Panel Topic #4: Are the formal structures of education changing because of online learning, and what roles can Web 2.0 software play in those changes? - Classroom 2.02024-03-29T07:04:04Zhttps://www.classroom20.com/forum/topics/649749:Topic:46891?groupUrl=office20con&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI think the fact that student…tag:www.classroom20.com,2008-12-07:649749:Comment:2305922008-12-07T11:11:44.384ZScotthttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/Scott21
I think the fact that students arrive with some knowledge already is great. It leaves a lot more time for debate, critical analysis and reflection, which may often be cut short in a lesson due to time restrictions. I believe that it marks a shift from a teacher centered to a student centered pedagogy. Taking the knowledge out of the teacher’s hands and allowing it to be collectively analyzed, changing the teacher’s role from mere dispenser of knowledge to a co-collaborator along with the…
I think the fact that students arrive with some knowledge already is great. It leaves a lot more time for debate, critical analysis and reflection, which may often be cut short in a lesson due to time restrictions. I believe that it marks a shift from a teacher centered to a student centered pedagogy. Taking the knowledge out of the teacher’s hands and allowing it to be collectively analyzed, changing the teacher’s role from mere dispenser of knowledge to a co-collaborator along with the students, instead the knowledge becomes a shared experience, where all participants’ understandings become unified under a general theme. This kind of pairing or teamwork to make sense of the world, is what Vygotsky(1962) believed brought about good cognitive development.<br />
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Scott If John Seely Brown is right,…tag:www.classroom20.com,2007-09-06:649749:Comment:473032007-09-06T02:17:49.063ZSteve Hargadonhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/SteveHargadon
If John Seely Brown is right, our education system will have to fail before it can change. Which would be sad, since there is so much wisdom that a caring adult can pass on to a student.
If John Seely Brown is right, our education system will have to fail before it can change. Which would be sad, since there is so much wisdom that a caring adult can pass on to a student. In my opinion, it's not fully…tag:www.classroom20.com,2007-09-05:649749:Comment:472502007-09-05T22:49:12.327ZPamela Livingstonhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/plivingston
In my opinion, it's not fully changed yet, but it's coming. Already students are arriving knowing all sorts of things before they even set foot in a classroom - Marc Prensky talks about how it used to be that teachers showed the world to children little-by-little - as though there were a window that was obscured -- but small area by small area teachers allowed a bit more of the world to be visible to children as they taught. It was as though teachers turned on the light.<br />
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But Prensky says now…
In my opinion, it's not fully changed yet, but it's coming. Already students are arriving knowing all sorts of things before they even set foot in a classroom - Marc Prensky talks about how it used to be that teachers showed the world to children little-by-little - as though there were a window that was obscured -- but small area by small area teachers allowed a bit more of the world to be visible to children as they taught. It was as though teachers turned on the light.<br />
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But Prensky says now kids arrive already with the light "on" - with TV, the Internet and the media informing and entertaining them - but at school we tell them to slow down and we turn down the light. The whole idea of "chunking" we all learned - does it really work anymore with kids when they already have so many "chunks" in place already?