My synthesis of five articles surrounding Constructionism is complete, but my inquiry into this theory has just begun. As a follow-up to my previous posting, please find my synthesis below. Comments, as always, are welcome. Construct, Create, Connect: Rethinking Seymour Papert’s Vision for Use in a New Digital Era The articles in this paper suggest that examining Piaget’s Constructivism and Papert’s adjunct Constructionism may...
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For Activity 7, we formed a team as Christy Boyce, Brandon Carson, Andrea Livingstone, David Livingstone and Michael Murray. We were tasked with reading about the ‘great media debate’ in the field of learning and technology through reading the claims of Clark (1994) and Kozma (1994) as they debate whether or not media influence learning. Our second task was to find four articles that were in stark contrast to either...
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Seymour Papert’s vision of the future of educational technology in the 1970’s was incredibly accurate. His hope was for computers to be used as tools to ignite creativity and creation in young learners, thus becoming a conduit for endless learning (Levin & Tsybulsky, 2017). Although most educational institutions did not adopt the computer in the way he hoped, his still vision has strong supporters. Several authors in...
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For Activity 6, my classmate and I explored the implications of abundant content for lifelong learning. For our topic, we chose to learn how to grow a tree along a flat surface in a predetermined pattern. A Google search for “How to grow a tree along a flat surface” led to the discovery that this technique was called ‘espalier’. Feeling inspired and informed, we used this term to search further. The photo below shows the ‘Images’ from...
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Sal Khan knows classrooms. With three degrees from MIT ( a BS in math and a BS and MS in computer science and electrical engineering) and an MBA from Harvard, he has spent his share of time in a chair in front of a lecturer (Thompson, 2011). But it wasn’t until he started applying his wealth of knowledge as a Math tutor for his younger cousins across the country that he stumbled upon an incredible formula for successful teaching...
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