I just finished reading an article titled “Sandcastles go Digital” and I found it fascinating. The article is about Constructionism which implies that children learn best when they are in the active roles of designer and constructor. The article gave the example of children building sandcastles on the beach. No one tells them how to build them and what to do but yet they are engaged in their own learning. This is where the adults take advantage of the opportunity to talk about further learning because children will listen because they are engaged and thinking about something in the moment. This is a great way of thinking about learning and I believe that this can be into the classroom with computers and technology. One limitation of the sandcastle idea is that learning cannot be added to and further developed the next day. However with technology, this can be done as students can save and add to their learning projects. I believe constructionism is a great theory to use in an e-learning environment and I will definitely be aiming to use this in my future teaching practices.
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