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Erdem Uygun

Questions, Cues, Advance Organizers - 0 views

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    Several applications of Advance Organizers in one video. I really needed that since I had not be able to understand what is the real purpose of AOs since teacher activities about them had seemed to me that they do not converge. However, after watching the video, I think that advance organizers includes key components that students should know for using it to deepen their knowledge about a specific topic. To illustrate, in one practice, students ranked several telecommunication devices in terms of their importance before designing their own device. They first learned/remembered the key components of available devices and their importance and their use, and using this initial knowledge, they started to design a new device. Without examining prior devices (without looking at how telecommunication devices look like or how they function or what are their similarities or differences), it would be harder to think of a new device.
Erdem Uygun

Clusty Search Engine - 2 views

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    Clusty is a search engine which makes clusters of your search. It provide easiness to students while making research on the internet. Based on keywords, the similar websites are categorized so that a more organized amount of knowledge is provided to learners. please try it by writing a keyword like "fotosentez".
dozoran

Sugata Mitra: The child-driven education - 6 views

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    It says that children can learn with internet without any intervention from outside -like a teacher. When the topic is not defined, children can learn what they want. But for some specific topics, they at least need the very first idea -a question, sometimes even a pre-designed system of information and instruction. Are we too much interfering to students' learning process?
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    Thanks for this video. It shows an interesting method but when ı watched this video, some question come up my mind. First of them; where is creativity of instructional methods? In time students can be bored because of sitting on front of a screen for a long time and how can we motivate students effectively? Second one is; how can it be achieved the objectives which requires teachers? for example; social onjectives and values require a role model in teaching enviroment and socialization is an important issue. And also this system requires updates frequently, this is another issue. Finally, moreover someone should orginaze this computer system and design instruction process, in bire there is a teacher or orginazer on planning system in my oppinon.(Am ı more critical? :) )
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    Dincer, thanks for sharing the video. Both you and Hatice raised important questions. I've known Sugata Mitra's work quite some time now and the Hole in the Wall Project. I also investigated similar projects such as One Laptop Per Child and some other similar ones that have emerged in India. Perhaps, these models are encouraging us to question and reflect on teachers' role in the learning process. We might also ask "what it is that we want our children learn" and "how they actually learn certain things". This is also related to Hatice's question on motivation. We will see if theories of instruction will help us answer some of these questions.
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    First of all thanks for the video. It reminded me the "Fatih Project" in Turkey as well regarding the pre, primary and elementary level students using their own technological access during learning process. It is supposed to be completed at the end of 2013 however the same instructional and motivational questions trigger me to question its function. When we consider th learning as a whole such personal use may turn out to be misuse without interfere but in specific cases such as vocabulary teaching through learner's independent autonomy, I can support the idea. We should be clear about what is the target audience and the issue, though.
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    Such educational frameworks support the trend of shift from teacher-centeredness to student-centeredness. In the past, when we need to ask something, we asked to our elders- in school, to teachers. Now, we have an additional elder, the internet. It can answer almost anything. In that sense, the impact of the technology can not be ignored. The idea of providing internet access to places that is scarce in terms of teachers is reasonable - which also supports the idea of distance education. Besides, bringing technology is easier and cheaper than bringing a teacher with resources. However, we still need teachers as -cliche but vital term- "facilitators" and regulators in self-learning process. It is necessary for constructivism as well as child-driven education or for any other self-learning methods. Someone is needed for wrapping-up the knowledge gained, for assessing the results, for remedying circumstances that obstruct the learning process, for deciding goals or organizing goals to be attained, and for secure and heuristic browsing on the internet. In that sense, I support the idea of "self organized learning environments" as Mitra offers, but also I contend that there should be teachers around these environments for facilitating. In short, we should not quit important elements of education while trying to make it better.
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    I believe although computers and instructional softwares are amazing to enhance the effectiveness of instruction, they are not enough. They are always limited. It is impossible to load them all possible questions of students and their responses. Moreover, none of the computers or softwares would be able to fulfill students' emotional and motivational needs. There is also the uniqueness of the students; not all of the students would enjoy a computer-based education. Lastly, as a science educator when I think for my area; it is never the same to make an experiment on computer and in a laboratory. Students learn better when they are actively engaged in an experiment and seethe results with their eyes.
canannn

Constructivist Science Lesson Plan - 0 views

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    I believe that this lesson plan is a very good example of a constructivist lesson plan for a science lesson. It has many steps that involve the student actively. And as I read I felt that the student is not only hands on, but minds on also. What I mean is that it is clearly a process-oriented plan. Even if the student can't do well in some steps, there are other activities that he can accomplish and enjoy. Also the stress on group work is evident, student can learn from each other and take responsibility. Evaluation part is also very clear, explained to the students with a rubric and it relies on presentations and all the wprk students gather till that day. Making the family involved is another strong part of this plan to me. The things that may not work can be that it takes one month totally, so to keep the attention of the students on the same topic for such a time may be hard, maybe the project could last like two or three weeks. Also the organization of the peer groups is critical.
canannn

Constructivist Science Lesson Plan - 0 views

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Sercan Çelik

Lifelong learning in Turkey - 1 views

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    Looks like audiences unintentionally participated , however , organizing such an activity is a nice idea, I guess. Hope students did not think reverse though.
Erdem Uygun

The e-Learning Revolution - 1 views

  • a 3min. video that outlines the growth of the eLearning industry with amazing facts and statistics that shows how fast online eLearning is growing. The video also illustrations the pain that organizations feel when trying to convert their material to SCORM compliant eLearning.
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    E-learning compelled to investigate definitions of time and places. For training of mass it saves a lot of money, energy and time. But what about one-to-one face to face learning. I wonder whether there is an effect of looking through a screen and looking through to the lively eyes?
Bilge Aslan

Fatih Projesi Web Sayfasi - Yenilik ve Egitim Teknolojileri Genel Müdürlügü -... - 1 views

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    "FATIH PROJECT Turkey has initiated FATIH Project with the aim enabling equal opportunities in education and improving technology in our schools for the efficient usage of ICT tools in the learning-teaching processes by appealing to more sense organs in all 620.000 schools that are in the preschool education, the primary education and the secondary education through providing tablets and LCD Smart Boards.
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