Week 1 EDLD 5364

This week I learned about the constructivist theory. It states that students learn new information by associating it with material that they already know. I agree with the constructivist theory because I feel that is the way that I learn myself.  I enjoyed the article by Dallas Mcpheeters on Social Networking Technologies in Education. It brought out some interesting points how Social Networks can be used to help education. I have had asked my school system about using Facebook as a communication tool and have been told not at this time. It is amazing how long it takes technology to become mainstream in schools compared to the public. Lastly, I watched the video Cyborg Learning Theory by K Warwirk. It was a little disturbing to see how close we are to becoming man and machine. In the future instead of needing to remember things we can just upload our memory with new data like a machine.
  

•  Citation: Abbott, J. (nd). Building Knowledge: Constructivism in Learning. [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F00R3pOXzu
•  Citation: McPheeters, D. (2009, March). Social networking technologies in education. Tech and Learning, 29(8).Retrieved from http://www.techlearning.com/article/16250
• Citation: Warwirk, K. (nd). Cyborg Life [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB_l7SY_ngI

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