Thursday, October 7, 2010

New Thinking From Class

There are 4 main developments of American Schooling.  The first is the printing press which led to the Reformation.  During the Reformation schools were created.  The American Revolution was next, then the Industrial Revolution.   After today’s discussion, some things to keep in mind for other discussions is to encourage deeper thinking from our peers.  The presenters did a good job of restating comments for the group.  We also need to take into consideration how to group peers so everyone can be a part of their group. 
Our iRLO we will submit 2 drafts; one for our peers to review and then the final draft.  An iRLO is an interactive reusable learning object.  Interactive means it provides user control and appropriate feedback.  Many lecture classes do not allow for this, whereas video games do.  Reusable means it can be used repeatedly. Learning means users should learn new content, review previously learned content or practice a skill.  Object is a generic term, but it refers to the Scratch file that you will create. 
We were introduced to Scratch which is a program we can use to create an iRLO.  Scratch has an online community where students can access iRLO’s that you created.  They do not have to have Scratch downloaded on their computers. 

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