Chapter 7 provides an overview of how educational software, apps, and learning games support an promote problem solving and inquiry learning. It mention different types of software and what they overall function. These software refers to the codes that tell computers what functions to perform. These software applications is used by teachers and students. It includes word processing. electronic databases, spreadsheets, presentation to mention a few. Students and teachers learn a lot from these software and how to applied it to day-day lesson plan. Educational software includes educational games, composing and calculating software, visual-thinking, to mention a few. As you know. visual worlds are a popular pastime for children and adolescents. There are strategies for using games. When teachers consider how to include games in their curriculum, teachers seek games to promote time on Teachers can used games to solve math problem. Teachers should point out to their students the proper way of the game. Teachers should play game together with their students, so the student will stay focuses, engaged, and during the correct assignment. I like the higher-order and lower-order thinking terms associated with Bloom's Taxonomy. His team were interested in distinguishing between different forms of thinking, from basic recall and interpretation, which was the lower-order thinking and comparison and evaluation of theories and perspectives. Memorizing spelling emphasizes lower-order thinking, and a poem or creating dialogue for a skit requires high-order thinking. This is a great technology to generates problem solving and inquiry learning among students.
Chapter 8 mention the various ways that teachers and students can use computers and social media technology to share ideas and information in classrooms and online learning environment. It talks about email, text messaging.. It also discussed blogs, and wikis as promising ways for teachers and students to share academic information while engaging in collaborative learning. It seem as everyone knows how to text and email. Every teacher makes choices and decision on how to teach their student in classroom. As future teachers we can use each of these communication technologies to share ideas and information. Teachers can use digital communications for teaching, publishing student work and energizing student writing. Using email as a way to communicate with your students, families an professional colleagues. Chapter 8 talks about three basic types of education-related blogs; such as organizational blogs, subject blogs and teaching and learning blogs.
