{"id":5496,"date":"2018-03-08T13:18:29","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T20:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2018\/?p=5496"},"modified":"2018-03-09T00:26:29","modified_gmt":"2018-03-09T07:26:29","slug":"5496","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2018\/2018\/03\/08\/5496\/","title":{"rendered":"TELEs all summed up!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5520 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2018\/files\/2018\/03\/Synthesis-of-TELES-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2018\/files\/2018\/03\/Synthesis-of-TELES-2.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2018\/files\/2018\/03\/Synthesis-of-TELES-2-171x300.jpg 171w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2018\/files\/2018\/03\/Synthesis-of-TELES-2-585x1024.jpg 585w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2018\/files\/2018\/03\/Synthesis-of-TELES-2-620x1085.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Important takeaways from Module B: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Visualization is seen throughout all 4 TELEs. One of the essential affordances of technology is the ability to use visual images, modeling and simulation to enhance learning. In fact, some aspects of the Bloom&#8217;s Taxonomy are included in each of the TELEs which creates differentiated learning environments for students to become independent thinkers. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All 4 TELEs focus on the importance of \u201creal-life\u201d inquiry. The education ministry in Alberta is redesigning their curricula across the board, as some components date back as far as 1996. There is no doubt the new curricula will include learning outcomes related to digital technologies and a greater focus on student-centred learning. School divisions will need to focus on opportunities for students to practice and apply their knowledge in real-world scenarios, while at the same time using 21st-Century production tools, software and techniques in demonstrating their learning and expressing their ideas. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Constructivism is built in each of the TELEs. Modern educators today are creating constructivist learning environments where learners are engaged in meaningful interactions. All the while the TELEs use Vygotsky&#8217;s theoretical framework and zone of proximal development to construct lessons and activities to meet the specific needs of their students (Vygotsky, L. S. 1980).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As an elementary teacher, I found most TELEs approaches were more adequate for higher grades. With that being said, there still is a need for younger students to have opportunities to modify and evaluate simulations and technological applications. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In closing, all four TELEs strive to create an environment that promotes learning from an inquiry pedagogical perspective as technology is not a stand-alone commodity. Rather it becomes a meaningful tool to support more profound understanding. \u00a0More importantly, technology integration should help teachers to prepare their students for the world they live in and to adopt technology-enhanced learning environments that will surely be part of their future world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>References<\/p>\n<p>Edelson, D. C. (2001). Learning\u2010for\u2010use: A framework for the design of technology\u2010supported inquiry activities.\u00a0<i>Journal of Research in Science teaching<\/i>,\u00a0<i>38<\/i>(3), 355-385.<\/p>\n<p>Khan, S. (2007).\u00a0Model-based inquiries in chemistry.\u00a0<em>Science Education, 91<\/em>(6), 877-905<\/p>\n<p>Vygotsky, L. S. (1980).\u00a0<i>Mind in society: The development of higher psychological processes<\/i>. Harvard university press.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Important takeaways from Module B: Visualization is seen throughout all 4 TELEs. One of the essential affordances of technology is the ability to use visual images, modeling and simulation to enhance learning. 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