tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6040524831337878007.post3893050665053853207..comments2024-02-19T13:57:50.195+05:30Comments on Tech Transformation: Are teachers doing too much of the work for their students?Maggie Hos-McGranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06906722339671067160noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6040524831337878007.post-74915835535438688992011-03-13T14:13:30.698+05:302011-03-13T14:13:30.698+05:30Hi Julie, thanks so much for your comments. I'...Hi Julie, thanks so much for your comments. I've decided I am going to try a different approach with the next class Pre-K class that I have on Wednesday. However I'm very conscious that at this age students can only really remember a very limited amount of steps. I do want to reinforce the idea of different shapes (square, circle, rectangle, oval, triangle and so on) as this supports their maths - I don't really want a random collection of blobs. At the same time I want them to explore the different tools in the drawing programme. I also know that the children get very upset if they do something and "lose" their work, or do something that ends up not looking very nice at all compared to other children. The undo button is a great thing, but there are a limited amount of times it undoes! Perhaps I'm being over ambitious and expecting too much to do all of this in one session?<br /><br />Karen - I am on Twitter as MaggieSwitz. Thanks for your comments too!Maggie Hos-McGranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06906722339671067160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6040524831337878007.post-61740575602873206412011-03-13T04:36:38.547+05:302011-03-13T04:36:38.547+05:30Priya Ganesan is amazing - how articulate and insi...Priya Ganesan is amazing - how articulate and insightful! I really look forward to reading your blog Maggie becuase I know it will be full of opportunities and ideas to make me reflect on my own practice. Thank you for taking the time to share. <br />Karen<br />PS Are you on twitter? I'd like to recommend you if so.Karen Newby Jonesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6040524831337878007.post-40602711580054720102011-03-13T01:33:45.161+05:302011-03-13T01:33:45.161+05:30I think teachers are trained to model. Model. MODE...I think teachers are trained to model. Model. MODEL. I think technology is about learning through experimentation. We often bring that modeling to the computers.... and it doesn't look good. Games no longer come with instructions- you just turn them on and start playing them. You figure it out as you go along. <br /><br />I see much more excitement and viral learning when students get to discover things on their own. And they remember those things! Because it was their discovery. They own it.<br /><br />And I've been guilty of the 'over modeling' with the Kinder people too... and ended up with 20 almost identical projects. And I've also tried 'undermodeling' with that age (make a valentine for someone special- here's how a heart is drawn if you want to use one), and ended up with some very confused children. Not sure what the balance is, because we so train our children to be GIVEN everything that they are unsure what to create when we don't tell them exactly what to do. And that scares me. Bunches.Julie Cunninghamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03747209620047387411noreply@blogger.com