Hi Thomas, thank your for sharing. I like the way the video you choose will keep pushing the students to interact with the prompts. Clicking on numerous prompts and providing yes or no questions are very effective way to focus and learn. And I really like that you are introducing A.I. to learners, and I believe it will be a convenient and accurate way to help students learn.
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Hi Caitlin,
Thank you for sharing. I like your idea of using three pillars, which are representation, engagement, and action or expression, to ensure that the needs of all learners are met in your interactive learning resource. And you detail each pillar, like you will use videos or readings to support representation of the topic; use collaboration, group work, etc to support engagement in your classroom; and make students draw, tell stories, etc to support the pillar of action or expression. These detailed insights give me a good idea of how the three pillars help students learn.
Hi Sujean,
Your informative post about cooperative learning is truly interesting. I enjoyed your detailed description and listing of the elements of collaborative learning, which gave me a good idea of exactly what it entails. You mention how cooperative learning aligns with a growth mindset, and I believe it is a good technology for your interactive resource. Students work together and rely on each other to achieve their goals, which is helpful for growth mindsets because they all learn new content and grow in the process. I appreciate you sharing the article since it taught me more about cooperative learning.
Hi Kevin, thank you for sharing your learning experience in the ESL class. And I agree with your views on behaviorism, cognitivism, and constructivism. Learning is seen by students as a connection between stimuli and responses for behaviorism; human cognition is the outcome of the interplay between outside stimuli and a subject’s own internal mental processes for cognitivism; and the concept of knowledge and the perception of students contribute to constructivism. But I think it would be better if you could connect these three theories to your learning experience in a detailed elaboration.
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