Week+1+Recap

The highlight of this week was learning about the theories of Connectivism. George Siemens describes connectivisim in his article "//Connectivism: A Learning Theory for a Digital Age//" as "... the integration of principles explored by chaos, network, and complexity and self-organization theories." He stresses in this article how much connectivism is impacted technology and its importance in providing sources to which people can connect in order to acquire learning. As stated in the quote that I selected for this week's discussion board, "Every learner has experiences that influence his or her understanding of the world" (Connecting Students Learning & Technology) which means to me that students will make a connection between what they have experience and what they are being taught in order to learn. Since we live in a technology driven world it only make sense that technology in incorporated into our instruction as teachers.

Siemens, George.(2004, Dec). //Connectivism: A Learning Theory for a Digital Age//. Retrieved February 27,2011 from http://www.elearnspace.org/Articles/connectivism.htm.

Adams, Sharon; Burns, Mary. (1999). Connecting Student Learning & Technology. Retrieved Februrary 23, 2011 from http://www.sedl.org/pubs/tec26/intro2c.html.