As we've been discussing inclusion and the challenge to involve every student and to involve teachers in the entire learning process, how does this relate to coding? Can coding really engage teachers and students together?
Coding is a perfect fit in engaging teachers and students together in the learning process. Coding can provide creative and innovative opportunities while guided by teachers, encouraging students to problem solve, creatively design, and to produce effective and efficient tools, constructions, challenges, and projects. The focus is on moving beyond information only and achieving new knowledge that creates and produces new solutions.
This Article states:
The process of teaching and learning must be about building on what is known and forming what has yet to be formed. This is a dynamic process of integrating experience, information, and knowledge building in a learning process of dynamic transformation for the learner.
The same article refers to the use of technology as follows:
New technology provides excellent opportunities to support the process of knowledge building; however, the successful use of these tools is dependent upon the mindset of the instructor and the design of the instruction.
Therefore, the use of coding brings together the information foundation but moves it forward creatively and innovatively to achieve new knowledge that produces use.
TIP: Coding designs can include each student and teacher in producing useful solutions.
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