Wednesday, October 7, 2009
social learning theory
Students need to be able to learn from each other for social learning to take place. What that learning needs to like to transition students with 21st century skills is unknown. This weeks resource makes some good activity that should apply to social learning theory. The most important one I believe and use is creating a video. Making videos requires a lot of different workers doing different things. These classroom groups need to be small in nature to give the maximal effort. The thing that needs to accounted for is that every student is pulling their weight and achieving the learning objectives. This is were rubrics and individual work needs to be taken into account. Using rubrics are very important for success.
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Hi Craig,
ReplyDeleteI am a firm believer that students thrive when they work with peers to discover and expand upon their understanding of various concepts and skills. Orey (2001) highlights that cooperative learning enables students to work together to "attain group goals that cannot be attained by working along or competitively." Furthermore, cooperative learning employs a "variety of learning styles to improve students' understanding of a subject by a structured approach, such as creating, analyzing, and applying concepts" (Orey, 2001). Creating a video is one way in which students are able to utilize technology as well as cooperative learning to fully grasp the skill/concept presented. As Pitler, Hubbell, Kuhn, & Malenoski (2007) highlight, "creating a video is a complex task that requires many roles and responsibilities" (p. 141). Therefore, this technique is beneficial to many different learning styles so that the same goal/outcome is attained by all learners.
Melissa Smith
References
Pitler, H., Hubbell, E., Kuhn, M., & Malenoski, K. (2007). Using technology with classroom instruction that works. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.
Orey, M. (Ed.). (2001). Emerging perspectives on learning, teaching, and technology. Retrieved from http://projects.coe.uga.edu/epltt/