Microsoft Excel is important
to the learner?

• The logical/mathematical learner is able to make
  new understandings of data by viewing the data in
  graphs as opposed to the numerical
  representations.
• Graphs charts can make a learner think
  differently about data, by organizing and
  displaying the data in different forms.
• Bar graphs are suitable for make comparisons
  among data. Line graphs are suitable for showing
  change over time. Circle graphs are suitable for
  showing data that are parts of a whole.

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How is a storyboard a tool for thinking?

• A storyboard helps the student organize the
  content and concepts of the material being taught
  by providing frames to sequence events. It helps
  the student break a concept down into logical
  small sections.
• A storyboard also guides in the visualization of
  the material to the student because the student
  can see the concepts. The student represents
  their understanding through pictures.

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How is a storyboard important to Steve?

• The storyboard allows Steve to respond to
  questions regarding the text in a nontraditional
  way. He can show his response with pictures
  instead of in sentence form. He is able to plan
  out his answers in a sequential way.
• It gives him confidence to participate in
  classroom discussions through the use of his
  representations.

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How is Kid Pix a tool for thinking?

• Kid Pix is a multimedia authoring and
  presentation tool.
• It allows a student to create a storyboard to
  illustrate concepts learned. Students can
  represent ideas through pictures and concept
  maps.
• It allows students to simplify the task of making
  storyboards by providing an archive of graphics
  and separate slides for each concept.

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How is Kid Pix important for Steve?

• Kid Pix allows Steve to represent his
  understanding of concepts in an easy to use and
  creative way.
• Steve is engaged in his learning when using Kid
  Pix because he is motivated when he is involved
  in representing his ideas through pictures.

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How is oral retelling a tool for thinking?

• Oral retelling helps to show comprehension of
  story sequence and structure in a social
  structure. Spoken language provides a scaffold
  to support a transition to written expression.
• Oral retelling increases comprehension and
  assists students to remember what they have read.
  Oral retelling is a social way of developing
  literacy.

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How is oral retelling important to the learner?

• Oral retelling gives Cathy a social way to convey
  understanding of story elements.
• The learner is better able to organize and
  comprehend information through oral retellings.

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How is the ability to use voice recording a
retelling tool for thinking?

• The ability to include voice in a PowerPoint
  presentation allows for editing of the oral
  artifact.
• A student can check their own understanding of a
  story by listening to the recording and edit
  their retelling as needed.
• The affordance of this technology is that it
  makes the task of combining voice with pictures
  easier. It allows the student to create a
  representation of the understanding of a story
  and then communicate that understanding.

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How is the ability to use voice recording of a
retelling important to the learner?

• This ability provides another avenue for
  comprehension as students have a visual (through
  the PowerPoint) to go along with an oral
  retelling.
• It also provide motivation as students can hear
  their own voice through the technology.

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How is journal writing a tool for thinking?

• Journaling provides for a continuous flow of
  focused concentration necessary for reflective
  learning.
• Journaling aids in reflective thought which
  supports comparison, exploration and problem
  solving.
• Journaling motivates thinking by seeing ideas in
  concrete format which supports cognition.
• Journaling supplies direct engagement of the
  learner, in sorting out experiences, solving
  problems and consider varying perspectives.

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How is journal writing important to Carol?

• It provides an organized structure for
  comparison, contrast, and exploration.
• It is used as a communicative and collaborative
  tool for exchange of ideas through journal
  swapping.
• It is helpful in peer and teacher feedback
  through reframing thoughts.
• Journaling helps Carol witness her academic and
  personal growth by reading past entries.

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How is Storybook Weaver a tool for thinking?

• Storybook Weaver allows the learner to fine tune
  and reflect on writing structure.
• Storybook Weavers visual representations help
  to clarify language into concrete objects that
  facilitate deeper understanding.
• Storybook Weaver allows the learner to easily put
  their thoughts in a printed format.

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How is Storybook Weaver a learning tool for Carol?

• Storybook Weaver is an open-ended writing tool
  that allows Carol to communicate clearly with
  peers.
• Ideas written in this format allow Carol to
  represent her large reservoir of knowledge
• Used to write and illustrate stories depicting
  her storyline.
• Used enhance vocabulary by associating a word
  with pictures.

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Value of Teachers as Researchers

• A sense of history in schools in which they
  worka sense of place.
• A understanding of staff and students.
• Awareness of rich resource base.
• A natural sense of scope and sequence.
• A trained problem-solver mind.
• Always prepared for a wider range of cultures,
  abilities, and talents in classrooms.

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Three key attributes that teachers have

• A recognition that one has a lot to learn from
  students and community.
• An approach to learning with a sense of
  inquiry--i.e. framing questions about students
  that guide ones teaching.
• A willingness to share their story.

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