Today's discussion was eye-opening. The idea of whether or not students of the digital age require different teaching based on how they will learn was clarified. As I had postulated, the students of today will not learn any differently than those that have come before them as demonstrated by the many theories of education such as constructivism and behaviroism. It has also been debated that one can demonstrate their learning through many different pathways, passing their knowledge onto others and applying it practically are just a few of the ways in which it can be demonstrated. Also, we viewed two clips on behaviroism, one with a pigeon being trained with positive reinforcement and one with Penny from Big Bang Theory being trained by receiving a piece of chocolate upon performing "desirable behaviors" in Sheldon's opinion. Both of these videos showed how positive reinforcement conditions the learner to provide the desired response, thus demonstrating " learning" through the lens of behaviroism. Overall, the discussion in class was quite informative and made me think about my own personal lens on education and the various theories of how it is best applied.
Utilizing Windows Movie Maker was also explained tonight. Although my laptop did not come with this software standard, I will be downloading it tonight and completely understood the tutorial. This process actually seems much easier than I had originally expected it to be; which is definitely reassuring. I feel that I am now well prepared to effectively and creatively complete this project.
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