Constructivist+Approach

Constructivist Approach to Integrating Technology in the Classroom:Key Concepts

Teachers must first understand what is meaningful learning in the classroom.

The impulse to learn is inate.

"Humans are such complex organisims that they are unable to fully understanding themselves"


 * Learning with Technology:**Fostering Learning with Technology

"The ways that we use technologies in schools should change from technology-as-teacher to technology-as- partner in the learning process. Students do not learn from technology, they learn from thinking."


 * Technology equals a learning environment that is:active,intentional, and cooperative
 * Technologies support learning when they can fufill a learning need
 * Technology should function as a learning tool kit
 * Technology and the learner become intellectual reciprocal partners
 * Technology should be used as a social medium for interaction(discussions,debates,collaboration,community development


 * Implications For Learning**


 * Teachers**
 * Teachers are coaches in the classroom learning environment


 * Students**
 * Students must have ownership. Students accept the responsibility of taking a more active role in their learning process with technology. (Student drives and is involved in the curriculum. It would help if the student has this responsibility in all subject areas.)