http://technologyinclass.com/blog/2009/11/01/educational-technology-assumptions/ Pedagogy for the 21st Century Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:40:21 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://technologyinclass.com/blog/2009/11/01/educational-technology-assumptions/comment-page-1/#comment-119 The Edge of Education Carnival. Issue 2 | We Teach We Learn Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:53:43 +0000 http://technologyinclass.com/blog/?p=377#comment-119 [...] Edge of Education Carnival in a row, TIC presents a great post. This time it’s about theEducational Technology Assumptionswe all make. His article is posted at Technology In [...] [...] Edge of Education Carnival in a row, TIC presents a great post. This time it’s about theEducational Technology Assumptionswe all make. His article is posted at Technology In [...]

]]> http://technologyinclass.com/blog/2009/11/01/educational-technology-assumptions/comment-page-1/#comment-18 mynameismud Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:13:05 +0000 http://technologyinclass.com/blog/?p=377#comment-18 What I do to make sure students have the basic knowledge of a program or software they are going to be using is offer the first day as a practice day. This day is when I introduce/reintroduce the program and they have a class period to familiarize themselves with some basic commands/skills they will need to know (usually 5-10). Encouraging them to make mistakes and resolve them, being able to problem solve is what I find is a true sign of student understanding. Teaching middle school students I have learned never to assume they have certain skills. Would a teacher assume all students can read at the same level? So why make assumptions with technology/comuputer skills. Great post TIC. What I do to make sure students have the basic knowledge of a program or software they are going to be using is offer the first day as a practice day. This day is when I introduce/reintroduce the program and they have a class period to familiarize themselves with some basic commands/skills they will need to know (usually 5-10). Encouraging them to make mistakes and resolve them, being able to problem solve is what I find is a true sign of student understanding. Teaching middle school students I have learned never to assume they have certain skills. Would a teacher assume all students can read at the same level? So why make assumptions with technology/comuputer skills. Great post TIC.

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