Reflection 2

                                                                                                            John Hawkins

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After reading this text, I found that there are many different ways that kids can engage in meaningful learning. The main thing that I personally took from the reading is that collaboration involving students working together do teachers often not handle an important way for students to learn that is correctly. The negotiation, conversation, and overall interaction that kids partake in during group work are very helpful.

 

It was interesting to me how the text describes technology as “much more than hardware.” Technology, according to the text, can also be activities and designs that should serve the function of helping students learn. I think it is very true that technology provides a means of organization that would be impossible without it. Technology gives kids the chance to access needed information that would otherwise be unavailable. Technology, along with group/cooperative learning, can be a big help to students if it is used correctly. 

Reflection 1

 

 

 

I have found out through certain teachers in the past that I learn best from visually seeing someone try something and then trying it for myself. I found through my years of schooling that viewing videos and seeing real life examples and demonstrations help me learn things more quickly. I give a lot of credit to all of my teachers and professors up to this point in my academic career.

Technology plays a key role in learning for me. Not only does technology play a key role in my academic learning, but it also helps me learn other things in life that may not necessarily have anything to do with school. For example, I am currently a high school football coach and frequently use my computer, the internet, my iPhone, and my iPad when I need to learn something new about football.

Technology plays many roles in my learning. I am able to research on my phone and computers, which allows me to learn things quickly and efficiently. Without technology, I would be far behind where I am now academically and in other parts of my life. I am able to learn new things everyday that, without technology, I would not have a chance to learn.