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Clara, I really loved your article, "Situated cognition and application to the virtual classroom". Even though we are in a pandemic and have been for a while, I did not really think about how these theories could transfer to students virtually. Through the article, I got a better understanding of situated cognition theory, and I learned that making small discussion groups, both in person and online, can really help with ones understanding on real-world problems. I hope to do that as a teacher someday, and remember to always bring in real-world elements into my teaching. I think if I was a full-time teacher during the pandemic, I would have been more wary to talk about real-world problems and questions with so much going on. But this encouraged me to keep asking real-world questions to students regardless of what is happening in the world so that students can learn new things and be prepared for anything.  (Grace DeRoo)

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Megan's video on Bruner’s 3 Steps of Learning in a Spiral Curriculum 

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Megan's video on Bruner’s 3 Steps of Learning in a Spiral Curriculum 

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I thought Megan's video choice on Bruner’s 3 Steps of Learning in a Spiral Curriculum was a great. The video included important information that showed Bruner's similarities to Piaget. I also liked how the video broke down the 3 different modes of representation. Not only was this helpful to future educators, but it can be helpful to students too. The video shows that these modes can be used for all ages which is greta for all the different grade levels we may teach. I really enjoyed this video because I feel that I can apply the different modes of representation to any grade level I may teach. Based on Bruner's theory I can create lesson that show each mode of representation. I can show inactive representation by an action, I can show iconic representation based on an image, and I can show symbolic representation through language, and numbers. (Joanna Fiorella)

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Grace's Article on Project- Based Learning

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Grace's Article on Project- Based Learning

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I thought Grace's article was particularly interesting, it was the "Building Student Agency by Collaborating on Learning Standards" article. The article discussed the importance of project-based learning when it comes to supporting students. From reading this article, I learned how PBL benefits students, such as the fact that it allows students to take ownership of their learning. I like that the article went into great detail and examples about how to specifically incorporate project-based learning into your classroom, and it gives step-by-step instructions as well. I can use this in my teaching because I can have students work together in groups where there is student-driven learning and exploration taking place. (Kaitlin Walsh)

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Grace's video: 60 second strategy- Ask 3 Before Me

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Grace's video: 60 second strategy- Ask 3 Before Me

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I found Grace's video on "ask 3 before me" to be especially interesting. I think that I will definitely use this in my future classroom to foster confidence, independence, and a community within the classroom. I thought the progress charts in the back of the classroom were especially interesting because this is not something I have seen before. I think that implementing this system so that students are able to do so much more independently. It allows for more time for the instructor to be giving more instruction to students who are unable to do it on their own. (Clara Mulville)

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I really liked watching Jaime's video about discovery learning. The video explained the teachers role in discovery learning and how it would benefit the students, which gave me a better understanding of discovery learning as a whole. There should be minimal teacher involvement during a discovery learning lesson, but the students should be encouraged to ask questions when they need to. The students should focus on reasoning when solving the problems given during the lesson. The teacher should record the progress that the students make and give them feedback. The students should also be allowed to retry the problem and learn from their mistakes. In my future as a teacher, I can use discovery learning in my classroom to help the students get a better understanding of the material being taught, and they will also be more engaged. The students will also learn more responsibility when it comes to their own learning process. To help my students learn the most from a discovery learning lesson, I will ensure that they have basic background knowledge of what the lesson is about. (Rachel Ransbottom)

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Colleen, I really loved your post about spiral curriculum. I loved how the video included advantages and disadvantages behind it. I also like how the video gave tips on how to implement it in a classroom! Not only was the video informative but also helpful! I like that this can also be helpful for all grade levels. I feel like a lot of theories or methods apply to a specific age range. However, spiral curriculum builds on prior knowledge, no matter the complexity of that knowledge. I also find it very beneficial for students because it is cyclical like the video mentioned. It really allows students to master a skill while increasing repetition. Thanks for the great source and insist!

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Aundrea's Video on Zone of Proximal Development

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Aundrea's Video on Zone of Proximal Development

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Aundrea, I really loved the video you picked on the Wakelet assignment. The video you chose called Zone of Proximal Development was short but had the perfect amount of information. (short is how I like my videos) Before watching this video I was a bit confused on what the ZPD really was and after watching your video and others I have gotten a deeper understanding of it. The ZPD  in basic terms is what a child can do independently vs with assistance. I loved how the video gave a visual representation showing that in the middle is what a student can do, on the left side its to easy and no learning is coming from it, and then on the right side the student is struggling and needs assistance to keep going. The sides going from each part is the ZPD. From this video I learned that interaction is a major key to a students development, the video specifically said it affects "students higher order thought process". This video is so beneficial and will help me as a future teacher by making sure I have time for my students to interact with others and learn effectively to help them grow and continue to learn and develop. (NAYLAH DEYNES)

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Grace's video titled, "60-Second Strategy Ask 3 Before Me."

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Grace's video titled, "60-Second Strategy Ask 3 Before Me."

