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- Kumu Kawehi Kammerer
- Laie, Hawaii, United States
- Welina me ke aloha, ʻO au o Kumu Kawehi Kammerer. ʻO James Kammerer kuʻu kāne a noho pū māua ma ka moku o Koʻolauloa ma ke ahupuaʻa o Lāʻie. He ʻekolu a māua keikikāne. Nui koʻu aloha no koʻu moʻomēheu Hawaiʻi me ka hana nō ka hoʻoulu ana i ka lāhui Hawaiʻi. Na Poepoe i ʻōlelo, "Ua ʻoia mau nō ka pono o ka lāhui kanaka i ka naʻauao Hawaiʻi." He Hawaiʻi au mau a mau.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
The Social Learning Theory
I am of the belief that social learning is the primary way people construct meaning. If you think about it every bit of information we know to be true had to have been validated by someone or some kind of resource. Also, going back to Dr. Michael Orey teachings on what learning means, he has said, that learning is, "Making connections and strengthening them." Given what Dr. Orey has defined learning as, the Social Theory aligns with the idea of making connections because it is based on social networking that is engaging in collaborative or cooperative learning. As the saying goes, "It takes a village/community to raise a child". Dr. Orey shared this week about the "Jigsaw Strategy" where students are group based on mixed ability levels to complete an assignment together were the responsibility for learning and understanding the material is a collective affair. Looking at the Social Learning Based Technology tools previewed this week open doors for learning in a new ways with edublogs, voicethread, facebook, google docs, and others. All the things that I am learning have up until this week has continually reinforce my drive to incorporate technology as much as I can in my classroom. But one of the challenges that I am having is with FERPA. FERPA is the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act this along with other policies and regulations coming form my Department of Education limits information that can be used. I am learning that there is a lot of red tape when it comes to posting your thoughts online as a teacher on facebook or using a class blog although there is a lot of good that can come out of it there is also things that can go bad and my Department of Educations is really sensitive about posting student work online with pictures, names and information. I am trying to learn more about what things are DOE approved and trying to call the office that handles technology in our district, but I have not yet acquired the answers I seek. Overall, my belief stands that the Social Theory is the primary way we construct meaning.
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I hadn't considered the privacy policies in allowing students to utilize social networking sites. When I was involved with the ePals program, I simply sent notices home to parents and asked for their permission for their students to take part. I know that I have also had some trouble with posting classroom pictures on my class website. I always made sure there were no name tags (which were seen on the front of the desks) in pictures that were posted, but that process was later ended by our superintendent who was worried about privacy issues. Regarding pictures, our school now includes a page in our student handbook which is distributed to every student on the first day of school, allowing parents to opt out of allowing their child's picture in any form. At this time it is easier for our school to keep track of the "who won't allow" than the "who will allow".
When it comes to social networking and communication, I think it is complicated. We want students to do as much with technology as possible, but we can't allow them to work with technology because of the privacy issues. I don't know if our Department of Education has policies regarding student privacy, but I believe I will check on this. I know that our high school has changed principals this year, and one of his new allowances is that students are allowed to use their laptops or IPads during school hours. I wonder what happens if privacy issues apply to those students who are using their own computers at school? I think it may open up an entirely new conversation!
Thank you for your comments. I think that I will get parentʻs consent and the approval of my principal to let me start my blog and be really sensitive to the things that I post but make it so that only my parents and students can view it.
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