Class 8: The Learning and Teaching Puzzle (2)

You made great comments on the Class 6's blog! I really enjoyed reading them and am imagining how your projects in this class would be and how you will integrate the grade level and subject area standards into your projects...

Today we are going to talk about the third and fourth pieces of the learning puzzle.

The third piece of learning puzzle is Teaching Strategies.
How do educators know how to teach? What strategies are used
to address certain learning styles? How does learning theory
impact teaching strategies? Is lecturing about your subject matter
all that is necessary? View descriptions of various teaching
strategies here and here. Find one classmate who has chosen a different teaching strategy and discuss about how you use the teaching strategies to introduce your chose content.

The last piece of learning puzzle is Resources and Tools. How do educators pull everything together? What tools and resources do they use to prepare a supportive learning environment? Our main focus for this semester is identifying technology-related tools and resources that support varied student learning styles and teaching strategies.

For next Monday's Class:
1.Assignment due: Decide the grade level and subject area that you are going to use during the class. Print out the standards accoring to your choice both from the Georgia Performance Standars (GPS) and the ISTE standards for technology integration. Turn in the Learning Styles, Learning Strategies and Technology Integration sheet before the beginning of the class.

2.Read LoTi Framworks developed by Dr. Christopher Moersch