Monday, November 12, 2007
Constructivist Learning
I believe in the philosophy of constructivist learning and try to incorporate in my classroom whenever I can. However, I'm not used to learning through the constructivist method because I was never taught this way through my years of schooling. Since I barely have any experience learning this way, I'm very apprehensive and nervous about this lesson. I really feel lost and confused at times, not sure if I'm doing it right. I would like to have some guidance along the way. The only advantage of this lesson is that I developed my own pacing which is great because I have such a busy schedule. I feel Dreamweaver is very complicated and too time consuming. I don't understand the purpose of using Dreamweaver when there are so many templates out there to create websites and they are so much easier. Hopefully, Dreamweaver will grow on me and become easier.
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Don't give up on Dreamweaver yet Sohnia! Sometimes we like something because it is what we are most familiar with. Hopefully, Dreamweaver will grow on you as you explore its many uses and options! Hang in there! Kristin
Sohnia,
I't Diane, dropping in for another visit. I'm sorry you aren't having the best time with Dreamweaver. I have been working with Dreamweaver MX for a number of years and just made the switch to CS3 for this class. If you have specific questions, you can find me most nights in Yahoo IM (biztekgeek). Or, you can always email me at the same name at Yahoo.com.
I like your view on constructive learning. I really think it takes maturity and experience to realize you actually build on prior knowledge. I feel young students are not ready for this philosophy yet.
When I want to teach this way, I always find a bridge = "remember when we did this...?" Guess what, think along those lines, but use this other tool instead.
That's pretty vague. If you need something concrete, I teach HTML and (if you look in the Dreamweaver code) everything between < body > and < /body > is what shows up on the screen. This would be the active area. When I introduce other programming languages, I always equate the active area of the program, no matter what the coding, to the body tags.
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