Comments on: Waking up students with technology-infused, project-based learning http://iteacher.edublogs.org/2008/08/22/waking-up-students-with-technology-infused-project-based-learning/ Engaging students with Information and Communication Technologies Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:41:13 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: juliejm http://iteacher.edublogs.org/2008/08/22/waking-up-students-with-technology-infused-project-based-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-76 juliejm Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:47:08 +0000 http://iteacher.edublogs.org/?p=62#comment-76 This article was a great read for teachers interested in integrating technology into classrooms! There are many schools in the U.S. that need programs like this to improve the education of the students. The project-based classes will engage students at a different level than text books and basic novels. I am currently taking a class about integrating technology into the classroom and have found that Wiki's seem to be the new way to incorporate technology into research projects/papers. Teachers and students can create these to use as textbooks and resource sites. The book Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms by Will Richardson has some excellent recommendations for setting up Wikis and other tools for a technology based classroom. I agree that we need to convince districts, tax-payers, and lawmakers to understand how important technology is in teaching today. Maybe one way that we can do that is to begin to use the tools that are available to us and create results, like Wikis, which show why technology is necessary. This article was a great read for teachers interested in integrating technology into classrooms! There are many schools in the U.S. that need programs like this to improve the education of the students. The project-based classes will engage students at a different level than text books and basic novels.

I am currently taking a class about integrating technology into the classroom and have found that Wiki’s seem to be the new way to incorporate technology into research projects/papers. Teachers and students can create these to use as textbooks and resource sites. The book Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms by Will Richardson has some excellent recommendations for setting up Wikis and other tools for a technology based classroom.

I agree that we need to convince districts, tax-payers, and lawmakers to understand how important technology is in teaching today. Maybe one way that we can do that is to begin to use the tools that are available to us and create results, like Wikis, which show why technology is necessary.

]]> By: Julie http://iteacher.edublogs.org/2008/08/22/waking-up-students-with-technology-infused-project-based-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Julie Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:35:47 +0000 http://iteacher.edublogs.org/?p=62#comment-75 This was certainly a great article to see! If more schools, districts, teachers, and parents were aware of the type of change this could foster in motivation and success rates in school and in society, I don't think that Ms. Nichols's school would be in the minority. The wonderful thing about this model is that it exemplifies all of the pedagogical research from recent years: student directed projects, collaboritve learning, and ownership and connection to learning material. Additionally, these technologically savvy students are highly engaged and excited about their learning. 21st century skills are crucial for students, since many of the career choices they will have have not even been thought of yet! Global communication and cooperative skills will be crucial for these students as they enter society. I absolutely agree that the proper use of technology - "to change how [teachers] teach and how kids learn" is crucial to making this a profound and meaningful change in how classrooms look and function in America. Now the key is, how do we get lawmakers, tax payers, districts, teachers, and parents to understand that this is not just "playing with computers?" This was certainly a great article to see! If more schools, districts, teachers, and parents were aware of the type of change this could foster in motivation and success rates in school and in society, I don’t think that Ms. Nichols’s school would be in the minority. The wonderful thing about this model is that it exemplifies all of the pedagogical research from recent years: student directed projects, collaboritve learning, and ownership and connection to learning material. Additionally, these technologically savvy students are highly engaged and excited about their learning. 21st century skills are crucial for students, since many of the career choices they will have have not even been thought of yet! Global communication and cooperative skills will be crucial for these students as they enter society.

I absolutely agree that the proper use of technology – “to change how [teachers] teach and how kids learn” is crucial to making this a profound and meaningful change in how classrooms look and function in America. Now the key is, how do we get lawmakers, tax payers, districts, teachers, and parents to understand that this is not just “playing with computers?”

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