Engaged Discoverers:
Kids Constructing Knowledge with Technology
Authors: K. Victoria Dimock, SEDL Technology Assistance Program
Product ID: TEC-23 Price: Online only
• Published: 1999 • Runtime: 31:08 minutes • Format: video
This video depicts K-12 classrooms in 16 schools throughout the Southwest where a variety of technologies are supporting student-centered approaches in the classroom. Innovative teachers create environments where students collaboratively solve authentic problems using technology as a tool. New roles for students and teachers encourage kids to become "engaged discoverers."
Click here to view the Engaged Discoverers video online (Requires the QuickTime plug-in)
After viewing this video, teachers at Canutillo Elementary School, Canutillo, TX said:- "Motivating and Inspiring!"
- "We saw that it can be done and it will work."
- "I want to see my students like this!"
Other teachers add that this video is "...effective, inspirational and convincing. Excellently done!"
Components of these classrooms include:
- Shifting the Roles
- Enlarging the Circle of Interaction
- Weaving the Curriculum Tapestry
- Accessing Real Data
- Simulating Collaborative Problem Solving
- Increasing Student Ownership
- Enabling the Use of Authentic Tools
- Summary
This video is available as part of SEDL's Active Learning with Technology Video Series on DVD.