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E-126 Week FourE-126 Week Four

How Can New Technologies Support Understanding?

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This Week’s This Week’s Understanding GoalsUnderstanding Goals

Understand how to identify new technologies for learning that can support understanding goals.

Understand how to formulate a clear rationale for implementing technology applications or tools that support one or more elements of the TfU framework.

Understand the difference between using of technology for efficiency or entertainment, vs. using technology to facilitate critical thinking and understanding.

Appreciate how to engage in a learning community with colleagues

Understand how to use the TfU framework and performance criteria to reflect on your work and the work of your colleagues

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Activities for this ClassActivities for this Class What did we learn about understanding goals?

Discuss “mindtools” in terms of: Understanding goals 21st Century Literacies

Case examples: Examples of practice Dynamic Earth: Shama’s choices and rationale

Find a”mindtool” to support UGs and write a rationale

Being an effective learning partner

Our online experiment: your work for the next two weeks

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Ask Yourself: Do My Unit’s Ask Yourself: Do My Unit’s UGs.....UGs.....

Focus on one or more of the dimensions of understanding -- knowledge, forms, purposes and methods we most want students to understand within and across subject matters?

Aim at big ideas -- the most central aspects of generative topic?

Provide coherent connection between activities and overarching goals?

Keep understanding up front by being explicit, publicly shared, and revised collaboratively with learners?

Coordinate your purposes as a teacher with mandated factors such as state or industry standards, curriculum or regulatory requirements, texts, standardized assessments, etc.?

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How Can Technology Support How Can Technology Support Understanding?Understanding?

John Seely BrownJohn Seely Brown

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How Can Technology Support How Can Technology Support Understanding?Understanding?

enGauge Range of Use ChartenGauge Range of Use Chart

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How Can Technology Support How Can Technology Support Understanding?Understanding?David JonassenDavid Jonassen

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How Can Technology Support How Can Technology Support Understanding?Understanding?Think ‘n’ WriteThink ‘n’ Write

How do the technologies we use in E-126 support the course understanding goals?

How do these technologies support YOUR learning?

Write for 5 minutes in discussion area of the “Upload Assignments” section of the course web site.

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How Can Technology Support How Can Technology Support Understanding?Understanding?

Dynamic EarthDynamic Earth

a. How did Shamsa plan to use technology and why?

b. How did her plans change as she taught the unit and what caused her to make these changes?

c. How does Shamsa's experience influence your thinking about the ways you might use technology in your unit?

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How Can Technology Support How Can Technology Support Understanding?Understanding?Case ExamplesCase Examples

Oral History Nutrition and Family Economics Ecology

For your group’s case example...Use Jonassen’s ideas about model building

to figure out whether/ how technology is used as a “mindtool.”

Where does the technology used in this project fit in the enGauge “range of use” chart?

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How Can Technology Support How Can Technology Support Understanding?Understanding?

Finding Appropriate TechnologyFinding Appropriate Technology

Use the links provided to explore new technologies and resources that might serve as ”mindtools ” to support the understanding goals for your project.

Begin to draft a rationale for your choice, using the concepts from readings to

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Effective Learning PartnershipsEffective Learning Partnerships

Use your review of your partner’s design as an opportunity for yourself to perform your understanding of the TfU framework.

The aim is to work with the concepts, raise issues and exchange ideas.

Feedback should be specific. Quote your partner’s work.

Your feedback should be substantive. Being clear and working common concepts is the way to be supportive of your partner’s learning.

Refer to the “ladder of feedback” format for tips.

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Two weeks of homework, plus one of Two weeks of homework, plus one of classwork...classwork...ALL ONLINEALL ONLINE

Reminder: No FTF class on October 19

1.Post a puzzle in CCDT; Review partner’s design and respond to partner’s puzzle2. As a class, organize Week 5 readings and complete jigsaw assignment; Post reflection in discussion board3. Post and respond in discussion of Dynamic Earth UPs

4. Design UPs for your unit in CCDT; Post a puzzle in message board; Review partner’s UPs & puzzle & post response

Five activities between now and next FTF meeting on October 26:

5. Complete reading for Week 6 See you in cyberspace!