iMET 12 Assignment

281 Tools and the Curriculum

Tapped In: Connecting Ausubel and Advanced Organizers

Thursday March 5, 2009

Preparation

Complete prior to Tapped In session.

Read and prepared to discuss forum posts
from the Graphic Organizers/Inspiration forum assignment
regarding Ausubel's Learning Theory and Inspiration and/or kidspiration.

Read
Advance and Graphical Organizers (.pdf 2 MB this is an updated PDF version of this site) and visit Graphic.org

Tapped In Facilitators

Please upload your group's inspiration files to your Tapped In office prior to our session on 03/05/09. See below for groups and roles.
Click here for uploading Instructions

Assignment

We begin this Tapped In session by all gathering in JoyceED (case sensitive) office. After some bantering, we will check in and you will then join your group facilitator's office. The time keeper will ensure that every one in the group has time to share and the recorder will take notes and prepare a brief summary of your discussion. Faculty members will join your meetings briefly, do not stop discussion, please continue as normal unless you have questions or need assistance. See group member roles below. The schedule is as follows:

7:00    Sign in > Gather in JoyceED > Greet and Banter
7:10    Check in
7:20    Join your facilitator's office: Share your graphic organizers and begin discussion
7:50    Break
8:00    Continue Discussion
9:00    Break    
9:15    Recorder finalizes summary and posts on JoyceED's whiteboard AND into Joyce's chat
window during the final group summary session.
9:30    Check out

Discussion Objectives

Each group should attempt to cover all 3 tasks during the discussion time.

1. Download, review, and briefly discuss each group member's graphic organizer.
Note: These should already have been uploaded to the facilitator's office ahead of time and are accessible from the facilitator's welcome screen. If you have trouble with this process, simply share them via email attachment.

2. Briefly share your thoughts regarding Ausubel's learning theory, how would you apply it in your locus of control?

3. Ivie presents several components of Ausubel's learning theory. These include, but are not limited to, cognitive structure, hierarchy, subsumption, anchorage, and advanced organizers.
As a group, attempt to answer the following questions:

a) How do advance organizers support one or more components of Ausubel's theory?
b) How do the organizers you created and your plans for their use support Ausubel's theory?
c) How can graphic organizers be used in the delivery of an Advanced Organizer?
d) Discuss the various types of organizers and their use in your locus of control.
e) Suggest several technology tools, in addition to Inspiration, that can be used by students to create their own organizers.

Tapped In Facilitators

Please upload your group's inspiration files to your Tapped In office prior to our session on 03/05/09.
Click here for uploading Instructions

Groups and Roles:

• Facilitator: keeps the group on the topic, and helps to ensure that all member have a chance to be a part of the discussion.
• Timekeeper: must keep the group on time and aids the facilitator in ensuring that all members have a chance to take part in the discussion.
• Recorder: hosts the meeting in their Tapped In office, takes notes during the discussion and prepares the summary.
• Checker: makes sure that all group members understand the concepts and the group's conclusions.

Tapped In Rubric

Instructor
Joyce Dibble