Tech+Integration

Tech Integration

Learning with Video Games  James Paul gave a lecture to students and older adults about learning from video games. 15 million players play world of war craft, everyone works cross functional with being an expert in one attribute but knowing what each individual offers on the team. “Comprehension is grounded in perceptual simulations that prepare agents for situated action (Barsolou 1999).” He compares all our schools as such, we can give the students all the manuals but without the games, therefore having no experience in the subject matter. Whereas children who play video games learn something because there is action, Paul states that if you give a person material but with no action as an output they are not going to put much effort into things about the material since they can’t see the outcome. In other words Paul is stating not to bring the action or the games to our school but the activities in which the students can see results happening, this would spark their interest such as in video games.  Teaching Spanish I plan on using interactive videos showing exactly how to conjugate verbs and having exercises to illustrate and reinforce what material was covered in the class. Teaching a foreign language to English speakers is difficult without submersing the student in the language, trust me I know, I learned my Spanish the same way but I had experience with my grandparents using it when I was growing up. I also remember while I was in class I was able to understand the material well, but when I arrived home I was unable to remember some of the material or rules and that is where technology would come in perfectly. I would post the material on-line for all students to access if they forget, have questions, or need help they can always refer to the website for immediate help instead of waiting until the next class period.