Day 4 Story

In planning activities for Pinnacle, we have tried to make them as self-guided as possible while still squeezing in experiences with the typical technologies we would like you to take from the experience. In the classroom, we hope that as students become aware of various technologies, you will allow them to direct their own learning and the ways in which they express their learning. In our case, the assignment on student-centered instruction does not quite fit the bill simply because we needed to teach you the technology of Audacity as well. In the classroom, once students have used something like Audacity once before, it should become invisible within the instruction and ultimately a tool that they might choose to use.

In what ways would you suggest making an activity like this more student-centered? For example, how might you allow students to choose their topic, their means of learning about that topic, and their method of assessment? In this case, you were given a topic and simply told to research it with some guiding links. Then you were provided a specific tool to use to generate some kind of response demonstrating what you learned about the topic. (Design)

In what ways are you considering changing your classroom? a given period or day's agenda? and lesson plans in general? What are your feelings on relinquishing the control of so many facets to your students?



Please listen to the other two podcasts and respond as well.

Remember to bring your Wireless Slates on Monday and Tuesday so that we can pair them for you.