tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82009963955456820502024-02-20T14:14:33.052-08:00Bridging Learning Theory, Instruction, and Technology 2013Hiraman Byrdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17734245940922597278noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200996395545682050.post-19504228069801396622013-08-14T21:36:00.002-07:002013-08-14T21:36:30.726-07:00Reflection<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">"It is when you lose sight of yourself, that you lose your way. To keep your truth in sight you must keep yourself insight and the world to you should be a mirror to reflect to you your image; the world should be a mirror that you reflect upon."</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">In my personal theory of learning I believed that any person can learn. This theory was brought upon because I have worked with different types of children mentally challenged, disturbed juveniles etc. this is why I believe that every child can learn. I still believe in this theory of any person can learn but I also believe that in order for that person to learn it is going to take a lot to put the learner in position to learn. After taking this course I realize again the importance of bridging the learning gap through technology is important because we are living in the 21st century. I have also learned the importance of using different types of technology to help students look at a lesson in a different way through 3 D or digital enhanced technology. Throughout this learning experience I never thought about the different functions of the human brain and how to give lessons that will send and keep messages in the brain.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Dr. Orey discusses instructional and learning tools and how the teachers use instructional and students use learning tools. (Laureate 2011). Even thought voice threads gave me some issues I still thinking about using it in my classes for the upcoming year. Voice threads are unique because I could organize my discussion the way I wanted to with comments and pictures. The other technology tool I would like to see my students use is microworlds, which use the computer to create a problem solving environment and the derived from work of the cognitive. I was recently told abut how cool using microworlds has developed their classroom.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">As a teacher I understand that even teachers learn every day new information that will make us better for future students. One of the long term goals is to put more tutorial that will help students visually see the process they need to take when solving different types of problems. Another long term goal is to get more support from the parents. Me being a parent I understand the importance of providing supports and the positive effect it can have on your son or daughter. I have been in the process of organizing a group that will help me get that support from the parents or guardians. Further more a technology advance I would also like to use is using more rubrics to help with our assessments. We use rubrics when we are doing a graphic problem. </span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;"><o:p>Huranan Byrd blog 5 </o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;"><o:p><br />
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</o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">Have you ever met many someone who struggle with socially interacting with their peers, friends, co-workers etc?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Social learning is important because people learn new behaviors through observation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Furthermore in my experience with social learning, students have learned how to interact with other students though past learned behaviors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example I work with students that are emotionally disturbed and one of my students tends to use a lot of profanity when he is talking to his peers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This behavior had to be learned while interacting with his friends when he was young or he may have learned that behavior through living in community or home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically the students culture or background can play a role in how a student may act or interact with his peers, co -workers etc.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">In this week course resources we learned about social constructivism theory and how it suggests that student knowledge is constructed first in a social context and that social context is shared with other individuals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When students began to collaborate with each other the results in learning is constructing or building understanding through social learning.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The instructional strategy for this week is cooperative learning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cooperative learning focus on having students interact with each other in groups thus enhances their learning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cooperative learning, “provides an environment where students can reflect upon newly acquired knowledge, process what they are learning by talking with and actively listening to their peers and develop common understanding about topics” (Pitler, Hubbell, and Kuhn, 2012, p13).<o:p></o:p></span></div><form> <div style="background: white; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px;"><span style="border-color: initial; border-style: initial; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px;"><span style="border-color: initial; border-style: initial; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Partnering up also helps the weaker students because they are then given extra support from their classmates.<span style="border-color: initial; border-style: initial; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px;"></span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> </span></span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">The strong students would be considered the more knowledgeable other that Dr. Orey describes when discussing the zone of proximal development and how students leaner the most when they have that person in the classroom who may be the most knowledgeable such as a teacher” (Laureate Education Inc., 2011).</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Last, I really like the idea of using social learning in the classroom to get students to learn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First students are given the opportunity to share their opinions or point of view with other students in a collaborative environment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next, with the technology advancements students can now use social networks such as the one discussed in the resources to develop social learning.