Constructivism in the Classroom

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Every student has a different way of expressing acquisition of learning, and it is through technology that we aide them in expressing them. Technology allows students to work independent and collaboratively to achieve the maximum learning objectives. Some areas of strength... ... middle of paper ... ...tant messaging or facebook they will be succesful in their future endeavors. Technology will help the teacher differentiate for all different levels that may be present within the classroom. The lessons will appeal and stimulate the learning process and make it more worthwhile for the teacher and the student.

Each lesson in the teaching sequence provides an opportunity at the beginning to focus and connect the students to the learning that will be taking place. This important part of the lesson shows the students why they would be interested in learning the subject matter (Baker, 2011.). Imperative to engaging... ... middle of paper ... ...tudent achievement, but perhaps more importantly, as a tool to enhance student learning (Parsons & Taylor, 2011.). By providing multiple activity changes, a real world focus on the learning, introductions that connect the students to the learning that will be occurring and hands on, concrete activities the learning sequence allows students the ability to learn constructively while remaining engaged. Just as vital to learning is the differentiation that the teacher applies to every lesson in order to cater for a variety of learners.

Working with special education students, the learning styles in my classroom are extremely diverse. It is essential to take all the different learning styles in my classroom and utilize them in my lessons, in order for my students to be successful. Throughout a school day, I think it is important to have students use all their different intelligences, to make learning meaningful to every student. Piaget’s theory of constructivism states that humans create knowledge from their interactions between their experiences and ideas, and I relate strongly to this. Along with constructivism, the theory of discovery learning, from Piaget, Bruner, and Papert, is a theory I utilize in my teaching.

As technology improves, people are privileged to utilize innovative advanced technological devices that technologists have developed and refined to offer a comprehensive set of resources in meaningful ways. Students are lucky enough to enjoy these highly-developed implements that assist them for their education. For instance, IBM’s Reinventing Education Program and I-clickers are two recent products that are intended to improve the present educational system. Especially I-clickers, an interactive technology that enables professors to pose questions to students and immediately collect the responses of the entire class, are essential tools in present day classes. Since I-clickers help advance the learning objectives of a course, all professors should adopt the use of I-clickers in classes.

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