Thursday, December 4, 2014

Interactive Software and Instructional Strategies

Accordingly, and to Jacob (2010), beyond the control of institutions is the unstructured relationships of social networking; there are knowledge artifacts in social networks that are not bound together by literary specialists, “literate-grounded experiences of linearity,” or systematic structures of theories (p. 81). On the internet, there is a countermovement against the laymen culture involving collective information from a collaboration of experts to create “rich information about people, places, and culture” through systems like Google Earth, which provide satellite imagery, videos, three-dimensional models, geophysical records, and easily accessible information about geography (Jacob, 2010, p. 83). The object of using technology in the classroom is to “use [the] software productively, as quickly as possible,” to increase the flow of information, or complete work assignments (Wiggins & McTighe, 2005, pp. 292-293). Online learning uses the collaboration of software tools and management systems to organize information, and immerse the student into a technologically advanced learning environment. The teacher uses instructional strategies that motivate the students into investigative inquiry through problem solving (Hung & Jeng, 2013, p. 255). Investigative learning starts through the use of essential questions that help learning; subsequently, the questions need to span concepts and disciplines, they are the theoretical framework for exploration.

How To Use Google Earth For Beginners: 

          


References
Castellini, R. (2013, Feburary 12). How to use Google Earth for beginners [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgjMSBXsFZQ

Hung, W. & Jeng, I. (2013). Factors influencing future educational technologists’ intentions to participate in online teaching. British Journal of Educational Technology, 44 (2), 255-272.

Jacobs, H. (2010). Curriculum 21: Essential education for a changing world. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.

Wiggins, G. & McTighe, J. (2005). Understanding by design (2nd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.

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