Tech & Learning - June 2008 - (Page 33) W W W.T E C H L E A R N I N G . C O M wall—block by block. There are stacks of blocks with words on them in the background of the screen, each colored for its potential role in the sentence. The student has been directing the mason to pick blocks out of the appropriate stacks to put them in the correct order of a Mandarin sentence. When all the required blocks have been assembled in the proper sequence, the Mandarin word replaces the English on each block and the student joins the brick mason in reading the sentence (which is written phonetically in the Roman alphabet). When the student doesn’t get the pronunciation right, the brick mason looks pained. The mason then repeats the correct pronunciation, and when the student gets it right, the brick mason gives a high five. Mandarin is a tonal language, so the blocks then tilt to help the student see and feel the tones. Another student in the same classroom is learning the same material from the same software program by rote memorization—listening to a native Mandarin speaker and then repeating the sentences, in a mode of learning familiar to her parents’ generation. Both students are learning to put together sentences that they’ll use in a conversation together in front of the rest of the class—some of whom are using the same learning tools as these two, but many of whom are learning Mandarin in other ways that are tailored to the way they learn. In contrast to the Virtual ChemLab, this Mandarin classroom is indeed a classroom of the future—we’ve not seen it yet. But it can emerge, provided the technology is introduced disruptively. Where do teachers fit in this futuristic classroom? One, of course, is the teacher who developed the Virtual ChemLab. Another, in the room with the Mandarin students, was walking from student to student, helping each one, individually, KnowledgeDeliverySystem s Knowledge Delivery Systems & integrated Learning Management System for tracking & accountability Dynamic e-Learning Courses Earn your educators credit towards: Contact KDS: 1-800-728-0032 info@kdsi.org Award-Winning Professional Development TIMELY TOPICS INCLUDE: RENOWNED LECTURERS: www.kdsi.org and many more http://WWW.TECHLEARNING.COM http://www.kdsi.org http://www.kdsi.org
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