Understanding the importance of integrating technology significantly into our curriculum was absolutely one of the primary understandings that I got out of my General Methods class. But, there was more. Though I had been introduced to, and had some understanding of the Information Processing Model and the Social Interaction Model, the class has truly deepened my understanding of them and the structure of a lesson within each of these models. As we jump quickly into the "Information Age",
these are the models that focus on the development of the higher level thinking skills that are needed by employers in this new age. Though Direct Instruction is absolutely still important for the transfer of base knowledge, as the world shifts, we need to shift. We need to change our view of teachers from "large and in charge", to facilitators of learning, the "guides on the side".
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