Lesson 6 Blog
Team work of which I am proud.
In this lesson Group 6 was given the privilege to moderate the class discussion. I requested the role of moderator of the discussions. This was a great challenge because for one I sometimes have the feeling that I don’t fully understand the principals associated with the topics. I know this is the purpose for the discussions, to explore and make reasoning based on the sharing of ideas. Truly this does help and I am grateful for the resource.
Team work which I found exceptionally challenging.
Moderating the discussion takes a skill to hone into an aspect of a posting to respond with a challenge that is both respectful and sensor to the student. I choose my wording carefully and deliberately when responding to students thoughts on these topics. I would say this was the most challenging aspect of the lesson for me.
Reflections on technology and instructional strategies that you and your team learned from this lesson.
Many students in our class responded with frustration of little understanding and support by their schools in subjects relating to NLE support. I found that most people in the teaching environment (k-12) experience similar issues of tight control over their access to web 2.0 environments. It is clear that education among administrators and people of control when accessing these technology-learning environments needs to come to an understanding. What is most beneficial for the student and how can we monitor the system in a way to make it secure and safe for our children. Restricting access over the board is not an acceptable response.
Anything your team would like to share
As we come down to the end of the class, I look back at the main topics introduced to us. These ideas, almost foreign at the beginning now seem to take on meanings as we implement them into our classroom systems. NLE’s now exist as legitimate curriculum lessons built around how students interact with technology. It is wonderful to see how the students embrace the content and more surprisingly is how I have embraced and now rely on the new structure for class content.
Russ
Great thoughts on: "These ideas, almost foreign at the beginning now seem to take on meanings as we implement them into our classroom systems. NLE’s now exist as legitimate curriculum lessons built around how students interact with technology. It is wonderful to see how the students embrace the content and more surprisingly is how I have embraced and now rely on the new structure for class content."
ReplyDeleteExcellent observations! What we learn from 647 are very advanced. Even literature and research are still catching up with NLE design and development.
I am glad to know you enjoy lesson moderation which is very challenging. It requires us to know more than just what we are supposed to know and to learn. It is truly align to constructivist and constructivism leaning approaches.
Now we finished our NLE unit and are reviewing our classmates’ NLE units. I would like to remind us four components of technology integration instructions for NLE: content; technology; instructional strategies; and assessments. Don’t forget to use these four components to evaluate units in additional Connectivism’s principles, such as UGC, meshup, social networking etc., particularly are there any UGC technology, instructional strategies, and assessment applied?