This document provides the agenda for EDU 309 Week 8, which includes discussing how technology can make instruction more student-centered and relevant, defining STEM and its importance in education, sharing ways to use technology in math instruction and infusing it into science teaching. It also outlines upcoming reading and response assignments, including posting a table or rubric by Saturday and no online meeting next week. A quote by Dan Rather about teachers believing in students is included at the end.
3. Let’s Discuss… “ Technology can serve as a catalyst to move teachers toward an instructional style that is more student centered, active, and relevant to the world we live in”. How? Why?
4. Let’s Discuss… What is STEM? Why is it important in education today? Share some ways you can think of for using technology within the instruction of mathematics. How can we infuse technology into the teaching of science?
6. Looking Ahead: READ Chapter 11 REACT to your reading by midnight on Wednesday. RESPOND to at least 3 classmates by midnight on Friday. REFLECT in an email to Dr. Walts by midnight on Sunday. Post your table/rubric on Saturday . No ELLUMINATE next week.
7. Food for Thought The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called "truth." ~Dan Rather
