Thursday, January 31, 2008

Please Help struggling Doctoral Candidates with their class...

Thank you for coming to our blog on Theory Master. This blog was created by three doctoral candidates at ASU-West. We were assigned to present an important theory on Social Networking. We created a movie to present what we found, but came up with the idea to get feedback from others who watched this film. We would like to see what you think about the theory of social learning, and how it improves a person's ability to learn. What better way to learn more about social learning than by using technology to socially network?

Please let us know what you have learned from this experience, and share with us your thoughts. Please answer the questions in the blog.

18 comments:

AL Ochsner said...

Very entertainingly expressed. Fun and educational, keep up the great work.

Terri Tierney said...

I think you did a great job. I am intrigued as to how you put together something like that!? Also, I learned about a theory on behavior. Thanks.

corina said...

I think the presentation was engaging and gave the viewer good educational information. If a group of people watch this video together there is plenty of room for discussion and debate. Also, answering questions in the blog format gives distance viewers a chance to dialog. I liked the spoof format as well. Good to laugh a little.

Anonymous said...

This was great. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

Anonymous said...

Nice job with your project. A few ideas/thoughts:
We, as teachers, have to remember that our students are viewers of everything. In order for them to learn they view a lot in the class, as well as out. Teachers/adults must not only walk the walk, but talk the talk as well. They are watching and learning...so, be ever so vigilant!!

Anonymous said...

Really nice work on your video. You put all of the most important information into it and showed great examples. I'd give you an A+.

Anonymous said...

Nice job guys. I like the whole "Brady Bunch" spoof.

Anonymous said...

I really enjoyed the video and the creativity put into making it. Not only was the setup very interesting and entertaining, but very helpful to me as I am soon to be a teacher. It was obvious the trio put a lot of effort into this project. Kudos to the three of you and go ASU!

Anonymous said...

Where in the world did you think this up! How clever. What a great way to teach this concept. You Rock!

Anonymous said...

Nice work. I'll be on the lookout for things that I do in front of my students now. I guess it must go both ways. If I model good things, then maybe kids will do the good things.

Anonymous said...

Good work on this presentation. You clearly demonstated your theory.

Karen M. said...

I loved your ideas. I learned about these theories. I think I usually try to model behavior, but it's good to know there is data out there. Great job!

Anonymous said...

The presentation was great. Using technology to learn is always very interesting for me. Thank you for teaching me something new today.
Rina.

Anonymous said...

Very interesting! I love the use of Pop Culture references...The program made this theory very clear!

Anonymous said...

Good luck with the class!

Not as exciting as the Blair Witch Project, but not bad for home video

Debbie McFarland said...

Okay, so I am late. This was a great learning video! You used things that I am familiar with like "Masterpiece Theatre" and "The Brady Bunch" to convey the info on Bandura. I loved it!

Now, to the social and global implications. What does Bandura's theory imply for all of the children growing up in war-torn countries or violence-plagued neighborhoods? What do we have to do in order to overcome the social modeling/learning that is taking place?

Anonymous said...

very well done, I have just finished writing a paper on Bandura's social learning theory and I could not have done a better job.

Anonymous said...

Very well done. I was researching youtube for information on sociocultural theory for a master's program in Second Language Acquisition. Your presentation just reminded me that the same concepts can be applied to second language learning and that SCT is such a wide umbrella. I work in a school system in a specialized program for students with non-existant or interrupted schooling mostly due to reasons of war and Bandura's modelling certainly is a well accepted theory in my program. Thanks for the entertainment in the middle of all the research.