https://padlet.com/msnfrtll/gyn0hqlivbqoll9i Megan Sanfratello (IDT 3600-410) en-us 2022-01-25 19:27:28 UTC 2022-01-25 19:45:06 UTC hello@padlet.com msnfrtll https://padlet.com/msnfrtll/gyn0hqlivbqoll9i/wish/2012067736 Technologies have traditionally been used to support teachers’ goals, but not those of learners. Technologies need to engage learners in articulating and representing their understanding, not the teachers’. When learners use technologies to represent their actions and construction, they understand more and are better able to use the knowledge that they have constructed in new situations.]]> 2022-01-25 19:31:05 UTC https://padlet.com/msnfrtll/gyn0hqlivbqoll9i/wish/2012067736 msnfrtll https://padlet.com/msnfrtll/gyn0hqlivbqoll9i/wish/2012078652 During the 1950s, programmed instruction emerged as the first true educational technology, that is, the first technology developed specifically to meet educational needs. With every other technology, including computers, educators recognized its importance and debated how to apply each nascent commercial technology for educational purposes.]]> 2022-01-25 19:36:41 UTC https://padlet.com/msnfrtll/gyn0hqlivbqoll9i/wish/2012078652 msnfrtll https://padlet.com/msnfrtll/gyn0hqlivbqoll9i/wish/2012085048 Later in the 1980s, educators began to perceive the importance of computers as productivity tools. The growing popularity of word processing, databases, spreadsheets, graphics programs, and desktop publishing was enabling businesses to become more productive. So students in the classroom began word processing and using graphics packages and desktop publishing programs to write with.]]> 2022-01-25 19:39:37 UTC https://padlet.com/msnfrtll/gyn0hqlivbqoll9i/wish/2012085048 msnfrtll https://padlet.com/msnfrtll/gyn0hqlivbqoll9i/wish/2012086379 The development of inexpensive multimedia computers and the eruption of the Inter-
net in the mid-1990s quickly changed the nature of educational computing. Communications tools (e-mail and computer conferences) and multimedia, little used according to Hadley and Sheingold, have dominated the role of technologies in the classroom ever since.]]> 2022-01-25 19:40:16 UTC https://padlet.com/msnfrtll/gyn0hqlivbqoll9i/wish/2012086379 msnfrtll https://padlet.com/msnfrtll/gyn0hqlivbqoll9i/wish/2012089576 The NETS provide a challenging set of expectations for students and teachers that, if fulfilled, could change the nature of education in our schools. They emphasize knowledge construction, collaboration, and critical thinking that are congruent with the 21st Century Skills. ]]> 2022-01-25 19:41:43 UTC https://padlet.com/msnfrtll/gyn0hqlivbqoll9i/wish/2012089576