EME5054 Paradigms and Technology

In class last week we discussed the paradigms of learning being Positivism (related to behaviorism and drill and practice), Interpretivism (related to constructivism and cognitivism), and Critical Theory (related to Realism). For each of these we looked at examples of technology that can be used to teach in these paradigms.

For class this week we have researched to find other examples.

Postivism
Typer Shark- Typer Shark teaches touch typing by having students type the letters they see appearing on sharks racing across the screen.

Geosense- While a much more difficult drill and practice Geosense shows a city of the world and the student has to click on a world map where they think the city is. It is however very addictive for grad students (I spent a few hours on it this week ^_^)

US Constitution Trivia- More of a Postivist Assessment website, the main part of it is a quiz on the US Constitution that is self checking.

Interpretivism
Terrafly- Allows your student to type in a city and gives lots of facts and charts and images that a student can explore

Exploring the Planets- Allows students to learn about the planets through graphics, charts and games.

The Biology Project- Allows the student to explore different topics in biology.