A Social Constructivist Approach - Sara Bradshaw

When I read this article, I understood that Sara Bradshaw was referring to Vygotsky’s Social Constructivism of how learners “extrapolate their own meaning from various experiences and assimilate new knowledge with their existing schema”. Which I agree with, because thats how society learns and evolves from new ideas, by interpreting new information with their existing knowledge.

Bradshaw stated how Maur (1999) identified 5 components that technology integrates:
· Personal constructions of reality
· Simulated authentic learning environment
· Multiple representations of data
· Active learning
· Collaboration
In her article, Bradshaw goes on to expand on each of those components and their relevance to learners. These are effective in the "creation of constructivist learning environments."

Bradshaw also explains examples of ICT's and how to integrate them into everyday classroom activities and how they help learners develop their own understanding and meaning. Sara also includes that teachers don't use computers due to the lack of training and understanding of technology.

Bradshaw was effective in demonstrating how ICT's can be used in a classroom environment and its significance and impact.