C -E - R # 3 Piaget vs. Vygotsky

The ultimate showdown, Piaget vs Vygotksy. Battle of theories. Who will remain standing

Create: Piaget and Vygotsky both Constructivist theorists pivotal to our understanding of education. Both lend themselves to similar thoughts but differ on others. Here's a sample:




Evaluate: Social Bookmarking. For this portion of the C-E-R, I joined the social bookmarking site, Delicious.com. Key word of interest is 'Standardized Testing in NY.'

My Links that I linked, saved and tagged included articles on "Performance Assessment, the alternative to High stakes Testing" and one that is more interesting "Can you answer this question from an Eighth Grade Reading Exam?" The later of the two is an interesting article since it discusses the widely

What is an important take away from this assignment is this: be cognizant of the source of information.

As educators, we must be certain that the sources we search are valid ie: articles, research based, opinion based or social media.  Take a webquest for instance. Webquests are a fantastic tool to incorporate into the classroom. I was first introduced to webquests by our professor Dr. Smirnova. Webquests are unique and designed for problem solving in a team approach. Groups hit the internet to research a topic and depending on the assignment, draw conclusions about that topic or create a presentation of that topic. In this C-E-R, I want to emphasize that the internet is full of incredible information, all accessible at our fingertips. We just have to be sure of the source of the information and teach our students the tools to make certain of the source.

Relate: As I mentioned, a Webquest is one example of how we can get students to collaborate together to research and share their knowledge. Building a wiki is another example. In an example classroom, I would consider building a wiki online. The wiki is an interactive page where a topic is posted and students can research and post on the topic. In addition, students have the opportunity to comment on each other and provide feedback on their research.