Apps in Education Constructivism (learning theory) Jean Piaget: founder of Constructivism In past centuries, constructivist ideas were not widely valued due to the perception that children's play was seen as aimless and of little importance. Jean Piaget did not agree with these traditional views, however. He saw play as an important and necessary part of the student's cognitive development and provided scientific evidence for his views. For more detailed information on the philosophy of the construction of human knowledge, see constructivist epistemology. Formalization of the theory of constructivism is generally attributed to Jean Piaget, who articulated mechanisms by which knowledge is internalized by learners. When individuals assimilate, they incorporate the new experience into an already existing framework without changing that framework. According to the theory, accommodation is the process of reframing one's mental representation of the external world to fit new experiences. A few strategies for cooperative learning include
home Faces: A World Cultures magazine for kids ages 9-14 Product Description World Cultures for grades 5-9 Your world, your voice, your Faces. Faces takes readers where no other publication goes. Around the world and back, young readers get an honest and unbiased view of how people in other countries and world regions live. From the clothes they wear to the foods they eat, readers get a glimpse into the way their peers live. In addition to robust nonfiction articles, here is a sampling of the regular features you’ll find in each issue of FACES magazine for grades 5-9: “FACES gives young readers engaging and fun stories to read to learn about their world.” – Sarah Witham Bednarz, Department of Geography, Texas A & M University Preview Sampler Look inside Faces. Digital Magazine Bundles Affordable digital bundles allow up to 25 students at once to access web-based, interactive editions. Upcoming Themes 2012-2013 School Year 2013-2014 School Year Teacher’s Guides Detailed teacher’s guides reduce prep time and ensure student learning.
Johnny Appleseed -ZoomSchool Advertisement. EnchantedLearning.com is a user-supported site. As a bonus, site members have access to a banner-ad-free version of the site, with print-friendly pages.Click here to learn more. (Already a member? Click here.) Johnny Appleseed was a legendary American who planted and supplied apple trees to much of the United States of America. Johnny was a skilled nurseryman who grew trees and supplied apple seeds to the pioneers in the mid-western USA. Johnny Appleseed was born in Leominster, Massachusetts, on September 26, 1774. Johnny died at the age of 70; he is buried in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Related Activities: The Ultimate Guide To Using iPads In The Classroom How Students Benefit From Using Social Media 14.60K Views 0 Likes A lot of criticism has been leveled at social media and the effect it has on the way students process and retain information, as well as how distracting it can be. 100 Web 2.0 Tools Every Teacher Should Know About 44.24K Views 0 Likes We're always trying to figure out the best tools for teachers, trends in the education technology industry, and generally doing our darnedest to bring you new and exciting ways to enhance the classroom. To Flip Or Not Flip?
What Does "Technology Integration" Mean? One reason why I love blogging is the chance to get a variety of responses to my ideas and thoughts. A reader of my last post commented: "This article describes how to help children learn to use an unfamiliar computer program. This got me thinking: what do we really mean when we talk about "technology integration?" However, how do we get to that point? Therefore, technology integration may not look the way we want it to until our students move beyond familiarity with tools and into being able to choose the correct tool for the job. I see various levels of integration, with the ultimate goal being seamless integration. This table is by no means perfect, but is a starting point to think about how technology integration looks in your own classroom. To get to "seamless," you must ask yourself: What skills are applied to nearly all tools? Of course, you often do not have a choice about how integrated our classrooms are due to lack of availability.
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Johnny A number of states along the wilderness roads Johnny Appleseed traveled claim him as their own today with festivals, plaques, markers, and statues. The beginning of that road was Leominster, Massachusetts. Johnny Appleseed was born in Leominster, and Leominster figures prominently in Appleseed celebrations. There is, for example, an annual parade and an annual festival. The Leominster web site has a community calendar. A Leominster resident and Johnny Appleseed enthusiast created a Johnny Appleseed web site with lots of Appleseed information and Appleseed pictures. Leominster is near the Johnny Appleseed Visitor Center in Lancaster where a statue of Johnny Appleseed as a young boy, pictured at left, graces "the gateway to the The Johnny Appleseed Trail." If you plan to be in the Fort Wayne, Indiana, area the third full weekend of September, you'll have an opportunity to contemplate pioneer life, as John Chapman knew it. Johnny Appleseed's adult life was spent in the American frontier.
TACSEI Calliope: A World History magazine for kids ages 9-14 When gold was found at Sutter`s Mill by James W. Marshall, events were set into motion that were to greatly change the California of the 1840`s and far beyond. See the routes taken by hopeful Easterners and immigrants to arrive at the gold fields by land and by sea. Examine a map to learn the most famous sites of the Gold Rush era.
Gaby Rodriguez, Toppenish High School, Fakes 6-Month Pregnancy For Senior Project TOPPENISH, Wash. — When Gaby Rodriguez took off her fake baby belly and revealed to her classmates that for months they had been part of an elaborate social experiment, she did more than force members of her community to examine how they treat pregnant teens – she got the attention of the nation. The Yakima Herald-Republic detailed the experience of the 17-year-old Rodriguez in a story Wednesday that caught the attention of shows like "Good Morning America" and resonated with viewers of popular teen mom reality shows. School officials said they and Rodriguez would have no more comment until she returns from a class trip next week. But her action thrust her into a growing conversation. The profile of teen moms has changed in recent years. Three years ago, Bristol Palin was a pregnant 17-year-old introduced to the world during her mother's run for vice president. It seems teen mothers are the talk of the nation. They were kept in the dark as part of her senior project on stereotyping.
Teacher Magazine: Community Forums I think the question here is less about whether or not master's degrees have a strict causal effect on teaching and learning and more about whether or not public schools should have lock-step pay increases (for seniority or degrees earned). Or, lockstep teaching assignments (5 or 6 classes with a prep, a study hall, and a 25 minute lunch). If I, as a teacher, can make a strong case that my degree in nursing will help students - for example, by creating an interdisciplinary courses that combine my practical medical knowledge with fields of biology and mathematic, or ethics and literature - why should I not be compensated for that? I am not terribly interested in the current versions of merit pay, because I think the metrics are so blunt and unreliable.