In my Technology in Education class we use blogging, email, online chatting, blackboard and wiki to communicate with one another on a daily basis. From the readings I have done it has occurred to me that Dr. Dong uses Scaffolding in our class.
Scaffolding means the teacher helps the student master a task or concept that the student is initially unable to grasp independently. The teacher offers assistance with only those skills that are beyond the student’s capability.
The use of technology within this class is extremely good. Reason being is that we can contact one another through various forms of social networking. Such as our weekly blog, online office hours via blackboard, emailing one another and our blackboard discussions. Thanks to the numerous technologies we have in this class it plays a major role in communicating effectively.
Too bad that we could do online office hour via Blackboard this semester!
ReplyDeleteThat was okay, we communicated through another form of technology: through email.
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