Week 11 Blog

Gee's principle of probing 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.
The 3 principles I would choose is Active, Critical Learning, Semioic Domains, and Committed Learning. The reason I chose Active, Critical Learing is because I would want my kids to be active while learing but very critcal about it. It says in the book "All aspects of the learing enviroment are set up to encourage active and critical, no passive learing." I think its a good idea to have that so the kids wont get discourage. Semioic Domains because the kids can have fun while learning and see what level that can get at also they can work in  groups which will help them even more. Committed Learing is that they will be committed to learn what they are learing in class. The book says"Learners participate in an extended engagement as extensions of their real-world identities in relation to a virtual identity to which they feel some commitment and a virtual world that they find compelling.
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?
The activity I would support would be them learning all about theater. Since that is what I will be teaching I think they could know about all the important rules that we have on stage so that way they will be safe. Also they will need to learn the background of theater and so on and so forth.
In conclusion simulations would  be a good idea to have in school that way kids will learn something while they are having fun. And the principles are really good to use.
Jonassen D.,Howland J., Marra R. M., Crismond D.,(2008) Meaningful Learing with Technology Third edition.