RE: Web Content and Change in Teacher Practice
Tony Peressini (peressin@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu)
Fri, 28 Mar 1997 11:36:03 -0600
>Barry,
I enjoyed visiting the armonica and following some of the links. Nice stuff!
I plan to place some of the math-related links in our Classroom Resource
Bank link at Math Teacher Link at http://www-cm.math.uiuc.edu/MathLink/.
Thanks for the info and I look forward to meeting you at the meeting next
week.
Tony Peressini
>Can web "content" or the context within which web "content" is presented
>assist in changing teacher practice?
>
>Ben Franklin built a wonderful musical instrument called an armonica. See it
>at http://www.fi.edu/franklin/musician/images/armonica.jpg
>
>We created an interactive which allows an online visitor to "play" sounds
>from the armonica. http://www.fi.edu/franklin/musician/virtualarmonica.html
>
>We also created a quicktime movie with Ben (he's a hard guy to nail down
>these days) playing a replica of the armonica.
>http://www.fi.edu/franklin/musician/video.armonica.mov
>
>***It seems like this is what a science center should be--not just an
>electronic online handbill.
>
>What will teachers do with this "content?" In many instances they will have
>their students visit the pages and play the movie and interactive. They will
>then ask their students when it was made or how does it work.
>
>***The two educational components in the site seem to be 1. how was the site
>itself constructed and 2. what do I learn from the content of the site.
>This impresses me as science online.
>
>How do we get teachers to use this content in creative and pedagogically
>exciting ways? We want students to be inspired by this content and then be
>encouraged to go off and create their own musical instruments. We want
>students to investigate sound and the variation in sound caused by use of
>similar materials (glass, wood, plastic, etc.) in different configurations.
>We want students to present what they have learned in ways that use new
>media and demonstrate their authentic learning.
>
>***I am afraid that, for the teacher, it means time to learn the technology and
>for the school it means Technical Support.
>
>This I believe is the challenge of presenting content over the network. What
>elements must comprise "content" so that it encourages teachers to teach in
>a different way?
>
>***That is tough to say. I think that, very simply, a light has to go on in
>the person's head and the teacher has to then say, "I wonder if it is possible
>to do such and such and, if so, how...."
>
>Steve
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