Engaged Discoverers: Kids Constructing Knowledge with Technology

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."

Note: While the concepts demonstrated in the video remain valid, the video was created in 2000 and may use obsolete technologies such as diskettes. In addition, the video may not demonstrate modern technologies that are now commonplace.

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 part of SEDL's Active Learning with Technology Video Series.