Quiz questions and answers Flashcards
According to Harari (2018), in the chapter from “21 lessons for the 21st century,” what error do too many schools make at present and why?
Focus on cramming information because in the past information was scarce and often censored
What is one of the major concerns Harari (2018) raises in his chapter from “21 lessons for the 21st century,” regarding the future of education?
education must be changed to meet the needs of the future, but we do not know what those needs are yet
In his chapter from “21 lessons for the 21st century,” Harari (2018) characterizes our current information environment as a mix of truthful news, conflicting reports, and red herrings. What is one thing the author suggests a teacher should provide their students with to navigate this situation?
The ability to make sense of the information, to distinguish what is important or not, and to combine it all into a broad picture of the world
During the course Dr. Carbonaro displayed a diagram depicting three overlapping circle representing areas of focus for integrating technology into the education environment. Which one of the following was NOT one of the areas identified in that chart?
Learning through technology
M.E. Lazerte’s Problem Cylinder was discussed in class as an example of an educational technology to prove that this is not a new field of study. Most of these pre-computer machines focused heavily on which aspect of teaching?
Assessment
In one of the blended videos for this week, Alan Kay describes the idea of progression in students as they mature from the “Doing” stage to the “Image” stage to the “Symbolic” stage. This theory is commonly associated with which psychologist?
Piaget
According to Seymour Papert (1986), children in the schools of “the future” will certainly not be…
sitting in desks and writing on paper
Which of the following is an important limitation to consider when evaluating the use of teaching machines?
a. the high cost in developing meaningful instructional materials
b. technology has a limited lifespan
c. there is a high level of knowledge required to program a teaching machine
d. school environments are not structured to support teaching innovations
(e. all of the above)
Learning with the computer involves:
Using computers to solve problems, to construct new understandings and to represent knowledge
Which of the following statements best describes the main difference between constructivism and constructionism?
Constructionist theory extends upon the constructivist theory by having the students engage in building something that is external or sharable
Neil Postman (1991) suggested that our current culture is a
Technopoly
Match the following levels from Puentedura’s SAMR model:
The correct answer is: Redefinition → Technology allows for the creation of new tasks, previously inconceivable., Modification → Technology allows for significant task redesign., Augmentation → Technology acts as a direct tool substitute, with functional improvement., Substitution → Technology acts as a direct tool substitute with little or no functional change.
he McLuhans’ Laws of Media include these four quadrants:
Enhancement, Obsolescence, Retrieval, and Reversal
What three specific kinds of teacher knowledges does Koehler and Mishra’s TPACK Framework include?
Content Knowledge, Pedagogical Knowledge, Technological Knowledge
Match the following definitions for 4E Cognition
Cognition involves not only the brain but the entire body of the living system. → Embodied,
Cognition is inseparable from the cognitive agent’s ecological niche or surroundings. → Embedded,
Cognition arises via relational interactions between the cognitive agent and its environment. → Enactive,
Cognition is often offloaded to biological and non-biological devices. → Extended
