Meaningful Learning with Technology: Chapter 1
The biggest takeaway I got from “Meaningful Learning with Technology Chapter one” was that technology is not a replacement for a teacher but more of a teaching aid. I've never really thought about how important teachers are when it comes to actually teaching. As technology becomes more and more prominent in classrooms, teachers will still always be required for meaningful learning to occur.
One thing that surprised me was the all the different ways in which technology can aid meaningful learning. Technology is a tool to support knowledge construction, an information vehicle for exploring knowledge, as authentic context to support learning, as social medium to support language by conversing, and an intellectual partner to support learning by reflecting. Technology should be used as an engage-r and a facilitator of thinking.
I think you picked up on one of the most important points of the article, and that was technology by itself cannot teach students. Both of the issues you hit on were related to that point and that even though technology can help students access information, it cannot be left as the only way to educate learners. I also think your illustration is also cute. Maybe next time you could bring in more about how technology and 21st century learning relates to speech pathology.
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