Chapter 4 of your Empowering Teachers textbook discusses the power of utilizing primary sources. Go to http://www.archives.gov/index.html and explore the website. From the information presented in the book, coupled with what is available from the NARA website, other primary sources and the importance of learning to critically analyze information, how would you utilize primary sources to align with your educational technology philosophy?
I explored the website and I can find a lot of information there. The book helps me understand what the website is about. When I first saw the website, I did not have any idea where to explore. Then, the textbook gives some ideas and I know what to look for.
My educational philosophy focuses on constructivist learning—learning by doing and I still believe in that way. I would like to empower my students by asking them to use technology for their learning. There are a lot of resources and information that they will be able to find on the Internet. My former students are Thais and their problem is they do not understand English well. They have problems to read and understand English. It might not work well with them but if I have a chance to teach them again, I would ask them to find the easy information first and move forward step by step.
Primary sources and my educational technology philosophy would be able to be aligned with each other when students use technology to look for information that I ask them to find. They are learning to find the requested information by doing it themselves.
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CK,
I think its interesting that your educational philosophy focuses on constructivism because mine focusus a lot on that too. This website is good because it allows students to explore on their own and ask questions about things that they may be curious about. Thanks for leaving a comment on my blog a few weeks back, I also enjoy reading your blog.
Emily Hart
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