Blog 8... Week 8

In this week, we had very interesting presentation about the Re-imaging learning in the connected classroom. Bryce Ridgen, principal of Minidosa came to provide some good knowledge about technology. He had good experience about how to teach high school students with integrated technology. He is working as an administrator and they use technology in school that is good point because we heard in some presentation that sometimes we need permission when we use some technology. As an administrator, he use technology that is good for school and staff because teacher also get knowledge from that.

In his presentation, he talked about the Re-define learning with SAMR model. We all know that some teacher has good technology knowledge and some has no experience before that so this technology is arise anxiety that comes along with if make new changes. That is very difficult if you learn something new and which you heard that first time.

In this case, SAMR model to comfort educators into adopting with new technology. This model teaches that how impact on learning and teaching.

Substitution: A lot of times, when schools circulate new technology integration, teachers start out substituting technology for traditional tasks. for example, students use word processing instead of handwriting an essay. Some students aren’t using new skill, they just use as a tool as a substitute for paper and pencil.

Augmentation: In augmentation, students use spell check, highlighting and editing in the word processor. I found that a little higher on the technology scale is augmentation, where the task yields a some more product than with other technology.

Modification: This link between enhancing the traditional classroom and transforming the classroom. Students’ are working in project work that they are used google docs. In google docs they can change and add the stuff by using technology.

Redefinition: In this case, the students are working on presentation or making visually presentation.

 In this task students' engagement is high.

Also he talked about technology is not about application but it is about learning. He said make fun in the classroom by using technology as well as about schoology and edmudo. He talked about the desmos and take out the calculator because this is great app in math. Make real world connection by using technology and it is easy to integrate because everyone has one device like mobile or Tablets.

He also presented that today learning is easy because you can gain knowledge form the twitter,blog and from online courses, from google, different resources.

He also pointed that you do not remove the technological devices from the classroom but you make your stuff in app form so students can use their devices. So, we have to give direction and make control on some technology in class in different way. He also talked about the students’ creativity by using the snap chat.

Finally I would say, I really like that presentation which was engaging and with new thoughts.