Information Technology in Support of Student-Centered Learning

In this lesson, we will know how a teacher can expand his/her options to make it more effective and relevant in the 21st millennium information age. In particular, the lesson focuses on the student-centered learning approach and teacher-centered learning approach in the classroom. In this case, an essential question goes, how can a teacher manage the classroom?

Objectives: At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to: a Objectives: At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to: a. develop prior knowledge about traditional classroom b. know student-centered learning classroom c. identify the new school classroom environment

Traditional Classroom It is a learning room with desks in rows and a teacher in front. This room is usually overcrowded with students and one teacher. The mode of teaching in this class is generalized and does not focus on individual performance.

Traditional Classroom Characteristics Face to face lectures Student presence and participation A professional of a learning institution delivers lectures on set topics, often with students facing his/her. A student that are physically present within the place of learning, as opposed to contributing and receiving instructions through discussion.

Limited student-to-student interaction Routine The set pattern of seating, students sitting at desks or tables, in rows, and the teacher sitting or standing in the front of the class. Traditional classrooms tend to operate within the boundaries of a fixed routine. At certain points of the day or class, a set schedule of events will take place in a traditional classroom.

Student-centered Classroom John Dewey a traditional learning as a process in which the teacher pours information to student learners, much like pouring water from the jug into cups. Students are directly involved and invested in the discovery of their own knowledge. Through collaboration and cooperation with others, students engage in experiential learning that is authentic, holistic, and challenging.

Critical Attributes of a Student-Centered Classroom Construction Metacognition Educator/Student partnership in learning Collaborative learning Meaningful assessment in real-world contexts Construction of learning Metacognition Armed with the knowledge of student’ previous understanding of concepts , student-centered teachers create students that allow students to make connections to new ideas. In order for the students to be metacognitive they must know how and know the need to think about their thinking.

Critical Attributes of a Student-Centered Classroom Construction Metacognition Educator/Student partnership in learning Collaborative learning Meaningful assessment in real-world contexts Collaborative learning Educator/student partnership in learning Authentic assessment When students are engaged in activities that result in authentic and challenging applications, they are more highly motivated to learn. A combination of real-world assessment and the attributes of assessment for learning provide student-centered classroom teachers with the challenge of moving away from paper and pencil exams. The classroom teacher must possess a deep understanding of the developmental characteristics of their students as well as how learn to be an effective partner in the learning process. Teachers who rely exclusively on lecture are missing an important brain-based principle: people are social and the brain in a social environment. New meanings comes through social interaction, so the connection between students is important.

Desiring to gain effectiveness, efficiency and economy in administration and instruction, schools in these developed economies have also adopted the support of ICTs. In industrialized societies we find knowledge-based economics in which workers depend on information that can be accessed through information and communication technologies (ICTs).

The new school classroom environment is characterized by student individually or in groups: performing computer word processing for the text/graph preparing power-point presentation searching for information on the internet brainstorming on ideas, problems and project plans as needed, the teacher facilitating instruction and individualized instruction

Teachers may have different kinds of techniques, activities and approaches in teaching their students. Learners may lead to the ICTs to be able to search for mor informations.

References: Educational technology2, by Paz I. Lucido, Ph.D. http://www.ask.com/question/definition-of-traditional-classroom http://www.ehow.com/info_7966282_characteristics-traditional- classroom.html http://www.iglls.org/files/classroom_brief.pdf

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Group 2 Borbon, Ruelyn S. Calipsan, Mia Cris Conlas, Christine L. Moranta, Mae Frits F.