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Offering new ways of thinking about learning and computers
A column by Scott H. Rule
As a language educator, it is easy to forget that there are other educators out there -- in other subject domains -- who are also thinking about how to best use the computer with their students. A quick Web search on AltaVista reveals the ever-growing body of knowledge you miss when you mindlessly type "ESL, EFL, or TESOL" into your search queries.
- + computers +"social studies"
- + computers +"science education"
- + computers +"music education"
- + computers +"art education"
- + computers +"math education"
- + computers +"foreign language education"
19406 Documents!
15354 Documents!
4908 Documents!
3054 Documents!
1789 Documents!
549 Documents!
Each issue will feature an educator from another subject domain to learn what research questions they're asking, how they're using the computer with their students, and why. This issue features Mitchel Resnick.
Who: Mitchel Resnick, MIT Media Lab, Epistemology and Learning Group
Subject Domain(s): Science
Research Paradigms:
Understanding of the learner. What are the learner's preconceptions and expectations? How will the learner integrate new experiences into existing frameworks? In what ways can learners construct new concepts and new meanings -- and in what ways can new computational media provide scaffolding to support this process?
Understanding of domain knowledge. The best computational tools do not simply offer the same content in new clothing; rather, they aim to recast areas of knowledge, suggesting fundamentally new ways of thinking about the concepts in that domain, allowing learners to explore concepts that were previously inaccessible.
Mitchel Resnick, New Paradigms for Computing, New Paradigms for Thinking
Selected Projects:
- Beyond Black Boxes: Bringing Transparency and Aesthetics Back to Scientific Instruments.
- The Computer Clubhouse: Preparing for Life in a Digital World.
- Distributed Constructionism.
- New Paradigms for Computing, New Paradigms for Thinking.
Students use computers to design their own instruments for scientific
investigations.
Students becoming creators (not just consumers) of computer-based projects.
Students discuss, share, and collaborate on computer-based constructions.
Computers change how students think about and make sense of the worldClick here for a complete list of papers.
Articles about his research
(Some sites require you to "sign up")
- Building a Learning Society (Interview)
- New Toys Try to Make Programming Child's Play
- MIT Scholar Brings Legos Into the Digital Age
Wired, Issue 5.10 - October 1997, by Russ Mitchell
The New York Times, January 20, 1998, By Karen Freeman
The Chronicle of Higher Education, November 14, 1997, by Jeffrey R. Young
Course Syllabi for courses taught at MIT
- Systems and Self
- Technological Tools for Learning
- Thinking about Things
- Tools for Thought
Includes links to some required reading
Includes links to some required reading and related sites
Includes links to some required reading
Includes links to required resources and student projects
Next Issue: Edith Ackerman, MIT School of Architecture