My personal theory of learning hasn't changed. I was a constructivist at the beginning of this course and I am a constructivist now. This course did solidify my theory as I reviewed the course material. I did like Orey thoughts that each person constructs their own individual learning experience.
If there are any immediate changes I would make to my teaching as a result of this course, it would be to make my classroom more student centered. Students learn best when they are doing. I plan to use my smartboard as it was intended to be used. Students will use the smartboard more than me in my classroom this year. This way they are constructing the material in their own mind. Another technology I will use is using PowerPoints at the beginning of each new lesson to cue information students may have about the material already. These PowerPoints will bring to mind information or visuals or both at the beginning of a lesson.
One goal I have created for myself is making my classroom more student centered. As I said before, students learn best by doing and this will give them the opportunity to do so. I will have to change some of the things I have done in the past to do this. It can be done through modifying my lessons, however.
Another goal I have created is to use groups more often in my class. Once again, this will create an individual experience that students can build off of to learn. I will use roles to help myself and my students keep the lesson structured. This will also take some changes to the way I have done things in the past, but can be done.
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Monday, August 17, 2009
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