Blog #3 Knowledge & Reasoning

 “Fostering Student Creativity,” by Mark Gura (2020), calls for teachers to find more creative, if not

artistic, ways to teach all their class subjects, at every age. “Creativity [is] the active ingredient in

innovation…” he says (Gura, 2020, p.7).  He argues that “we need digital tools that truly support students

in developing their creativity” (Gura, pg, 7).  Victor Rivero can help with that call in his article, “A Whole

New Class of Art” (Rivero, 2020, p.12) where he pledges to help students find meaningful content through

tools and platforms that can help them master any area of interest. His article is full of descriptions of truly

exciting, creative learning platforms.  In reading some of these descriptions of online approaches to

learning, one can see many opportunities for some of the learning strategies of Chapter 5 “Knowledge and

Reason” from the book How People Learn II (How People Learn II, 2018). This chapter discusses

powerful, researched ideas on how to retrieve information, retain it, and understand it better. Some

strategies talk about the pacing of classwork and studying, while other strategies discuss mixing up skills

as you learn and where that type of studying would be most beneficial. It also recommends how to use

note taking, drawing and ‘created explanations’ most effectively.  This book opens up a discussion about

effective ways to learn/teach and using digital tools is essential in this conversation. Reviewing the

platform descriptions in Rivero’s article helps to meet ISTE standard 1.6a.  This standard discusses

helping students find appropriate tools and platforms to help them accomplish their learning goals in a

creative way (ISTE Standards for Students, 2017).

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Resources

Gura, M. (2020). Fostering Student Creativity. EdTech Digest the State of the Arts, Creativity, and Technology 2020: A Guide for Educators and Parents. p. 7. Gura (2020).pdf

Rivero, V. (2020). A Whole New Class of Art. EdTech Digest the State of the Arts, Creativity and Technology 2020: A Guide for Educators and Parents. p. 12-20

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. (2018). How people learn II: Learners, contexts, and cultures.Washington, D.C.: The National Academies Press. http://doi.org/10.17226/24783.

ISTE Standards for Students (2017). Retrieved from: https://www.iste.org/standards/for-students

Comments

  1. Matt CarlileJuly 9, 2024 at 7:27 PM

    Hi Jeana,
    I have never heard of the retention types in your infographic. The blocked studying intrigued me since it can help students learn topics that are not similar. That can help students work through the wide array of topics that are within the math curriculum. I am going to try to show my class that technique to help them study.

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  2. J. LittleJuly 10, 2024 at 8:33 AM

    Thanks Matt. I am glad that peaked your interest. It came from Chapter 5 and I really found it interesting. I like the idea of spacing out studying to make it more effective.

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