constructivism, technology, and language arts

Technology and Language Technology and Language ArtsArts

• FoundationsFoundations• Audience?Audience?• Student Student

VideoVideo• ExamplesExamples

The teacher is a . . . .

tour guide of tour guide of

learning possibilitieslearning possibilities

The teacher is a . . . .

co-learner and co-learner and co-teacherco-teacher

The teacher is an . . . . ethnographer

The teacher is a . . . .

Web 2.0 facilitator

The teacher is a . . . .

facilitator of collaborative

learning

The teacher is a . . . .

initiator of project and

inquiry based learning

The teacher

designs arounddesigns around

student interests, student interests,

talents, passionstalents, passions

The teacher takes

a supportive a supportive

but back seat role but back seat role

to student learningto student learning

• http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech005.shtml

• http://carlanderson.blogspot.com/2009/01/film-idea-about-disruptive-innovation.html

•Other Ideas??

Students, 3rd through 5th grader, made Public Service Announcements to address, "Why teachers should allow students to choose their learning experiences and use technology to showcase what they learn.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5kDm05m5-w

60 Words

Students took photos around campus with cell phones

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWMUiW94Te4

Our Story - Timeline of Student Heroes

1. Students choose a hero who they would like to feature in the Our Story Timeline.

2. Questions are selected from the Question Sets provided at Our Story - http://www.ourstory.com/q_a.html

3. These are copied and pasted onto a Word Document so answers can be recorded.

4. Their heroes stories and related pictures (if any) are inserted into the timeline at the time of its occurrence with the student's first name for identification. This means one student may have several entries on the timeline.

http://discoverychange.pbwiki.com/Our-Story

http://www.crayola.com/lesson-plans/detail/intergenerational-interviews-lesson-plan/

Intergenerational Interviews

Student Book Recommendations

with Shelfari

http://discoverychange.pbwiki.com/Students%27-Shelfaris

Reader’s Theater - Collaborative Story Writing

Published via http://www.tikatok.com/ Showcased on http://discoverychange.pbwiki.com/Reader%2527s-Theater

Reader’s Theater - The Setting

Made with http://www.picocricket.com/ Showcased on http://discoverychange.pbwiki.com/Reader%2527s-Theater

Reader’s Theater Theme Song and Podcast

http://vocaroo.com/http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/songsmith/

http://discoverychange.pbwiki.com/What-do-you-wonder-about

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What Do You Wonder About: Art Version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9fSybQDwl8

What Do You Wonder About: From

Imagechef http://www.imagechef.com/

http://discoverychange.pbwiki.com/What-do-you-wonder-about

What Do You Wonder About: From PicLits

http://www.poetrypicture.com/

http://discoverychange.pbwiki.com/What-do-you-wonder-about

If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over the christening of all children, I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life.

Rachel Carson