A learner active classroom could be many things. I think of learning centers of all sorts, projects, interactive games, flashcards...the list is practically endless. The student should be actively participating in their own learning. (If not who is?)
A technology infused classroom uses many types of technology. This is not just a computer hooked up to a screen for the class to see or just using the Internet in the classroom. Technology could be as simple as letting students work with calculators when figuring out hard long division problems. It should feel smooth and not choppy and incorporate into many different aspects throughout the school day.
The lesson that I read about was so neat. The students were learning about how to write descriptive stories. They were just learning about adjectives, and the teacher had them read a book and ask for descriptive words that describe the monster in the book. The students then drew their own monsters and had to describe them, but they had to describe them in such a way that another student that they would email could understand and see in his mind what the student was describing.I thought this was a wonderful idea to incorporate reading and writing in the uses of technology with the email's. It just shows me that the ideas are endless!
About Me
- Lindsay Jones
- I am a happily married young lady of 9 almost 10 months. I am in college and desiring and planning to become an elementary education teacher.
2 comments:
Lindsay~
The lesson that you previewed sounds like a great idea. What a fun way to teach adjectives instead of just the same old way of circling them in sentences. Plus, the students are asked to write...which is always great and draw. Of course, this leads to the creative and innovative side of learning. I love the idea of sending this through email and seeing if the other child can then draw the monster/creature that is being described. This is a great learning experience...creative, engaging, high-learning, student centered, technology using. Thanks for sharing.
Lindsay,
Learner-active classrooms make me wish I was a kid again, just so I could learn in a class like that. I guess I'll have to settle with teaching one!
I read the "Monster Swap" lesson plan too. I think another great aspect of this lesson is the different spins a teacher could take off of it. For instance, the teacher could continue with the same idea of communicating through email and have the students choose something different each week to write to their "computer pal" about. All the while, making the description a little more detailed. Also, the teacher could use a book the class read together and have the students write to their "computer pal" describing the story that they read. The "computer pal" could then write any questions that needed to be answered that the student left out of the story.
You're right, Lindsay, the ideas are endless!
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