Digital Blog Post #E

First, I found that problem solving was important topic for teachers. Helping students with their problem solving skills is a great skill for the student to develop because it is a skill that they can put to good use everyday in the classroom. Teaching the students different problem solving skills is a great thing because not all of the students solve questions in the same steps. Some student use different strategies while others use the same strategy but struggle to get the answer. Like in math a lot of times you can solve a problem many different ways it just depends on which one you are more comfortable with. But before all of that you must first be able to understand the problem. You must find out what the problem is asking you to do by connecting the given information with what you all ready know so that you can be able to decide what problem solving strategy you will be using to solve the problem.
Second, computer games are good for lower age student for it makes learning for them more interesting. Digital games for learning are the best way for students to practice what they are learning in the class room. Students can test their skills in the game to see how they are doing. Also with digital learning students can also go home and continue practicing at home on their spare time. Like for math there a whole lot of computer based game the students can play that will give them more practice on their class work. A kid can go and practice his math by playing games because there are many of different math games out there and they test how fast you can answer the question. After a while the student begins to get faster and faster. Free Rice is an example from the book that I use to us back when I was younger an teacher would make challenges on who could get more points at home.

 Third, I found the topic of intelligent tutoring system every interesting because it is something that will help students outside of school when they are on their own a need a little assistance on an assignment. The computer based tutor is like a human tutor for it can provided children with the practice that they need to become better academic learners and test takers. I believe that it is great to have extra help when you at home and can't seem to understand what you are learning. Because in class it is difficult for the teacher to help every single student in the class. Not every teacher has time to answer all of their students questions in the class time. When it comes to math the teacher isn't able to check every students answer and work that they provided. The intelligent tutoring system has shown to be every effective when it comes to math.

Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.