I thought that the article was a little vague for a person with my small experience with technology. The authors did not give ages for the examples of how to use technology, or they did not give enough of a definition of metacognition (a word that I never heard previously).
I did think that their ideas on preconception were interesting well put and right on. I had to explain seasons to my three and four year olds and I know that my three year old does not understand the concept still because he thinks that any day it is hot it is summer, and it is not easy to tell him that he is wrong and in other places, he has never been, winter is cold, rainy, and snowy.
Their ideas on integrating new concepts with the ideas that children already have is so obvious yet I had never heard it before. Overall I thought that the piece was worthwhile and I have kept a copy for my notebook of ideas.
This week I have learned many tools that can and will help me. I have learned how to google better, more about the internet and the www, and now with this article I have learned that children at any age have preconceptions. Teachers can assess the preconceptions using technology and also use it as a tool for another way to learn information.
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I thought it was interesting how you explained how children have preconceptions by using your child as an example. That made it a lot easier to digest most of what the article was trying to say. I got lost several times while reading the article because it seemed to be bogged down with words and concepts that are new to me. Thanks for breaking it down :)
I agree that they seemed not to give a very good definition of metacognition, but I understood it to be knowing that you know something, thinking about knowing it, and fully understanding what you "know". With this people get a much better understanding of the knowledge they possess.
Good I am glad that I am not the only one who thought that the article was a little on the vague side. Although I did learn a lot. I had no idea that there were all of those tools out there for us and the students to use. i wish they would have gone into more detail though!!
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