REASEARCH CAFE - DIY DESSERT BAR by Brendan Graham Alexander https://padlet.com/brendangalexander/2ptbm70i1afi Create your own cool Constructivist concoctions! en-us 2018-02-13 18:20:35 UTC 2024-07-16 14:39:57 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lovecookie.png CRAFT A RECIPE that features a SWEET MOBILE TREAT with a DRIZZLE of CONSTUCTIVIST THEORY. brendangalexander https://padlet.com/brendangalexander/2ptbm70i1afi/wish/231300460 Create or describe a lesson that utilizes mobile handheld technology as an in-class constructivist learning tool. Use the following guidance questions to help you create your lesson.
- What is the target grade / subject for the lesson? 
- What are the objectives of the lesson?
- What are the handheld devices used? (ie. BYOD w. Smartphones or tablets provided by the school)
- How is the mobile device utilized in the context of the lesson? (ie. is the device used for research, feedback, content creation etc.)
- How is the mobile device contributing to the student's construction of knowledge?]]> 2018-02-13 21:18:57 UTC https://padlet.com/brendangalexander/2ptbm70i1afi/wish/231300460 Brendan's Learner Self-Reflection Survey brendangalexander https://padlet.com/brendangalexander/2ptbm70i1afi/wish/231307903
A key aspect of constructivist knowledge building is reflection. In working with adult learners, we often don't give our students the opportunity to reflect on their own learning. I want to create an online survey through Google Forms that lets students consider their own learning styles, motivations, and study skills to form a greater understanding of themselves as students. 

Students will be provided a URL for the survey and asked to complete the questionnaire on their smartphones. I will set up a projector and laptop to display the results in real-time. 

As a class we will discuss the data to form a snapshot of our group of learners as a whole, and cultivate a greater sense of self and class understanding.  
]]> 2018-02-13 21:44:27 UTC https://padlet.com/brendangalexander/2ptbm70i1afi/wish/231307903 iMovie Retrospective https://padlet.com/brendangalexander/2ptbm70i1afi/wish/241163885 This is designed for K-12 students as a replacement for high stakes exams that generally correlate poorly to actual learning (Gibbs and Simpson, 2005).  The objective is to showcase your learning through a 1-2 minutes film.
Students use an iPad (school owned) through a project and film progress.  As a retrospective activity, they pull the footage together and make a digital story that follows the suggested format:

1)  What did you do?  Who was involved?
2)  Show the project in action!
3)  Who cares?  Why is this important?
4)  What did you learn?  What difficulties did you encounter and how did you overcome them?
5)  What are you inspired to do next?

Here's a few examples!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=25&v=nbqVW5jGDzc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2hrmU9b2ak
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVCF97aQaFc
As a reflective activity, I find that it has several advantages over the standard "unit testing" scenario.  It is low anxiety, multi-modal, differentiated, information rich, and provides a standing record that students are far more likely to review at a later time.

Mike Hengeveld

Gibbs, G., & Simpson, C. (2005). Conditions under which assessment supports students’ learning. Learning and teaching in higher education, (1), 3-31.]]> 2018-03-13 00:36:11 UTC https://padlet.com/brendangalexander/2ptbm70i1afi/wish/241163885 Digital Conversations ddykstra2 https://padlet.com/brendangalexander/2ptbm70i1afi/wish/242848680 In Ontario, we are required to show evidences of learning from three different areas - products, observations, and conversations. It is often hard to find the time for individual conversations in classtime, so I will have the students record a conversation on their phones and upload it to google classroom. For example, I have had them do concept mapping on a whiteboard and then explain it on video.]]> 2018-03-16 14:44:51 UTC https://padlet.com/brendangalexander/2ptbm70i1afi/wish/242848680