EDUC 8401: Cognition, Culture, and Learning

MD 6 Assignment: Cognition, Culture, and Learning

Multimedia Presentation

Student: Darcy Jones

email: djone002@waldenu.edu

Program: PhD in Education

Specialization: Learning, Instruction, and

Innovation

Professor: Dr. Toni DiDona

Walden University

November 18, 2012

Introduction of My Selected Topics

Technology

Constructivism

Educational Neuroscience

Multiple Intelligences

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Constructivism

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Authentic Learning

Opportunities

Learning is an Active

Process

Student-Centered

Learning

Learning is Social by

Nature

Classroom Choices for

Learning

Technology

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Digital-Age Learning

Opportunities

Information Accessible by

Everyone

Resembles Real-Life

Experiences

Teacher Technology

Competencies

Technology Haves -vs-

Have Nots

Educational Neuroscience

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Creativity in the

Classroom

Play, Discovery, &

Choices

Emotions in

Learning

Motivation and Self-

Regulation

Multiple Intelligences

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Individual

Differentiation

Effective Learning

Varied Instructional

Approaches

Build on Student

Strengths and Capacities

How are these all connected?

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Authentic Learning

Experiences

Child-Centered

Curriculum

Choices for Students

and Teachers

Body, Brains, & Minds

Classroom Connections

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Here are some examples of how these four topics impact my classroom and teaching on a regular

basis…

These views are created from the perspective of my

students, administrator,

and fellow educator.

Incorporating information, theory, and research from technology,

constructivism, educational neuroscience, and multiple intelligences

allows me to be a creative classroom teacher. I am expected to

follow a prescribed curriculum and rigid pacing guide that I

professionally feel does a disservice to the students. I practice

developmentally appropriate practices in my classroom and try to

provide various learning experiences, opportunities, and choices for

my students. They need to have ownership within their classroom,

each and every day, just as I do as an educator. I love to utilize

technology because it draws the students into the lesson and helps

them to learn about the tools they will be using in the years to come.

I love creating a lesson with technology because it gives me the

“WOW factor” and that ignites learning and interest. First graders

are a pretty easy audience to win over, but it makes teaching more

fun for me, too. Children are active learners and consumers of

knowledge. My classroom is not a cookie-cutter place with a robo-

teacher like the rest. I like using creative, colorful, cute, fun, active,

silly, unexpected, hands-on, spontaneous ways to teach my students

and use those methods to create a positive classroom community

where I know my students and they know their teacher.

Resources Used in My Analysis

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Edwards-Groves, C. (2012). Interactive creative technologies: Changing the learning practices and pedagogies in the writing classroom. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 35(1), 99-113. Retrieved from http://www.alea.edu.au

Fried, L. (2010). Understanding and enhancing emotion and motivation regulation strategy use in the classroom. The International Journal of Learning, 17(6), 115-129. Retrieved from http://www.commongroundpublishing.com/

Gardner, H. (1993). Multiple intelligences: The theory in practice. New York, NY: Basic Books.

Guccione, L. M. (2011). In a world of mandates, making space for inquiry. The reading Teacher, 64(7), 515-519. doi: 10.1598/RT.64.7.5

Heinrich, E. J. (2010). Thinking outside the box: Promoting student creativity. The International Journal of Learning, 17(5), 523-531. Retrieved from http://www.Learning-Journal.com

Immordino-Yang, M. H. (2011). Implications of affective and social neuroscience for educational theory. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 43(1), 98-103. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-5812.2010.00713.x

Resources Cont’d.

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Mishra, P. (2012). Rethinking technology & creativity in the 21st Century: Crayons are the future. TechTrends: Linking Research & Practice to Improve Learning, 55, 13-16. doi: 10.1007/s11528-012-0594-0

Pacino, M. A., & Noftle, J. T. (2011). New literacies for global, digital learners. The International Journal of Learning, 18(1), 477-484. Retrieved from http://www.Learning-Journal.com

Richardson, R. C., & Arker, E. (2010). Personalities in the classroom: Making the most of them. Kappa Delta Pi, 46(2), p. 76-81.

Rushton, S., & Juola-Rushton, A. (2008). Classroom learning environment, brain research and the No Child Left Behind initiative: 6 years later. Early Childhood Education Journal, 36, 87-92. doi: 10.1007/s10643-008—0244-5

Scott, J. (2009). Inspiring creativity: The collision of diversity and empowerment. Our Schools / Our Selves, 18(4), 21-23. Retrieved from http://policyalternatives.ca/index.cfm?act=main&call=A5671525

Sellars, M. (2011). Developing skills for a lifetime of learning: Strategies to develop flexible thinking. Problems of Education in the 21st Century, 29, p. 103-109. Retrieved from http://www.jbse.webinfo.lt/Problems_of_Education_Volumes.htm

Resources Cont’d.

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Van der Merwe, P. (2010). Level of emotional creativity in the classroom. The International Journal of Learning, 17(4), p. 1-14. Retrieved from http://www.commongroundpublishing.com/

Waller, M. (2010). It’s very very fun and ecsiting – using Twitter in the primary classroom. English 4--11, 39, 14-16. Retrieved from http://www.le.ac.uk.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/

Wilmes, B., Harrington, L., Kohler-Evans, P., & Sumpter, D. (2008). Coming to our senses: Incorporating brain research findings into classroom instruction. Education, 128(4), p. 659-666. Retrieved from http://www.projectinnovation.biz/index.html

Yilmaz, K. (2011). The cognitive perspective on learning: Its theoretical underpinnings and implications for classroom practices. The Clearing House, 85, 204-212. doi: 10.1080/00098655.2011.568989

Yuen, S. C. Y., Yaoyuneyong, G., & Yuen, P. K. (2011). Perceptions, interests, and use: Teachers and Web 2.0 tools in education. International Journal of Technology in Teaching & Learning, 7(2), 109-123. Retrieved from http://www.sicet.org/

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presentation

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