What are some benefits and disadvantages to social media in the classroom?
benefits: collaboration, extra help, homework discussion, or self-organization.
Disadvantages: distractability
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Why is it important for teachers to understand technology and how it works?
to better understand how their students use social media. Teachers would know how it could be used in class, and you'll be quicker to identify when/if they're misusing it and how.
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Albert Bandura's most famous experiment.
What is the Bobo Doll Experiment?
100
Define Social Cognitive Theory.
What is: learning by observing those around us, and by our own perceptions of what we see
100
What are some advantages of Cooperative Learning?
Advantages:
-pupils learn to work well with others
-pupils learn to assist each other
-observational learning takes place
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What percentage of students log onto Facebook during class time?
48%
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which subject integrates Facebook the most?
Math
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People learn not only by being punished or rewarded, but by observing the behavior of other people.
What is Observational Learning?
200
Children are more likely to imitate models that are _____, _____, _____, and _____.
What is competent, powerful, prestigious, and enthusiastic?
200
What are some disadvantages of Cooperative Learning?
Disadvantages:
-one/few students do all the group work
-nature of task makes balancing responsibilities difficult
300
What's the number one reason teacher's don't incorporate social media into their classes?
Students will use Facebook during class and get off track, which leads to teachers not using the site.
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Even though students have "free periods" during class, what is a way to integrate technology during that time that keeps the students engaged?
an email/ Facebook message/ other technological update that reminds them of work to be done at a time they are most likely to be online.
300
What were the conclusions of Bandura's Bobo Doll experiment?
"Much of what we learn is through the power of social modeling." -Bandura
Children who observed adults playing aggressively with the Bobo Doll also exhibited aggressive behavior when playing with it. Children who observed adults playing non-aggressively with the Bobo Doll exhibited much less aggressive behavior.
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Fill in the blanks: “When models act one way and verbalize another type of behavior children are more strongly influenced by the _____ _____ than by the _____.” (Schunk, D.H. 1995, p. 20)
What is "modeled behaviors" and "preaching"?
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What are some aspects of Healthy Competition?
-Students are equivalent in talents
-Students have positive attitudes towards each other
-Students have a desire to participate and learn
-There are definite goals to be achieved
-Students realize that not everyone can be winners