</span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; padding: 0in;"> </span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">References:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">Laureate Education, Inc. (Producer). (2011). Program eight: Social learning theories</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">Video webcast]. <i>Bridging learning theory, instruction and technology.</i> Retrieved from</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> What is the difference between constructivism and constructionism?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>According to Dr. Orey “constructivism is theory of knowledge stating that each individual activity constructs his or her own meeting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Constructionism is a theory of learning that states people learn best when they build an external artifact or something they can share with others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An example would be firsthand experience or getting involved with building stuff.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Laureate, 2013).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Teachers today tend to use constructionism more because it allows students or encourages them to create material. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the video from today’s reading it discussed the use of PowerPoint as a good example for constructionism.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Power Point is a good tool provided by Microsoft that allows students to get on easy and navigate through the different options to create an image of their learning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my classroom we also use power point for two reasons one I understand that the students I deal with are emotional disturbed and can navigate the software easy and also the students still see this as a challenge to create something different each time the software is being used. In chapter 9 of our book Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works the author tells us that students who generate and test hypothesis by engaging in problem solving have a clearer understanding of lesson concepts" (Pitler, Hubbell and Kuhn, 2012). Problem solving also allows students to critically think about problems when given to them to solve. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Technology has allowed students to become more independent on mechanism of learning (assimilation, accommodations, equilibrations, and scheme) to the point where teachers are now taking a step back and becoming facilitators.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In constructionism </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">teaching strategies such as project-based, problem-based, and inquiry-based learning theory are all used to allow the student an opportunity to build his cognitive mind though research, critical thinking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In constructionism teachers tend to find their roles change from instructor or educator to a facilitator or mediator with the development of student independent learning or self -sufficient learning.<span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> Other technology tools I use in my classroom include Microsoft word, excel, power point and graphing help students receive the best education possible.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<br />Hiraman Byrdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17734245940922597278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200996395545682050.post-87702823762203474752013-07-17T21:13:00.001-07:002013-07-21T17:09:00.639-07:00Cognitivism in Practice<br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;">Every year students go away for the summer and come back to school
and information is lossed over the summer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Teachers are faced with the challenge of reviewing past lesson prior to
incorporating new lessons for the current year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Teachers use cognitive tools which “allow students to interact with
information in order to acquire, synthesize, create, and share new knowledge”
(Orey, 2001, p.5). In our Laureate video Dr. Orey talks about the three
types of memory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also talks about
amount of information our short term memory allows us to use for example (7+/-2
pieces of information at one time).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If
teachers know that student can only remember so much pieces of information then
it mandatory that teachers provide students with information that will become long
term information.</span><span style="font-size: 9.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;">We were also asked to develop a concept map. Concept mapping allows students to organize information by making connections, and thereby storing
the information in their long-term memory. Using concept maps also
includes the dual coding hypothesis, which states people can remember pictures,
smells, that can be stored as text (Laureate Education Inc.,
2011). Elaboration was also discussed as a active process where the learner is engaged in. Elaboration
involves getting to the information in your mind or ability to make connection
to remember the information.When using a concept map students not limited to
inputting text, but they can also put in links to pictures, articles, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Cues, Question, and Advance, Organizers</div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;">In our classroom our student use calculators as technology to see
images in 3D such as graphs and mathematical problems.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> When students are making visuals then they began to develop critical thinking which is good when students are making connection to problems. Also when information is remember through visuals then information can be organized quickly thus it will help students remember information quickly. Another good way to organize information is through note taking. Our student are asked to take notes so that when information needs to be access then it can be access through </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif, serif; font-size: 12px;">the
short term memory and after reading your paper over and over the information
will be accessed in the long term memory.</span></div>
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say that by “using cues, questions, and advance organizers at the beginning of
a lesson or unit focuses learning on the important content to come” and can
motivate and “tap into [the students’] curiosity and interest” (p. 91).