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Grace, I thoroughly enjoyed this video and found it very informative for my future as a teacher. I learned that it is important to allow kids to find answers through their peers or other elements of the classroom before getting an answer from their teacher. I would definitely implement this "3 before me" strategy in my classroom to make sure that my students were collaborating with each other and really thinking about the answer to a question rather than just being told the answer by a teacher. In this instance as well there's most likely an MKO and an LKO that both benefit from this task. (Jenna Rybarczyk)

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Jenna's Video On Situated Cognition (Drawing A Person With My 2 Year Old)

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Jenna's Video On Situated Cognition (Drawing A Person With My 2 Year Old)

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I really liked Jenna's video because she tied an example of father and his daughter, to situation cognition. In the video, the father is teaching his daughter how to draw a person. It is clear that the father is the expert, and she is the newcomer. Through engagement, interaction, collaboration, and the learning of the skill, the young girl will eventually turn into the expert like her father. One thing that I learned was the importance of context when learning. In situated cognition learning only takes places when situated in real world activities. The young daughter was able to learn how to draw a person with her father because she was sitting at a table, with a piece of paper, and a pencil and drawing. If she did not have all of these materials in her space, then she wouldn't have been able to learn as much as she did. From watching this video, one thing that I would implement in my classroom would be the aspect of full participation in a real world context for the students. By being placed in the right context and environment, and full participating, students are much more likely to learn and eventually move to zone of experts. Another thing that I would implement is collaboration. Throughout the video, the father is continuously asking his daughter questions, and he allows her to ask him questions. This helped her participate while learning at the same time. (Catie Russo)

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Colleen's Article on Bruner's Spiral Curriculum 

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Colleen's Article on Bruner's Spiral Curriculum 

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I thought that the article Colleen choose called "Bruner's Spiral Curriculum-The 3 Key Principles" was really great. The main point of the article was discussing the three key principals which are cyclical, increasing depth, and prior knowledge. The cyclical principle says students should return to the same topic several times throughout their school career. Increasing depth was allowing a student to return to a topic already learned at a deeper level and explore it more complexly. Lastly prior knowledge is what the student already knew and can utilize when returning to the topic. The article goes into the origins of his approach and how to design curriculum using this approach. I want to be an elementary teacher and specialize in ELA so the literacy example that was provided is something I will take into my classroom. The example talked about how teachers can give students books that will increasingly get more difficult and lengthy. If the students follow the sequence they will build confidence and skill in reading. The article went on to talk about the advantages and disadvantages of the program and I learned that one disadvantage of it is that teachers find themselves reteaching content over and over again. I liked how it included this in the article because I have only learned what spiral curriculum is and haven't seen the results of it.

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Bruner's Spiral Curriculum - The 3 Key Principles

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Bruner's Spiral Curriculum - The 3 Key Principles

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I really liked this article because it broke the idea of the spiral curriculum down into three comprehendible steps for a concept that can be difficult to put into action. I learned that the three steps to implementing the spiral curriculum are that it needs to be cyclical, increase in depth, and activate prior knowledge. This relates back to the idea that Bruner has on education which is that a student has the capability to understand any concept, it just has to be taught to them in the right way. By using the spiral curriculum, students will be able to understand the basics of complex concepts by teaching it to them in a more indirect way. This allows students to use their background knowledge and then they can continue to build upon that knowledge as they get older.
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Discovery Learning (Video) Jamie I really like this video that you picked out. I feel like it gives a good encompassing view of what Bruner meant when he talked about discovery learning. I really feel like you made a good point when you discuss how in the discovery model teachers are the facilitators not spewing out facts. It is important that teachers set up the proper support for students but then allow them the opportunity to find out for themselves why answers are true. In the video it describes how important Bruner believes it is that students are able to explain their reasoning with lessons and findings. If students are able to explain why something is the way it is they are more likely to convert this into their long term knowledge bank. In one of my placements I am in a science classroom and we are about to approach the topic of rocks including the different types and how you identify them. I think a good way to use discovery learning with the students is to give them a box with different rocks and allow them time to use their senses and determine what the rocks are. In order to do this you need to provide the students with supports and discuss the characteristics of different types of rocks but then allow them the opportunity to apply the background knowledge.

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I thought Jillian's video was a great choice because it fully explained Jerome Bruner's Constructivist theory. I liked this video a little bit more than mine because it actually touched on the idea of the spiral curriculum more than my video on Bruner did. The video states that "throughout the experiences we constantly revisit previously learned topics." I think this idea will be key in my future classroom. This is the idea of building on a students background knowledge and going one step farther than they went the year before. I think this can be used in all subjects, but for example, 2 step problems one year, then 3 step problems the following year. (Jaime Bennett)

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Building Student Agency by Collaborating on Learning Standards

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Building Student Agency by Collaborating on Learning Standards

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I really liked the article  Grace found because I thought that it was interesting to learn about PBL and why it is beneficial to students.  I learned that PBL encourages students to think about real-world problems and how to solve them. PBL is a good way to practice the idea of situated cognition. I think every teacher should introduce this idea to their students. I would use this as a future teacher as well. I think it's a good way for students to have social interaction while learning.  It is important to have students work with their peers so they can work together to solve problems.-Jillian Marrano

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Colleen's video on Vygotsky's Social Constructivism in the Music Room

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Colleen's video on Vygotsky's Social Constructivism in the Music Room

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I though that Colleen's video was really informative and included many great ways on how to implement social constructivism in the classroom. While music is often a collaborative job, Vygotsky would be happy to see this because students are interacting and socializing with one another. In the video, one thing that I learned about is that teacher guidance is really important. The ZPD says that if we are not able to complete a task without help, we then are never going to learn. I would use this idea in my own teaching because and cannot give my students a worksheet based on something that they have never learned before, I first need to give directions and model for students. (Ally Wagner)

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Theresa's video on Community Based Learning: Connecting Students with their World 

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Theresa's video on Community Based Learning: Connecting Students with their World 

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I found Teresa's video to be really interesting. At Montpelier High School, students have the opportunity to work in an internship under a mentor in a field of their interest. I like the way that students have the opportunity to fulfill their learning goals while exploring an area that interests them and gaining authentic experiences. I agree that it is important for students to reflect on their experiences and ask questions. (Abbey Cole)