Sunday, June 6, 2010

Connectivism and Social Learning in Practice

I strongly believe in the assertions of social learning theories. The longer I teach the more I see the effectiveness of this important learning theory. In my recent experience I find that my school environment strongly supports these methods. I just sat last week in a meeting with several of my experienced colleagues and we discussed different strategies of engaging our students. Many of the ideas incorporated projects based on students learning together in a teacher created social learning environment. We are in an exciting time in our district, with many of us “tech heads” getting new technologies and brain storming ideas together to incorporate our technologies with our learning objectives. We are finding at times we are becoming consumed with technology use, and forgetting some of the basic science of teaching. Using technology to support our learning objectives, and create social learning model is important to our students learning 21st century skills.

1 comment:

  1. Very cool that you also have the opportunity to learn socially with other "tech heads"! It's also affirming to find our colleagues using some of the same methods we use regularly. It's good to hear that your district is getting new technology and that you are tying it all to your learning objectives! I'm sure your students enjoy all of their social learning in your class!

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