This week in Social Studies Methods, we have been working on a plethora of different things. We have been hitting the unit hard and our PDP's, which we had meetings about today. Next, our flipped lesson plans are due this coming Thursday, and it is amazing to see those fall into place. Working on the unit, has helped me throughout the lesson planning process. I know what my thought process should be and how to effectively use that, or so I think.
For my blog this week, I found an article titles, "How Has Google Affected the Way Students Learn?". This article stuck out to me, because I am an avid Googler. (Is that a even a word?) Every time that I have a question about something, I turn to Google to answer all of my questions. A quote from the article says, "Take a loos at this question: How do modern novels represent the characteristics of humanity? If you were tasked with answering it, what would your first step be? Would you scribble down your thoughts - or would you Google it?" (KQED) If I was asked that question, I would definitely run straight to Google, possibly crying. But with so much information easily available, is it making us smarter? This article talks a little about how a researcher says that with this technology readily available to us, it does make us smarter, and we have more time to engage in different creative activities, unlike humans in the past. I found that this really ties into to learning experiences and performance tasks, because as teachers, we do need time for our students to have tasks like this, so that they get a deeper understanding of the topic, rather than just the facts we find on Google. Google is great for finding the facts about something, but as a teacher we must go deeper than that.
This article ties to the North Carolina Teaching Standard number four. Which is, Teachers Facilitate Learning for Their Students, because teachers know when and how to use technology to maximize
student learning. Teachers help students use technology to
learn content, think critically, solve problems, discern reliability,
use information, communicate, innovate, and collaborate. Knowing when to use certain technology tools, can help the teacher be the best they can be
Here is the link to the article, "How Has Google Affected the Way Students Learn?"
http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2016/02/08/how-has-google-affected-the-way-students-learn/
Amber,
ReplyDeleteI love how you always have cute and funny blog titles. I do the same thing as you! Every time I don't know something I rely on google/siri to give me the answer. It is crazy to think that so much information is at our finger tips (literally). I really liked your blog and how you made it personal. I can totally relate to it and understand how it can affect the way students learn. Great job, Am!
Have you heard of the resource Lacey blogged about this week? It is called kiddle.com and it is actually a kid friendly version of google. I think this article is so true, we always use google as our go to and depend on it a lot. However, we should appreciate google because it provides the students with accurate information and enables them to focus more on applying that knowledge that they gained in other learning experiences. Anyone can use any resource out of context, but we can also use technology resources to further and expand our content knowledge. Great read! By the way, I love how you use puns to title your blogs!!! I enjoy them every week! (:
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, I love the title of your blog! That's great! I know what you're saying. It is almost like we do heavily rely on Google now-a-days. It is just an incredibly easy resource to utilize in order to answer a question that we may have. There are so many things on the internet and so much information. I agree with what you said at the end of your second paragraph. It is important to make learning go deeper. Since students do have the world of knowledge practically at the tips of their fingers, it would be necessary for them to look at that information and think about it on a deeper level. That's what I like about this class. Instead of just teaching facts to our students, we want them to see the true importance of what they are learning.
ReplyDeleteAmber, I love reading your blogs and I love your little corny jokes that you always include! Me and Olivia was just talking last night about how we practically use google docs for everything now and how we mind as well just delete Word off our computers. Also, like you said, it is so important for students knowledge to go deeper and it is easy to do that with technology! Again, great blog! Have fun and be safe on your mission trip! <3
ReplyDeleteAmber, I hate that I have to read your blog and not see you in person! You're as adorable as always! I had read this article a few weeks ago when I saw it on Twitter. There were some opinions in the article that agreed that Google and internet is beneficial to people. However, what I took away from the article (and this may be because of my own personal opinion) was that it is causing students and people to lose critical thinking skills. It's so nice when we have any question at all to simply ask Siri or type it into Google. However, the article mentions that more often than not we won't retain the information itself, but simply where we can go back and find that information. I think that when used properly, Google and the internet can be a great tool for us. I am just afraid that students are becoming too dependent on Google instead of using their problem solving and critical thinking skills.
ReplyDeleteThe article mentions that many people don't even remember most of their friends' birthdays, because they can look it up on Facebook. This just goes to show how reliant we can become on internet.
I think that it's our job as teachers to teach our students to use these resources appropriately! They can be such a use learning tool for us, but we have to be careful how we use them!
Great post, Amber! Have a great spring break!