Exploring Mobile
Affordances in the Digital Classroom.
Social software and participatory learning: Pedagogical choices with technology
affordances in the Web era.
Not exact matches
Or maybe «a quick transition animation which played when you pressed the Play button that seemed to be a UX
affordance but actually allowed us to start caching the video locally so we could tolerate connectivity interruptions
in the post-play experience»?
Do think it through from a principled point of view, and do also appreciate the key
affordances of the technology, the key factors of the technology and how it behaves
in order to have a good critical analysis.
This is a perceptual task: the person needs to perceive throwing - relevant
affordance properties of objects and be able to discriminate between objects that vary
in those properties.
«Despite the profound changes
in regional setting and local
affordances, people continued to visit La Cotte, bringing tools with them,» they wrote.
Turning transfer inside out: The
affordances of virtual worlds and mobile devices
in real world contexts for teaching about causality across time and distance
in ecosystems.
So how can I create a new and engaging way to approach teaching and learning
in the 21st century that allows the learners of today some
affordance to the structure and process of their learning whilst also keeping the traditional pedagogy of teaching and learning fully embedded within the model?
This model uses Gamification influences and structures
in order to give students and teachers the
affordance needed
in today's teaching and learning arenas.
Open Educational Resources (OER) are the ideal tool to leverage on the
affordances of technology and the insights of online learning to reduce the inequalities
in the Sub-Saharan African countries» education systems.
I find it intriguing that we have not fully realised the
affordance that technology offers
in relation to real - time (just
in - time) formative assessment practices that research tells us makes a significant impact on student learning (Wiliam, Black, Hattie) I have a pre-school age child whose school uses a «reporting / communication» tool where daily updates are captured by the educators including work samples, outcomes linked, photos of my child engaged
in learning tasks etc..
The tipping point between enabling classroom technology
affordances and producing negative side effects lies
in a school's ability to leverage adult engagement and to design equitable and responsive technology programs from the onset.
Juan Gabriel previously taught at a project - and inquiry - based public high school
in Philadelphia, where he learned the
affordances of encouraging teachers to take both leadership and inquiry stances.
In addition to reading about and discussing new literacies, teachers composed reading responses using different tools, such as pen and paper, blogs, the online journal Penzu, and wikis — and reflected on the
affordances of each.
The intent of the VideoANT activity
in TIN is to provide teachers with a social and technological
affordance (Kirschner et al., 2004) for reflecting on past teaching practice by sharing and commenting on a video of their instruction.
The NCSS Network Ning incorporates many of the features and
affordances found
in other contemporary online teacher networks.
In a review of the literature related to the use of video in teacher education, Sherin (2003) concluded that two affordances emerge when using video: (a) video allows for a permanent record of classroom occurrences that can be viewed repeatedly to ensure capture of classroom complexity and student - teacher interactions, and (b) video provides the opportunity for teachers to develop an «analytic mind set» (p. 13
In a review of the literature related to the use of video
in teacher education, Sherin (2003) concluded that two affordances emerge when using video: (a) video allows for a permanent record of classroom occurrences that can be viewed repeatedly to ensure capture of classroom complexity and student - teacher interactions, and (b) video provides the opportunity for teachers to develop an «analytic mind set» (p. 13
in teacher education, Sherin (2003) concluded that two
affordances emerge when using video: (a) video allows for a permanent record of classroom occurrences that can be viewed repeatedly to ensure capture of classroom complexity and student - teacher interactions, and (b) video provides the opportunity for teachers to develop an «analytic mind set» (p. 13).
This 21st - century
affordance has generated a shift
in the way preservice teachers are prepared to use, understand.
Informed by the Good Play research findings, this curriculum emphasizes the ways
in which youth can leverage the positive
affordances of digital media while protecting themselves and making socially responsible, ethical decisions.
The authors further discuss the
affordances of the specific technologies used
in creating the learning opportunities for these preservice teachers and implications for teacher education.
Affordances and constraints of learning within this design are explored
in relation to student experiences.
The degree to which Colonial Williamsburg's EFTs are structured to engage students
in problem - based learning is the focus for the following findings and relates to the overall
affordances and constraints of the Colonial Williamsburg EFT model.
The findings of this study highlight the need to ensure that curricula embed and capitalize on the
affordances offered by technology at all levels and
in a systematic manner.
Twitter,
in particular, is a popular social media service that appears to offer
affordances as a learning tool.
