Comments on: Student controlled learning http://www.thethinkingstick.com/student-controlled-learning Jeff Utecht - Bangkok, Thailand Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:47:21 +0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Teacher in Development :: Blending Chaos and Coherent into Student Centered Learning :: May :: 2007 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/student-controlled-learning/comment-page-1#comment-24486 Teacher in Development :: Blending Chaos and Coherent into Student Centered Learning :: May :: 2007 Mon, 21 May 2007 04:55:16 +0000 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/?p=501#comment-24486 [...] Student controlled learning- a lot of student autonomy, students picked their projects- frequent school interruptions hampered progress (momentum hard to create)- teacher became a guide when asked for help, largely hands off approach- students produced something that mattered - 28 thousand + people viewed their work as it was a product review. (part of assessment perhaps?) [...] [...] Student controlled learning- a lot of student autonomy, students picked their projects- frequent school interruptions hampered progress (momentum hard to create)- teacher became a guide when asked for help, largely hands off approach- students produced something that mattered – 28 thousand + people viewed their work as it was a product review. (part of assessment perhaps?) [...]

]]> By: Diane Hammond http://www.thethinkingstick.com/student-controlled-learning/comment-page-1#comment-24482 Diane Hammond Fri, 18 May 2007 02:54:06 +0000 http://www.thethinkingstick.com/?p=501#comment-24482 "School 2.0 is about giving control over to students…allowing learning to flow, to be authentic and to be true to that learner at that time." The ring of truth! And on some level it sounds so common-sense,almost "simple". As an adult, this is the only kind of learning in which I will engage. If the learning is to be authentic and true to the learner, doesn't it have to come about as a result of learner-generated questions? What about those traditional content areas? It is so hard to set the scene so that students naturally generate meaningful questions that will drive their learning. Looking back to my own student days, I can't picture what would have motivated me to take control of learning physics concepts. I think this is the area where teachers need the most help and support. We concentrate on helping teachers learn to use new technologies but I think this will come naturally if we can help teachers frame the content in real-world situations and create authentic needs to use the technologies. “School 2.0 is about giving control over to students…allowing learning to flow, to be authentic and to be true to that learner at that time.”

The ring of truth! And on some level it sounds so common-sense,almost “simple”. As an adult, this is the only kind of learning in which I will engage.

If the learning is to be authentic and true to the learner, doesn’t it have to come about as a result of learner-generated questions? What about those traditional content areas? It is so hard to set the scene so that students naturally generate meaningful questions that will drive their learning. Looking back to my own student days, I can’t picture what would have motivated me to take control of learning physics concepts.

I think this is the area where teachers need the most help and support. We concentrate on helping teachers learn to use new technologies but I think this will come naturally if we can help teachers frame the content in real-world situations and create authentic needs to use the technologies.

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