Identity principle, Practice principle and multimodal principle are three principles that I think are important for education. Identity principle gives students the opportunity to work on how to be more social, build relationships. Social training is very important for students in today’s society. Practice principle allows for practicing which every student needs in order to be successful in any content area. Finding new ways to keep students interested and not bored is a challenge all on it’s on. The practice principle helps in keeping students on task. Multimodal principle is important in working with students who may not always understand what it is their reading. By using pictures, sounds, symbols, etc. can help build the students knowledge.
A simulation that we use in my special education classroom uses the multimodal principle. The activity is to teach the student about getting around in the community. They learn street signs and what each sign stands for. They learn about different forms of transportation. By using the multimodal approach students are able to put pictures with words so as to know what they are seeing while in the community.
I think that it is very important for teachers to come up with new and inventive ways to keep students engaged in learning. With technology being so advanced and changing everyday most students are easily bored in a traditional classroom lecture. Honestly, I have seen students that are in the 9th grade but cannot read pass a 1st grade level but can sit and play video games for hours. So, I think if there is a way to engage students in games that will improve their reading then I say lets start gaming.
Reference:
Jonassen, D, Howland, J, Marra, R, & Crismond, D. (2008). Meaningful learning with technology. United States of America
