Social Learning Views

Social Learning Views

Chapter 11 Reflection:

    This chapter was very informational and enlightening. The whole concept of socially learning brings a smile to my face because I think that socially learning is one of the best ways to learn, especially with younger students. A lot of students learn from experience and most of the time they are engaged into an activity with a child or an adult. While reading this chapter, I was very intrigued while reading about reinforcement. I am a big person when it comes to believing in positive reinforcement. All children should be encouraged and praised when they have accomplished something or presented themselves as a good model. I'm not talking about just giving a sticker to the child and saying "Good Job!" I'm talking about giving a sticker and enthusiastically explaining why the student received the sticker. It can change a child's entire day or mood depending on what type of reinforcement they have received. It up to the teacher to decide what they would do and what type of atmosphere they would like to bring to their classroom home.

      

      Whenever I think about traditional teaching and constructivism, I can't help but to think that both teaching methods can benefit from each other and should be combined in any classroom setting. In my own future classroom, I will definitely combine the two teaching styles. I believe that every classroom needs to have that direct instruction in which the teacher is the teacher and teaching the students new information, but then the teacher should also transition to lessons that constructively engage the students into new lessons that revolve around a common objective area.

     I actually liked the Jigsaw Method. I can picture myself using this in the future. It's an entertaining way to get the students to collaborate together and teach each other. I like the whole concept of breaking into expert groups and base groups. It's interesting to see how these types of group projects will turn out in the long run and I'm excited to manipulate the Jigsaw Method in the classroom. I know that I can use this method with Social Studies, but I'm interested in learning how to use this method with other subjects. 

     When I think about digital teaching and digital learning, I am simple ecstatic. As an ITE major, my passion is using technology in a classroom setting to teach children. Unfortunately, the picture located to the left is slowly becoming true in today's society. Children and school systems are gradually converting to using technology and software for school work rather than using mass amounts of paper and books. All types of information can be found on technology through the internet and applications. Schools are transitioning and it may be hard for all teachers to convert as well, but it's something that needs to be done to ensure that all students are able to learn. 

My Experience with Create, Evaluate, and Relate in Chapter 11

Create: Resources for Setting Academic Goals

• Pinterest: The link on this website opens up possibilities that teachers could use to emphasize the importance of goal setting in the classroom to students. It has links to lessons and activities that the teachers can use in their own classrooms. I would suggest that Pinterest is a nice website to use when looking for a variety of ideas on how to do things in the classroom and really anywhere in general. This site could be designed for several different age groups, but the link tagged above is directed to teachers who are looking to engage students into goal setting experiences. This site can be adapted with any type of circumstance. Users can alter their own posts and save posts to their liking. 
• Cengage, Education Week: Teacher, and MyCollegeSuccessStory: All three of these links are tagged to websites that mention tips for students as to what they can do themselves when referring to goal setting. Two of these websites are targeted for college students, but a teacher can always make a few tweaks to the tips for any age group. These websites are typically designed for the teacher's eyes rather than the students, but they are educationally enhanced. These sites can be adapted for teaching when the teacher may decide to find educational articles or tips from other teachers that can possibly make an impact in their teaching styles or methods. 
• Education Corner and Edweek: These two links are effective goal settings and studying styles for highly effective students. These two websites can be used by others, but like the three mentioned above, they are typically viewed by educators. These sites can be adapted by an educator who is making their own posts or again looking for information that can benefit their teaching methods and strategies. 

Evaluate: Modeling Behaviors

All of the videos below use the constructivist approach of modeling to display step by step tutorials on how to do something that others may use in everyday life.
How to Master 5 Basic Cooking Skills
     This video shows steps on how to do specific basic cooking skills like finely chopping up a food such as an onion. In the constructivist approach, a man is modeling how to go through each of the basic cooking steps, in a procedural manner. This provides visuals for the students. 
How to Wash your Car Properly
     This video shows steps on how to wash your car "the right way". The man in the video uses the constructivist approach to show others how to wash a car. 
How to Fold a Button-Down Shirt
     In this video, a female shows a step by step tutorial on how to fold a button-down shirt while keeping it neat. The constructivist approach throughout this video is the sequence of steps that are done to necessarily fold this type of shirt.
How to Tie a Tie
     In this video, a male focuses the camera on his torso to demonstrate in slow motion how to tie a tie on a collar shirt. The constructivist aspect of this video is the defined sequence of how to tie a tie that is emphasized through slow motion actions. 
How to Ride a Bike without Training Wheels
     This video shows a little girl teaching others how to ride a bicycle. The constructivist approach that this little girl is tackling nicely would be the modeling of how she learned how to ride a bike. 

Relate: Emotional Self-Regulation and Social Media

     The immediacy of using technology such as social media is quite high in everyday life today. Years ago, texting was just the new thing, but now there are all kinds of applications and social media websites that people use, it's becoming almost impossible to avoid. Some people are even becoming addicted to these social media sites and that is where the problem may lie. Personally, I use social media from time to time, but I would not consider myself to be addicted to it because I don't need it. Sometimes, people jump onto their phones first thing in the morning to see what the latest gossip is on Twitter or Facebook. I like the concept of meeting new people and finding family, but I do believe that social media has taken over many people's lives. I don't believe that school-aged children below the age of fifteen should have any contact with social media. I don't believe it would have positive mental implications at all for the younger students, but it would have negative mental implications like cyber bullying availability. The guidelines that I would remind students before updating their status would be:

• Remember this is brief status, not your diary.
• Taste your words before you spit them out.
• Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

These are a couple of quotes that I would use, but perhaps not in the exact writing.