4 Models of Instruction:

1.Social - Cooperative Learning - Students must have skills needed to work in groups.

2.Information Processing -Inquiry Training - Reasoning and interpretation of information, data, or facts.

3.Personal -Individual Instruction - Focuses on personal awareness and creativity.

4.Behavioral Systems -Direct Instruction - Highly structured, teacher directed.
Mastery Learning – Given enough time and quality instruction, nearly all students can master the objective.

Instruction Systems Design:

1.Analysis – The study we do in order to figure out what to do, or where to go.

2.Design – Once we get the results from the analysis stage, we can then develop what will be taught, or the learning objectives.

3.Development - This phase elaborates and builds on the Learning Objectives and learning Steps that were produced in the design phase

4. Implementation or Delivery – The teacher must be prepared and ready to teach their students. Preparation is key in delivering a lesson.

5. Evaluation – evaluation must be ongoing and is used to make sure that the goals and objectives of the lesson were met.

***This reminds me of inquiry based learning.

Portriate of a Digital Native

Today, students are used to multitasking and working with different technological tools. This is something that we as teachers must be aware of. I know there are many teachers who have been in the field forever, and they think that all of this technology is bad, or getting in the way of teaching their students. Rather they should hear what this article has stated about students and their use of media. They said that students who use media the most also spent more time with friends, family and other activities. It is important that they realize that when students use the internet they aren't always using the computer and all of its resources innapropriately. The kids using the computers seem to be pretty bright and social beings. When talking about constantly being surrounded by technology, a student, Meredith Fear, says it exactly right: "It's they way we've all come to be raised." This is so true! Like Marc Prensky, the created of the term Digital Native said, "they've had digital technology surrounding them from the time t hey were infants." This is the world that kids today know. It's not their fault, it's just how it is, and teachers need to train themselves to work in the technological evnironment that their students have grown up in.

Digital Natives vs. Digital Immigrants

Compared to past generations, our students today are completly different in a number of ways. The most important difference deals with technology. Today's students are very technologically advanced, and the trouble with that is that the school systems are still set up to accomidate the past generations. The kids in school today are so infatuated with the digital world, but many schools are not teaching their students at this level yet. These kids are known as "Native Speakers," because they were born into this world of computers and the internt. Those who were not born with these advances are known as "Digital Immigrants." One of the biggest problems in schools are the Digital Immigrant teachers, who have little to no intrest in the digital world that their students live in. I can remember having some teachers when I was in school that were very "old school," and used the overhead projector, and literally used chalk on the board! This is not going to interest students today, and teachers must be willing to relate to their students.

Redefining Literacy

Today I learned what data smog is. Data smog is when there is too much information, which can create a barrier in our lives. I also learned to cope with data smog we must have Information Literacy, which gives us the skills to know whien we need information and where to locate it effectively and efficiently. I believe that this is a very important thing to teach to our students. There is an enormous amount of information online, but know what is junk and what is valid can sometimes be hard to tell. As noted from Linda Ellerbee, "media literacy will make the difference between kids being a tool of mass media or whether the mass media is a toold for kids to use." I aggree with her statement one hunderd percent! We must prepare our students to gather information, evaluate it, and further interpret what they have found. They also need to know that everything they read online in NOT true! This is the importance of researching and discovering!

Learning Styles 2.0

It is without a doube that Generation Y had different expectations and learning styles than previous generations. Previous generations were not exposed to the internet and all of the advances theat Generation Y has been brought up it. This sight also talked about the numerous digital learning styles, such as blogs, podcasts, Wiki's flicker, and twitter - many of which we are experimenting with right now through our Teaching with Technology class. I believe that it is important we understand how to use these tools, because using them in your classroom will allow your students to have a greater appreciation and respect for you as the teacher. Not only will the students look up to you for being technologically advanced, but they will also be more motivated - this is key!

Classroom 2.0 Reflection

I found it utterly amazing that a 1st grade class is blogging! Watching this made me realize the importance of learning the vast array of tools that the internet provides. These young children will one day be in my classroom, and I msut be parpared and at their level of technological intellignece!