Monday, October 15, 2007

Assignment: CPB Article - TV Goes to School



For those of you having trouble finding the article, click here.

In this week's post, read the CPB article and use your blog to respond to one of the following questions.

#1 Think back to your discussions on learning theory. How is use of video related to what we know about human learning?

#2 How can teachers use video to promote student achievement?

#3 Despite all the research about the effectiveness of video as an instructional tool, why do you think video use is still not very prevalent in today's schools? Should there be more video? Why or why not?

Thursday, October 04, 2007

Assignment: Reiser Post


Read the Reiser article and use your post to address issue #1.


#1
Explore the link below from Module 10 in WebCT. How are the examples of Integrated Final Projects and the methods described in the Reiser article related? What would it take to teach this way? Is it worthwhile?

Integrated Final Projects