What message does the "way" you teach convey to your students?
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In 1964 Marshall McLuhan said "The medium is the message." McLuhan was interested in the subconscious messages conveyed by the new methods of communication of the day. In our classrooms, McLuhan might ask what messages are our students receiving from the ways and means we use to teach them? Are you conscious of the incidental learning going on in your classroom? How can you convey these subconscious messages deliberately to amplify your student's learning? Today's student brings with them a wealth of technological knowledge that they have learned on their own. As Educators what message do we want to deliver in our classes? What media are we using to deliver that message to an increasingly more demanding audience. Students need to work harder and as educators we cannot force them to do so. By offering learning that intrinsically motivates students we will prepare them to be learners in an ever changing environment.
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1000 Students140 Grade 8 Math Students
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Introduced to Blogging and Social Networks in
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Started a class blog immediately
Sargentparkmathzone.blogspot.com
Makeitinteresting.blogspot.com
Release the Hounds
K12 OnlineConference
What are you saying?
What message does the “way” you teach convey to your
students?
Historica Heritage Minute
Who was Marshal Mcluhan?
Kelvin High School
University of Toronto Centre for Culture and Technology 1963
What was the Medium is the message?
Medium
McLuhan tells us that a "message" is, "the change
of scale or pace or pattern" that a new
invention or innovation "introduces into human
affairs."
McLuhan tells us that a "message" is, "the change
of scale or pace or pattern" that a new
invention or innovation "introduces into human
affairs."
McLuhan tells us that a "message" is, "the change
of scale or pace or pattern" that a new
invention or innovation "introduces into human
affairs."
McLuhan tells us that a "message" is, "the change
of scale or pace or pattern" that a new
invention or innovation "introduces into human
affairs."
What new medium have you added to your classroom to change your message
Pew Internet Survey 2007
Pew Internet Survey 2007
Pew Internet Survey 2007
Pew Internet Survey 2007
Pew Internet Survey 2007
A Medium is anything from which CHANGE emerges.
Ideas Innovation
All
What is the Meaning of The Medium is the Message?by Mark FedermanChief StrategistMcLuhan Program in Culture and Technology
1970’s or Today?
Implications for Education
Fear?
The Medium is the Message
Assembly Line
Teaching machines
Rooted
Factory Jobs?
Past/Future
Ways in which classroom is open all day
Conduit
Lightning Rod
Title: Nov 15-9:27 PM (2 of 9)
Students’ Errors and Misconceptions Based on Previous Learning
Students come to the classroom with conceptions of numbers grounded in their whole-number learning that lead them astray in the world of rational numbers; e.g. multiplying always makes numbers bigger.
Source: How Students Learn
(Principle 1) TEACHERS MUST ENGAGE STUDENTS! PRECONCEPTIONS
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Title: Nov 15-10:14 PM (3 of 9)
The Knowledge Network: New Concepts of Numbers and New Applications
What are the core ideas that define the domain of rational numbers? What are the new understandings that students will have to construct? How does a beginning student come to understand rational numbers?
(Principle 2)
Source: How Students Learn
UNDERSTANDING REQUIRES FACTUAL
KNOWLEDGE AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS
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Title: Nov 15-10:14 PM (4 of 9)
Metacognition and Rational Number
A metacognitive approach to instruction helps students monitor their understanding and take control of their own learning. The complexity of
(Principle 3)
Source: How Students Learn
A METACOGNITIVE APPROACH
ENABLES STUDENT SELF-MONITORING
rational number—the different meanings and representations, the challenges of comparing quantities across the very different representations, the unstated unit—all mean that students must be actively engaged in sense making to solve problems competently. We know, however, that most middle school children do not create appropriate meanings for fractions, decimals, and percents; rather, they rely on memorized rules for symbol manipulation.
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Today’s Student?
Change in Social Life
Social networks, cellphones texting etc
Notebook Usage 1.0 =(
Scribe Posts
The World is shrinking
Global Village
Person
Horse
Train
Air Travel
20th Century Media
21st Century Connections
Tools used to make your class more connected
Now
Take a picture of someone and email it to this address.
Google?
Unprojects take content and push the boundaries
http://teamlrjdev.blogspot.com/
Spunproject08.wikispaces.com/Erick+Jerome
A Medium is anything from which CHANGE emerges.
