This week, unfortunately I had to miss class. I was in charge of organizing a community 5K for the end of the school year. It was a great success. I went back and listened to the recording. Luckily I have already taken a few of Lee’s classes so I didn’t have much to catch up on. I did learn a lot about constructionism this week through reading. Until reading I did not realize there was a much related theory of constructivism. This week the differences were clarified. I also was able to see how important these ideas could be to education.
I read Genevieve’s comment and it made me think about my response. She said constructionism is new. She thought about it in relationship to how it changes how educators think about education. In this sense it is new. Without this theory we would most likely not be considering the maker movement, PBL, and other student-centered approaches. I thought about it in terms of the theory itself. It’s not a new idea, as people have always been trying new things and learning from this. We make models of things we have seen and use this knowledge to make new models as we learn. This is not new but how we use this information could be new. I next read Catherine’s blog and found it put what I thought after reading Genevieve’s post perfectly. I like how Catherine said that it does not necessarily bring new ideas, but brings the theory to the forefront. Finally I read Gerald’s post and I really liked the approach he took. He included a personal example and I think it really showed how important the theory of constructionism is. When students struggle to build or create something and then they succeed, they are more likely to share with others. This is where the real learning happens, because the student has fully processed their experience. I must say I am really excited about this class. I already got the Arduino kit because it did not have to go to Alaska. I will be spending the summer in Indiana. I was so excited to play with it that I opened it up and started messing around with project 1. This just made me more excited about the rest of the semester. I love tinkering and making things!
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