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<\/p>\nThe past few weeks has been enlightening for me with regards to seeing the range of TELE’s available and the possibilities of their integration. \u00a0I summarised my understanding of them in the table below, with particular reflection on how they each used technology as well as the depth of which they used technology. \u00a0I felt it was important to consider how much of a learning environment the technology contributes to, as it provides some sense as to what a teacher’s role may become in that environment. \u00a0For example, a WISE-based learning environment can become the primary lesson type for a unit, which allows more student independence in their learning. \u00a0If this is the case, then the teacher takes on more of a guidance role. \u00a0On the other hand, Anchored Instruction, using the Jasper series as an example, only uses technology as a means of content delivery and much of the student work will take place in a more traditional classroom setting.<\/p>\n
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Technology in the classroom can take many forms, from secondary or even tertiary roles of content delivery to primary roles of create an immersive learning environment. \u00a0Looking at T-GEM, WISE, Anchored instruction, and LfU, it is clear that technology\u2019s breadth of abilities translates into an equally broad spectrum of possible uses. \u00a0While each method provides its own unique advantages and benefits to learning,\u00a0<\/span>I find myself aligning mostly with the T-GEM and LfU approaches, which are both inquiry-based methods that leverage simulations in order to demonstrate phenomena to students. \u00a0In both, there are constructivist components that require students to formulate and refine theories as they progress deeper into the concepts. \u00a0With science in particular, the inquiry-based approach to understanding the world underlies the scientific method and there is enormous benefit to having students hone this skill through their science career.<\/span><\/p>\n The other advantage is that technology provides an alternative to complex and\/or expensive lab experiments. \u00a0In a traditional classroom, labs and demos are limited by the resources that a teacher can access. \u00a0But with technology, simulations can bring the labs and demos to the students in a cost effective and accessible way so that students can experience the science. \u00a0These approaches help to expand a teacher’s available tool set.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The past few weeks has been enlightening for me with regards to seeing the range of TELE’s available and the possibilities of their integration. \u00a0I summarised my understanding of them in the table below, with particular reflection on how they each used technology as well as the depth of which they used technology. \u00a0I felt […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42702,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1669396],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-b-synthesis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42702"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1782"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1788,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1782\/revisions\/1788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}