When students ask question then critical thinking is being accessed which is part of a learners short and long term memory. Also when learner are given cues to answer question they have to think fast this means that the information is stored in their long term memory and it can be used again once a cue is used to get the answer. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;">Laureate Education, Inc. (Producer). (2011). Program five:
Cognitive learning theory [Video webcast].<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Bridging
learning theory, instruction and technology.</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Retrieved from<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://laureate.ecollege.com/ec/crs/default.learn?CourseID=5700267&CPURL=laureate.ecollege.com&Survey=1&47=2594577&ClientNodeID=984650&coursenav=0&bhcp=1"><span style="color: #8c1c64;">http://laureate.ecollege.com/ec/crs/default.learn?CourseID=5700267&CPURL=laureate.ecollege.com&Survey=1&47=2594577&ClientNodeID=984650&coursenav=0&bhcp=1</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;">Orey, M. (Ed.). (2001). Emerging perspectives on learning,
teaching, and technology.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Cognitive
tools.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></i>Retrieved from<a href="http://projects.coe.uga.edu/epltt/index.php?title=Main_Page" target="_blank"><span style="color: #8c1c64;">http://projects.coe.uga.edu/epltt/index.php?title=Main_Page</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Hiraman Byrdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17734245940922597278noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200996395545682050.post-56635515816861582112013-07-14T19:56:00.005-07:002013-07-14T20:04:53.246-07:00Behaviorism in Practice<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span>
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This week we were asked to analysis the instructional strategies described in this week resources. Pat Wolf broke down her view of behaviorist learning by looking a the brain. She explained how their are 4 parts of the brain that are the most used by humans example is optical, temple, tubes, etc. In order for our students to understand the information being given in the classroom it is up to the teachers to provide the students with information in different ways. In my classroom we use the Smart board to help students see information in a different way, we also use the interactive whiteboard, and laptops to help students find the most accurate or up to date information. Dr. Pat Wolfe also talked about finding meaningful patterns that will help students make the connection to the lesson being taught. Dr. Pat also talked about learning being meaningful to students so that the student can make a connection to a idea and if something is not meaningful then it will be forgotten by that individual. </div>
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As a teacher in a classroom I try to use good old repetition to help my students memorize information or theory's in my classroom. I also try to plan effective lesson plans for that particular classroom. One of the thing that allows me to do that is by learning your students. Furthermore I feel if teachers understand their students then, teachers can provide innovative material to give students a extra motivation to learn. If my second grade teacher was alive she would also like to use a hands on approach to learning new material because she feels this style keeps the students involve in the lesson.</div>
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The most important lesson in behavior learning theory is the student must be willing to receive the information being taught by the teacher. Students have final say in how they will receive the information, and how they will use the information when it is necessary.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Lever-Duffy, J. & McDonald, J. (2008). <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Theoretical foundations </i>(Laureate
Education, Inc., custom ed.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Pearson Education, Inc. Chapter 1: Theoretical Foundations<o:p></o:p></div>
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Laureate Education, Inc. (Producer). (2011). Program one: Understanding
the brain [Video webcast]. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Bridging
learning theory, instruction and technology.</i> Retrieved
from <a href="http://laureate.ecollege.com/ec/crs/default.learn?CourseID=5700267&CPURL=laureate.ecollege.com&Survey=1&47=2594577&ClientNodeID=984650&coursenav=0&bhcp=1">http://laureate.ecollege.com/ec/crs/default.learn?CourseID=5700267&CPURL=laureate.ecollege.com&Survey=1&47=2594577&ClientNodeID=984650&coursenav=0&bhcp=1</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Laureate Education, Inc. (Producer). (2011). Program two: Brain research
and learning [Video webcast]. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Bridging
learning theory, instruction and technology.</i> Retrieved
from <a href="http://laureate.ecollege.com/ec/crs/default.learn?CourseID=5700267&CPURL=laureate.ecollege.com&Survey=1&47=2594577&ClientNodeID=984650&coursenav=0&bhcp=1">http://laureate.ecollege.com/ec/crs/default.learn?CourseID=5700267&CPURL=laureate.ecollege.com&Survey=1&47=2594577&ClientNodeID=984650&coursenav=0&bhcp=1</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Wayne State University. (2002). The Office for Teaching and Learning Newsletter. </span></div>
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