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TPE 4: Making Content Accessible TPE 5: Student Engagement
TPE 6: Developmentally Appropriate Teaching Practices (Grades 9-12)
TPE 7: Teaching English Learners
Journal Reflection:
How can technology help engage and support students in learning?
In order to engage students and support them in their learning, educators must understand how students learn and employ effective instructional strategies. This requires recognizing the findings of cognitive neuroscience as they apply to education. According to Zull (2002), learning begins with concrete experience (within the sensory cortex as a form of experiential learning), requires reflection (which occurs in the temporal integrative cortex), then moves to the creation of abstract concepts and/or hypotheses (that are formed in the frontal integrative cortex), and the active testing of these ideas (involving the motor cortex).
The multitude of technological tools available allow for several instructional strategies to be employed. Integrating technology with effective teaching techniques helps on several levels. In fact, research has revealed that student learning can actually be enhanced with the appropriate use of technological tools (Turkmen, 2006). For instance, several of the activities included in the software utilize audio and visual techniques, which help assist with engaging student interest, while at the same time helping English Language Learners and students with special needs. In addition, the wealth of information available on the internet and various simulation activities allow students the opportunity to address relevant real-world issues, while providing educators with situations to encourage higher order thinking skills.
Useful Websites:
http://www.bioedonline.org/resources/
http://www.download.com/windows/
http://faculty.uca.edu/~jmurray/links.htm
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