Reflecting on my peer’s posts
Hi Jayne!
First I love the graphic you made, I haven’t used that app before but I will definitely be exploring it next year for creating infographics with my class. I loved how clear and professional-looking it was. Did it take a long time to create or was it fairly straightforward?
I totally agree with you on finding more similarities than differences when it comes to connectivism and constructivism. When I first read the articles I initially thought they were very different but when I compiled my thoughts into a paragraph I realized that the differences were very surface level and the true nature of both methods was quite similar.
Maybe I’m totally off base but when it comes to open learning and e learning I feel like open learning is a subset of e-learning in some ways. If we look at e-learning as basically using the internet to learn and look at open learning as utilizing many sources to learn including the internet it kind of makes sense in my mind. Looking forward to your thoughts on this.
Hey Jason,
I enjoyed reading your post. I agree about constructivism being much more structured due to it being an actual learning theory vs. connectivism being just a set of principles to follow.
I wanted to touch on your mention of Freshgrade/Videos as an ed tech trend. I used it in my classroom last year (grade 3/4) and was so thrilled with the results. I definitely plan to use it again this year (grade 6) but I imagine it will look a lot different. I integrated a lot of videos into my use of Freshgrade, especially for social studies and science. I would have kids explain the concepts that were being taught rather than have them write them out and create worksheets. One of my favourite assessments was having students construct a biome of their choice then I simply turned the camera on and asked them what they knew. How much they actually knew about their biome blew me away. The video was far more detailed than kids that age typically could ever put on paper but truly showed how much learning had happened which was so exciting to see!
Hey Lisa,
I really enjoyed your podcast again. I love the way you are open and vulnerable about your learning experiences and difficulties within the course. I think as educators ourselves it can be way too easy to pretend we know everything and not let our students see the part of us that is struggling with understanding something. You are obviously an expert at letting the kids be part of your journey and showing them that not everything instantly clicks all the time. I believe this will play a key role in helping you create resiliency in your learners-which I think many kids today are lacking, and help them succeed far after they have left your classroom.
I also really enjoyed how you mentioned that you utilized your mom, who is also an educator, as a resource. I believe you utilized both aspects of constructivism, reading the course material and connectivism, reaching outside the course “bubble” to find information in order to come up with a very clear definition for both. I really appreciated the way you broke both concepts down so clearly and it helped me understand better, maybe running a podcast is your calling!
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