Integrating Computer Technology into the Classroom Chapter 10: Reflection

   REFLECTING ON WHAT I KNOW

1)      How do you know that students understand a concept?

Graphic organizer can be used to help educators reach students on a deeper learning level, by having the students use an organizer as their final product.  One example could be having students compare and contrast the similarities and differences between the themes within two different stories.

2)      How can you depict student misconceptions of key information?

By using a graphic organizer during the planning phases, educators are able to determine what the students know and what misconceptions they have.  This will help identify their background knowledge and help identify what alterations need to be made about what they know. 

Students could use the graphic organizers to plan and organizer their information.  Once they have done more research and analysis, they can determine what information was true and what information was false.  This will provide them with learning opportunities, making inferences of how what they once knew connects to what they now know.

3)      How can students capture and transfer brainstorming ideas into written thoughts?

Students could use GoogleDocs to explain their thoughts on a studied topic.  They could each contribute their thoughts, combining those thoughts that are similar, and discuss those thoughts that are different.  It would be engaging and interactive.