Example 3

Forum Prompt:

1. Based on the readings and viewed videos, discuss how technology was used to improve students’ learning processes and outcomes in the various educational settings.
2. How can or does this relate to your daily instruction?
3. After reading other participants' contributions, respond to at least two postings

Participant Response - Great Resource!

I love the George Lucas foundation. If anyone hasn't subscribed to the magazine, i would recommend it! I really enjoyed the video about the high school musician that used a modified joy stick to control the buttons on his baritone. Technology allowed this student to be persistent in his learning. Too many times barriers will stop the education process and this is a great success story of triumph.

This relates to my daily instruction by reinforcing the idea of thinking out of the box and teaching students how to it also. Life throws many barriers in our way and if we're open minded we can successfully navigate through them without a flinch. I am a master of improvising and looking for alternate ways to reach an end. Mia, 9-12 Art.

Facilitator Response - RE:Great Resource!

Absolutely! Life really does force us to be problem solvers! That's so awesome that you are an art teacher...I love to dabble in watercolor. I also taught a 9 week art unit to my fifth grade students last year. We composed digital art using CoreFX. I'll have to send you our digital art museum. :) --[facilitator name]

Notes on the Facilitator Response:

• Levels of Knowledge: No question was asked at all by the facilitator response, so one might presume that the discussion would simply stop. A possible extension might be "Can you be specific about how a student 'thought outside the box' for a lesson you assigned? Do you think it enhanced the learning possibilities? How?"
• Community: The response does a good job of establishing community through a sharing of "We do good work" (Joint Enterprise) and "We know" (Shared Repertoire). The main improvement might come from pulling from other participant threads.
• Voice: The writer's voice is very personally revealing, and specific in its response.