Answer garden is a useful quick polling tool. You simply go to the website and create your own poll using your own question. The question must be simple as the answer must be pretty basic. This sort of tool can be used in the classroom as en "exit card" situation, or to get an understanding about the most learned information among the class. As the participants answer, the words that are keyed in more frequently become larger as the words that are not are smaller. Providing a visual, and a tool for the educator.
This could be important in my classroom due to the fact that I will be working with individuals with special needs and I can see this as a useful visual tool. The students are not required to use any sort of new or challenging technology and the visual results can aid them. One of the ways I would utilize answer garden among my students would be for a KLW.
This could be important in my classroom due to the fact that I will be working with individuals with special needs and I can see this as a useful visual tool. The students are not required to use any sort of new or challenging technology and the visual results can aid them. One of the ways I would utilize answer garden among my students would be for a KLW.
Podcast about inquiry based learning and Constructivist Classroom.
Inquiry-based learning in simple terms is providing learners with the opportunity to learn the way that they want. As the educator you must let them use the tools that they learn best with. Do do this, inquiry-based learning can be utilized. Provide students with a task and ask them the question after they have had an opportunity to figure it out on their own, then ask them a question. All of this is explained simply in the link to the podcast above.
Inquiry-based learning in simple terms is providing learners with the opportunity to learn the way that they want. As the educator you must let them use the tools that they learn best with. Do do this, inquiry-based learning can be utilized. Provide students with a task and ask them the question after they have had an opportunity to figure it out on their own, then ask them a question. All of this is explained simply in the link to the podcast above.
Constructivism says that students bring their personal experiences into the classroom and these experiences have a tremendous impact on students' views of how the world works. Students come to new and preexisting learning situations with a variety of knowledge, feelings, and skills, and this is where learning should begin. This knowledge exists within the student and is developed as individuals interact with their peers, teachers, and the environment. Students then mold thier understanding or meaning by making sense of their experiences and fitting their own ideas into reality
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