Gee principles (CH. 3)

Gee's three prinicples that i feel would be most important for educating are active, criticial learning principle, "psychosocial moratorium" principle, discovery principle. These are important for students to be excited about their own learning, one of the easiest but most challenging ways for this to take place is through allowing the students to discover things for themselves.  This allows even the most stubborn people to learn on the own terms. As well immersion is one my most stongly supported learning principles with the criticial learning model reflects well.  Part of this immersed discovery learning experience can be forced into reflection in an interesting way is through trial and error ("Psycosocial Moratorium" principle).

I would create a simulation of acceleration.  This would be handy with technology allowing me to set or adjust parameters for the study for my students.  As well as allowing me to make them able to modify certain feilds.  Such as allowing them to see the effects of wind resistance or tire rolling resistance in a car rolling down a slope.  A car with lower moving resistances would be able to accelerate at a greater rate than one which has them.

In conclusion i feel that Gee's principles are great though maybe overly simple.  They do provide a great reference to be sure that multiple ways of introducing material to students are tried and applied in the classroom.  As well technology applications used in this way to show effects and events the students can manipulate make such studies much easier to perform in the classroom as well as allowing student to manipulate more aspects of them.

References

Jonassens, D., Howland, J., Marra, R. M.,Grismond, D. (2008).  Meaningful

           learning with technology. Columbus: Pearson, Merrill Prentice Hall.