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We have learned in this weeks readings and lectures about different theorists and their beliefs about how students and humans learn. We have learned that Constructivist theory believes that a person builds on their experiences and they connect new learning to what they already know. We have learned that technology can give students the experiences they need in order to understand what they are working on. We as teachers need to step back a notch and let students become the "drivers" of their learning instead of being passengers in a bus. This will make their learning more meaningful and make the knowledge we encourage to "stick".

  Southwest Educational Development Laboratory, (1999). //Learning as a personal event: A brief introduction to constructivism//. Retrieved on October 4, 2009 from http://www.sedl.org/pubs/tec26/intro2c.html

 Bransford, J. D., Brown, A. L., & Cocking, R. R. (2000). //How people learn: Brain, mind, experience, and school// (Expanded edition). Ch. 9, pp. 194-218. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press. Retrieved on October 4, 2009, from http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=6160&page=194