Instructional Methods to Engage Students: Educators usually use these four teaching methods to engage with the students; one-on-one tutoring, learning groups, inquiry learning, and metacognitive thinking. One-on-one tutoring is something that can benefit many students who have issues in a certain subject. Sometimes the learning time in class is not enough for a teacher to teach every student individual student. With tutoring it can help a student with their specific needs and concerns. Learning groups helps students prepare for the real working life after they graduate. Sometimes we are going to have to work with others that have different views and opinions. Inquiry learning also works along learning groups because it allows students to seek outside information and requires them to actually go out to the work field they like to get it. Metacognitive thinking engages students by showing them how to examine their own learning methods. Online Problem-Solving Environments: Technology has brought many activities and simulations that help students with their social abilities. Many people think that technology can deter students from having a social life but it actually has many programs that help develop problem solving and critical thinking. Educational games and apps of those games can be accessed on the go from their phones or tablets too. There are three characteristics for the online educational games. The first one is students doing what they cannot do easily on a sheet of paper. The second is students encounter types of problems that can happen in real life or that personally interest them. I personally think these activities are a great success. Students can access educational apps with the tip of their fingers at any time and can be comfortable using the device because it is nothing new to them. Most children and teens are usually already on some kind of technical device throughout the day so might as well add some educational programs to them. Active Learning: Active learning is also known as discovery learning, learning by doing, or hands-on learning. In a classroom you will always find a variety of learning styles that you will have to cover as a teacher. One that works for many students is active learning. It benefits students who have a hard time concentrating on lectures or reading material. Doing the work physically helps the students memorize and remember the material because they’re actually being hands on with it. Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.
Another great ToonDoo comic - looks like that may become a favorite of yours! ;) Please remember that you may use the same digital web 2.0 tool for up to three times so one more at ToonDoo and then move to a different one. The focus on active learning is an important one, especially as we think about the increase of technology in our world - and, yes, it is difficult to ignore the impact of technology as we prepare our students for the future. When you write for these posts, definitely highlight your connection to the concepts more than summarizing the facts - how might you have observed them? what impact might they have on your future classroom? It is a bit of shift to write reflectively, but that actually makes more connections personal to you. Also, please set up the writing with spaces between paragraphs and resource list (which you also need to include the resource of your own creation) for easier reading.
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