Social Constructivism

As teachers we want our students to learn the curriculum but also want them to walk away with something more at the end of the year. By incorporating the social constructivist theories we enable our students to prosper in both academic and social learning. breaking students into unfamiliar groups gives them the opportunity to meet new people, learn to communicate, compromise and work with others that they normally would have little to no interaction with. It also provides students with the chance to show motivation and responsibility by completing tasks and working with a group. While also learning to problem solve and bounce ideas off of one another in order to find the best solutions and outcomes.

By incorporating technology we give students the chance to not only work with those in their own school and community but also with others from various schools, communities and walks of life. This is something else that students will need to be familiar with in the world outside of your classroom and school in general. Technology also gives the students the ability to earn a sense of Independence, by being able to complete task, review assignments and grades, as well as communicate with classmates during collaborative assignments.

By creating web quest and reviewing the web quest of my peers I have found that it can be very beneficial to create these, especially with group assignments. It allows the students to utilize all the elements of the social constructivist theory as well as responsibility and collaboration within a group setting.