Kyra Elston
2/13/14
Reflection #6
1.Discuss how technology tools can encourage students to be reflective and evaluate their own strengths.
Students will inquire study, plan, evaluate, compare, collaborate, manage, create, and present. They will try new tools and help others use the ones they know.
2.Describe several ways in which you can get students’ minds ready for a project.
Before and after a project, have students complete a self-evaluation that focuses on the learning dispositions you expect them to develop during the project. The act of self-assessment causes students to think about their capabilities and how they direct their own learning. Throughout the project, asking students to think about their thinking and processes, they will become more aware and articulate about their metacognitive strategies.
3.Discuss the elements of teaching fundamentals first.
Before launching a project, think about teaching prerequisite knowledge or skills students need in order to work with a degree of independence in their investigations. Equipped with a basic understanding, students can plan investigation that will ultimately lead to further knowledge.
4.Describe the important steps in preparing students for using technology in project.
As preparation for the project, plan efficient ways to get students ready to use technology for learning. Sometimes this will require advance planning. Other times, just-in-time or student-to-student learning is in order.
5.Discuss ways to promote inquiry and deep learning.
To promote inquiry and deep learning, students need to understand that:
-there is a relationship between need and opportunity, and between scarcity and abundance.
-money, bartering, and other means of exchange have existed throughout history and across civilizations, and they continue to change.
-modern money has symbolic worth as an exchange medium.
-economics, health, and well-being are related.
-money means different things to different people.
-humans are interdependent.
6.Discussion on how concepts in this chapter relate to your topic/project.
Again, I feel like this chapter may not relate to our topic as much as it would to others. “Inquire thinking” is not really needed in classroom kitchens but teaching fundamentals definitely is and it would be exciting to base a whole lesson off of that.
I like your idea about asking the students about what they think and how they are aware of their strategies in learning. I think this is important because it allows them to gain a deeper learning.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that you need to give the children a basic understanding and basically a background before you set them loose with a project. Also, this chapter isn't really related to our project either.
ReplyDeleteI like how you focused on having the students do self-evaluation of skills both before and after a project. I think it is important for both the instructor and the students to realize how much they have grown in a short period of time. Many students verbalize that they have not learned anything new, but they may just not realize how far they have come with it not being visible otherwise.
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