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ERIC Number: EJ742475
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006
Pages: 5
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1054-0040
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Authenticity and Technology in Montessori Education
Hubbell, Elizabeth Ross
Montessori Life: A Publication of the American Montessori Society, v18 n2 p16-20 2006
Montessori classrooms commonly integrate their learning across the curriculum, and participate in service learning projects. Both of these practices are authentic experiences for children. This article outlines examples of technology being used to create authentic learning environments, tasks, audiences, sources, and assessments. Technology provides access to the information, tools, and personnel that were once only available through extended research and in laboratories. Through technology, students no longer have to work with old data to learn weather patterns; they now have the capability to download real time data and make predictions about the weather. In this article, the author discusses the different authentic tasks that she used in the classroom. Providing authenticity to those learning experiences, supplemented with the wealth of educational resources available through technology, can only enrich the daily lessons and further the Montessori's mission to create lifelong learners of both students and educators.
American Montessori Society. 1112 Glenwood Ave., Nichols Hills, OK. Tel: 405-823-8037; e-mail: EdMonessoriLife@aol.com; Web site: http://www.amshq.org/publications.htm.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 3
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
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