Chapter 7 Supporting Student Production

I love the idea of students have a product them demistrates their work. Not only is this another way where assessment can take place (instead of formal test) but it helps to produce creativity, learning to work in a group, and allows the students to have a visual that shows off their hard work. A lot of times allowing a student to produce something also meets the needs of students with varying learning styles. The text states, " The production process is crucial to learning as students work to understand and make decisions about the product." Not only are students able to communicate what they have learned by creating a product but they learn important everyday skills such as decision making, planning, etc. Technology is a wondeful tool when asking your students to produce a product!

Chapter 6 Support Student Problem Solving

I am particular fond of the case study that starts this chapter. I believe that the teacher did a good job of using something that was relevent to the studnets to teach problem solving. It is important for teachers to teach and create opportunities for problem solving because out in the "real world" this is something they will be doing on a daily basis. Something that stuck out to me in this chapter was the guideline #3 under "Guildlines for Technology-Supported Problem Sovling". The guideline states, " Do not do what students can do." That is something that I will need to be intentional about doing because at times I want to just do things myself because I want it done "right" and within a timely manner. But I need to remember that if the students are doing it, they are learning!