New Designs for Learning

OBJECTIVES:

1.To differentiate methods in high-tech teaching in a low tech classroom.

2.To create own presentation considering New Designs for Learning

Technology helps students to:• Research specific topics.

• Communicate with faculty and classmates via e-mail.

• Collaborate in group activities.

• Use variety of media and formats to communicate with classmates.

• Process data and report results in databases, spreadsheets etc.

• Build connections among various fields of learning.

•Use higher order thinking skills regularly.

•Share multi- media experiences with other learners.

• Find alternative learning process suited to their individual learning styles.

Don’t let a one- computer classroom stop you from technology integration.

Jennifer Barnett (2011) provide a few tips in High-Tech Teaching in a Low-Tech Classroom. Among those are the following ideas:

In the Pass-it-on buddy method, students assist one another in creating the digital product.

In the Group consensus method, “Small groups of students engage in dialogue on a particular topic, then a member uses a digital tool to report on the group consensus”.

In the rotating scribe method, “Each day, one student uses technology to record the lesson for other students”.

In a whole class method, the group (or half of the class at a time) gathers around the computer to explore web sites, tools, games, videos, interactive quizzes and so on.

In Maximum the Impact: “The Pivotal Role of Technology in 21st Century Education System” (2007), the International Society For Technology in Education (ISTE), The Partnership for 21st Century Skills, and the State Educational Technology Directors Association stated that technology can be used in nine key areas to assist with teaching and learning:

•Building conceptual understanding of core content;

•Addressing misconceptions;

•Fostering inquiry and investigation;

•Applying knowledge and skills to interdisciplinary challenges;

•Creating and transforming knowledge for meaningful purposes;

•Collaborating with others;

•Apprenticing with experts;

•Engaging and motivating students; and

•Differentiating instruction to meet individual needs.