https://padlet.com/mbduff/cx2pzkvb36k7386m Goal of Technology Integrations: Meaningful Learning en-us 2020-06-08 02:41:44 UTC 2020-06-08 03:05:16 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f5a4.png mbduff https://padlet.com/mbduff/cx2pzkvb36k7386m/wish/615974532 1. Most of my learning in schools have been considered active. An example I remember most is think-pair-share during the introduction of a lesson. I love these. One thing that my teachers do well during this is making the class participate with each other. 
2. Active Learning I have seen done poorly is expecting students to stay on-task without the teacher being active as well, especially while on technology. I have had this occur many times and students end up getting off task. ]]> 2020-06-08 02:44:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mbduff/cx2pzkvb36k7386m/wish/615974532 mbduff https://padlet.com/mbduff/cx2pzkvb36k7386m/wish/615977523 1. An example of a constructive meaningful learning is something we used to do in high school English I when we did Literature circles. We had to use technology to support our thesis in our papers, however the teacher would let us know if we supported this correctly or not and if not, we had to re-write. It was a great tool to use as a "rough draft".
2. I have also seen poor constructive learning done in the classroom when my middle school English teacher read a students personal story within an assignment to explain what she did wrong academically. However it embarrassed her more than it helped us write it correctly. ]]> 2020-06-08 02:48:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mbduff/cx2pzkvb36k7386m/wish/615977523 mbduff https://padlet.com/mbduff/cx2pzkvb36k7386m/wish/615981264 1. Cooperative Learning is something that I hear more about the deeper I get into my program and the more I observe in classrooms. The best cooperative learning that I have seen is when my mentor teacher grouped her students based on different abilities so they each were given a role depending on what they were best as and depended on each other for the completion of the assignment. 
2. I have also seen negative cooperative learning in a classroom where students, including myself in 9th grade, were placed into groups based on their similar interests and nothing was completed as everyone wanted to be the leader and everyone wanted to talk about the same things, etc. It was a disaster. ]]> 2020-06-08 02:53:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mbduff/cx2pzkvb36k7386m/wish/615981264 mbduff https://padlet.com/mbduff/cx2pzkvb36k7386m/wish/615983925 1. I had a very authentic English teacher while I was in 10th grade and she often gave us work that allowed us to explore meaningful concepts within texts while reading stories. The best memory of this is discovering a deeper meaning of the story "To Kill a Mockingbird".
2. One negative experience that I can recall is when one of my teachers in middle school was trying to do the same kind of instruction as above, however she ended up pushing her beliefs onto us and we had to write a paper describing the "deeper meaning" behind a book but could only discuss her idea of the deeper meaning. It was not enjoyable at all, and not what a middle school student would have thought of. ]]> 2020-06-08 02:57:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mbduff/cx2pzkvb36k7386m/wish/615983925 mbduff https://padlet.com/mbduff/cx2pzkvb36k7386m/wish/615987213 1. My favorite teacher ever in school was very goal-directed. He used to make us write our goals at the beginning of each class for that specific day at the top of our papers and it wouldn't necessarily have to be academically. It could be to "speak up and say an answer at least once," or "get 3 answers write and ask Coach Showers for a dollar," and he would actually give a dollar to those students. It was the neatest thing and we ended up doing really well in his class.
2. An example of this being poorly executed was when a teacher's goal in high school was simply to "pass the test and I do not care if you learn or not, memorize it and pass the test." This happens everywhere and often. ]]> 2020-06-08 03:02:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mbduff/cx2pzkvb36k7386m/wish/615987213