Enhancing Education Through Technology

I implemented this content map with my 8th grade Civics students as we took a virtual field trip through historic Philadelphia.  The guiding question for my students to answer was "What makes Philadelphia the Birthplace of America?"  Students were asked to sort the places they "toured" into one or two of the three categories, Government, Liberty and Culture. This is the tour we took:  http://www.ushistory.org/tour/index.html This is our content map the students filled in:

In simple terms behaviorists believe that all human behavior is learned and that behavior can be changed based on specific stimulus and response, that is to say that a subject chooses one response over another based on their own motivations (Orey, 2010).  The type of behaviorism that appears in the classrooms is operant conditioning, where desirable behaviors are rewarded, therefore reinforced and undesirable behaviors are punished (Laureate, 2015). According to behaviorist theory humans will seek out rewards and try to avoid punishments.  As teachers we know that it is the rewarding and reinforcing of desirable behaviors that have the most impact on our students, rather than punishments. A powerful way that teachers can affect a positive change in student learning is through encouraging improvement to student effort (Pitler, Hubbell & Kuhn, 2012).  As students learn to put increased effort into their learning activities they will begin to see an improvement in their achievemen

Reflective Essay Sarah Arnold Walden University Kathryn Arnold The Impact of Technology on Education, Work and Society EDUC: 6710 March 4, 2018 Reflective Essay Today technology usage is abundant in our society.  Almost every person uses technology in some way throughout the course of their day.  They may use email, subscribe to a social media account, read or write a blog.  They may work remotely or use technology to collaborate with others over a distance.  It is important that today we are not only teaching students our educational content and including reading, writing and mathematics across the curriculum but that we are also imbuing them with 21st -century skills. These are the skills that they will need to be successful, not only in high education but in their post education lives.  The fundamentals of 21st -century skills can be summarized with the “four C’s, critical thinking, creativity, communication and collaboration” (Blair, 2012).   All of these skills m