In ED 307 we have been reading Teaching Digital Natives by Marc Prensky. It is a fabulous textbook that introduces the idea of the "partnering pedagogy". I really understand why it has the title that it does after studying the book thoroughly and completing our group wiki summary. Almost all of the students we will be teaching in our classrooms will be "digital natives", meaning that they have grown up using many different forms of technology. It is a part of their everyday lives. The partnering pedagogy not only encourages incorporating this technology into our daily classroom routines, but also making the learning experience more meaningful in general. All lessons that are taught need to be "real" to the students. They need to be able to directly see how the lesson affects their everyday life. This is a challenge because it makes you really know your students and be super intentional in everything you do in your classroom. A partnering teacher never "just gets up and teaches". There is always thought and planning behind what is done. Much of the learning is guided by questions that the students work to answer throughout the lesson. This way, the learning becomes more meaningful because the students construct their own knowledge. Partnering is definitely something I want to do in my classroom. It is part of the whole constructivist idea of making learning meaningful to the students. This is something I believe strongly in.
This week, we completed a group wiki summary as a group project. It was a great experience. I loved the group I was a part of. Group work is also a part of the partnering pedagogy. It is great for us to work in this way during college because it helps to develop good communication habits and to learn to collaborate ideas. Below are some screen captures of our wiki.
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