- What was the motivation to create WISE?
- The motivation to create WISE was based around four main frameworks:
- Make thinking visible
- Make science accessible
- Help students learn from each other
- Promote lifelong learning
- Furthermore, the WISE program addresses misconceptions through guided inquiry into authentic scientific problems in an attempt to bring science home to the students.
- The motivation to create WISE was based around four main frameworks:
- In what ways does SKI promote knowledge integration through its technological and curriculum design? Describe a typical process for developing a WISE project.
- The process for developing a WISE project follows constructivist ideals in that each project must start with the activation prior knowledge. Then, a problem is posed to the students. In community, they then begin to work with the data sets and modules to experiment, learn, test, and develop working theories. These theories are shared, critiqued, and then finally cemented in place with an application. All of this is done in an online platform that seeks to place technology in the center of the learning process.
- How does this design process compare with the Jasper Adventures?
- WISE, as a platform, is much more interactive. Students are manipulating, inputting, and testing things directly on the platform. It feels like an early MOOC in the fact that the lessons are all prebuilt and students move through the materials. While Jasper was more problem-based, WISE is more inquiry-based, asking the students to continually be asking questions and trying new things.
- How could you use a WISE project in your school or another learning environment?
- To be perfectly honest, I would not use the WISE platform as it exists, as the technology seems outdated and is simply not very user-friendly. However, the lessons that are there could easily be translated into a format that would be more appealing to students and more accessible through the use of Google Sites or a similar platform. The ideas behind WISE of being open sourced, community learning is seen in many of the IT systems in place in modern classrooms, such as Edmodo. The large difference is that WISE already has the library of lessons built into it.
- What about WISE would you customize?
- It does seem like WISE is still not built around standards, which could lead to gaps in the students’ learning. Having the lesson updated and organized around standards would make them easier to match with Common Core curriculum and eliminate some misconceptions. Also, as stated before, the platform feels outdated and needs an update to make it something that students would be happy to use.
WISE/SKI Reflection
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