Chapter 3

Gee's principle of probing (p. 54) states that learning is a cycle of probing the world (doing something) and reflecting in and on this action and forming a hypothesis. Select 3 principles you think it would be important for education.
*Active, Critical Learning Princible- all aspects of the learning environment are set up to encourage active and critical, not passive, learning.
*Practice Princible- Learners get a lot of practice in a context where the practice is not boring. They spend lots of time on task. 
*Multimodal Principle- Meaning and knowledge are built up through various modalities, not just words.




Good simulations are hard to create. If you were creating a simulation for your class, what activity would you support? What variables could students manipulate? How would they affect each other?


I would use a geometry activity  and my student would get to manipulate the length of the legs of a triangle. 


In short, simulations can be used with any content area and can be easily created with the use of technology. 


References 


Jonassen, D. H. (2008).Meaningful learning with technology (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson/Merrill Prentice Hall.