Gee’s principles of probing state that learning is a cycle of probing the world and reflecting in and on this action is what you do to form a hypothesis. The top three principles I feel would be most important for education would be the Semiotic Principle, Intertextual Principle, and the Discovery Principle. The Semiotic Principle states that learning is about coming to appreciate interrelations within and across multiple sign systems like images, words, actions, symbols, artifacts. The Semiotic Principle is a complex system and it is the core to the learning experience. Intertextual Principle states that the learner understands texts as a family, or genre, of related texts and understands the text in relation to others in the family, but only after sompletely understand the text. Understanding is what helps the learner make sense of such texts. Discovery Principle states that the learner is allowed ample opportunity to experiment and make discoveries.
If I was creating a simulation for my classroom I would support the activity of discovery, because I do feel like discovery is the most important when it comes to education. Students would be able to manipulate and plan which ever way they learn best to truly find out if the student is grasping the concept being taught. I could present an open ended question and allow the students to invidually come up with an answer. This would affect the classroom is many ways from expressing individuality to creativity.
In conclusion there are various ways that state that learning is a cycle. Knowing these principles and being able to reproduce them in the classroom is vital to the students knowledge. Overall the use of simulations in the classroom makes the learning cycle and experience interesting and unique not only to the students, but to the teacher as well.
References:
Jonassen, D. Howland, J. Marra, R. M. Crismond, D. (2008). Meaningful Learning With Technology. Upper Saddle River, NJ. Merrill Prentice Hill.
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