In many instances we inferred significance in what social studies teachers left unsaid in our data, and we identified numerous missed opportunities where educators might have taken advantage of Twitter's affordance
In many instances we inferred significance
in what social studies teachers left unsaid in our data, and we identified numerous missed opportunities where educators might have taken advantage of Twitter's affordance
in what social studies teachers left unsaid
in our data, and we identified numerous missed opportunities where educators might have taken advantage of Twitter's affordance
in our data, and we identified numerous missed opportunities where educators might have taken advantage of Twitter's
affordances.
The
affordances embodied
in a software tool enable the teacher to engage students
in fundamentally different (e.g., more advanced, more visual, more focused) mathematics than they could have approached had the software not been present.
Social studies teacher educators and researchers have noted film's
affordances for learning content, developing empathy, practicing analysis, and engaging
in civic preparation (Marcus, 2007).
Still, there are
affordances offered by a face - to - face delivery method that are unavailable or awkward for use
in online classes.
In the middle stages of learning to integrate technology, teachers begin to understand the
affordances of their available hardware and software.
The goal of restructuring was to use the
affordances of technology to counteract this loss of experience by increasing preservice teachers» ability to anticipate and respond to students» struggles
in algebra.
The ways
in which
affordances and constraints are manipulated by the teacher, through task selection, choice of software, and instructional design determine what mathematics is possible and the ways
in which students will approach it.
Join this session to search for overlaps between the
affordances of technology and the tenets of PBL and to tackle some of the challenges which arise
in the intersections.
The authors examined the
affordances and limitations of using Twitter
in methods courses and suggest revisions to help other teacher educators consider ways to use Twitter
in their own courses.
A description of the
affordances and constraints of the five types of software and how each facilitates different aspects of student learning clarifies the ways
in which diverse off - the - shelf offerings can be used to address the goals of mathematics instruction, from building basic skills to exploring mathematical applications
in the real world.
With the benefit of significant research on this topic (much of it by the authors of these guidelines) and sobered, like them, by the «hype cycles and the techno - romance of emerging technologies» (Hicks et al., 2014, para. 5), social studies scholars today have a better informed and more theoretically sophisticated perspective concerning the
affordances and challenges of digital technologies
in social studies teacher preparation than once was the case.
Teacher education faculty members serve as the teachers for these activities and are then able to discuss the
affordances technology can provide within the activities, the strengths and weaknesses of the activities from a pedagogical standpoint, and potential issues with implementing these activities
in more authentic settings.
First, general trends
in comments from cohort members indicate that the practice of blogging and its
affordances have values that differ based on who is speaking.
The
affordance of blogging on establishing communities of practice
in a preservice elementary teacher education program.
Although Herbst et al. (2013) found that animations have the same impact on preservice teachers» ability to reason about content and pedagogy as do video clips, more research is needed on how animations can be used
in mathematics methods courses as an alternative to videos of actual classrooms, how different animation software provide different
affordances or constraints for PSTs» reasoning, and how these animations impact PSTs» abilities to reason about students» approaches.
Affordances and constraints
in the context of teacher collaboration for the purpose of data use.
Mobile has a variety of
affordances — it is always with the user (even
in the loo for most), it's almost always connected, it is a computer with search, apps and media capability.
Speakers discussed how they prepare new teachers to use the high - leverage practice
in question, share video examples or other materials from their own work, and analyze the
affordances and drawbacks of their methods.
Affordances of computer - based and physical geoboards
in problem - solving activities
in the middle grades.
No matter where you take the print book, no matter what room you read it
in, it will remain
in the same form and have the same
affordances as it did on the day it was first stacked
in the bookstore.
Certain UX
affordances are supported within the browser context (e.g. text highlighting) but application - level UX
affordances would generally be done
in the reading system application via platform - specific code (e.g. Java on Android, Objective - C on iOS).
Well, I think it's fair to say that EPUB makes a lot of
affordances to allow reading systems to experiment with what represents EPUB content, which does somewhat push EPUB
in the direction of being more a container than a format.
So what is this piece of media we call an ebook going to be
in 10 years; what properties,
affordances and constraints will it have?
At Rezzed, a developer of A Light
In Chorus showed me a trailer of the game and I ended up replaying it forty times just to come up with every possible design
affordance this graphical style offers.
A narrowly focused game like Papers Please is more honest, more transparent
in its limits than a maximalist open world like GTAV which strives to give the illusion of unlimited
affordances.
Affordance, as covered
in previous articles about difficulty and level design, is how expectations are communicated to the player.