Chapter
5
In this chapter there were two main
themes. The first part of the chapter talks about how willing children are to
help one another . They are quick learners and are able to help their peers
learn new software. The second part talks about how children help their family
members and older people in society to learn how to use the technology.
When I go to computer lab with my
class I use the buddy system. If I am helping a student and I know some of my
students know how to log on or find what they are looking for I will ask them
to help their neighbors. It is definitely a team effort. I actually enjoy the
fact that some of my students know how to use technology. If I don’t know how
something works every now and again someone does and can show me. This doesn’t
happen often, but on certain websites, such as starfall, my students have shown
me different games you can do when I only knew about the one.
Do you ever notice in your class that the students that know how to do things better and help the other students become known as "teacher's pet" or "know it alls"? I ask for two reasons, one is that I always worried about that growing up that if I did show that I knew and was asked to help that students would think of me differently. The second is that I was wondering how the students actually do react to students helping and if you have enough diversity (some can help with technology, different ones help with reading, etc) that all the students end up having a specialty that they can help out with.
ReplyDeleteI don't notice "teacher's pets" in 1st grade. I could see being worried about that in like 3rd grade. Right now my students think it is cool if someone knows the answers. They like being able to talk to each other. I like that too. They are definitely not "know it alls" either. My students have different strengths. Some are really good at reading, some math, etc. I think my other students know who is good at what and if they have a question about a certain subject they know who to ask. I encourage them to share and learn with each other during center time.
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