In the video Back to the Future, Mr. Crosby shows us how to use incorporate technology and amazing learning experiences into a very diverse classroom. I learned from this video that just because we as teachers may be put into a complex situation, doesn't mean that we can't make the best of it. Mr. Crosby takes his class in which majority of them do not even know what country they live in, and gets them creating their own hot air balloon. Not only does his class experiment with the science of it, but they even incorporate writing and art. Technology plays a huge part in his classroom, too. I learned that kids are more than willing to work with technology and are excited about what it holds.
The video Blended Learning Cycle is very informative on flipping the classroom. Paul Anderson gives a wonderful way that he teaches in his classroom. I love the acronym Qu.I.V.E.R.S. that he uses in the classroom. I learned that one of the most important things he talks about is the probing question. This gets the class exploring the activity more and finding out their own answers. Anderson said he believes that "you don't really learn something until you can teach it to somebody else." I think that it is very realistic to see that your class has learned something by teaching others.
Making Thinking Visible showed me that students can interpret the bigger meaning. They were given the passage and told to create a headline summarizing the passage. These students were taught how to dig deeper than the surface and think in a different way to uncover the true meaning.
In the video Teaching Digital Citizenship, I learned a lot about teaching. This is such a unique way of teaching, and it also gives the students a chance to express themselves by designing their own superhero. This is a very effective way to teach internet safety. When the students created their own comic strip showing safety issues that they could come across on the internet, they showed what they had learned by using their superhero to show what to safely do while online.
Project Based Learning showed me that it was possible to combine three subjects together by doing project based learning. I never would have imagined that PBL could make this possible. This allowed for quality feedback from the teachers to the students. PBL allows students to see they can reach beyond their full potential, and allows the teachers to teach beyond the standard curriculum.
The video Roosevelt Elementary's PBL Program shows the many perspectives of PBL. I learned that to teach PBL, teachers sometimes work and collaborate together to create the groups and scenarios. Parents love PBL because it allows their children to work with others in an educated way. They are learning how to speak publicly at such a young age to prepare them for the future. The students become more engaged and active, and also become closer with their classmates and environment.
The video Blended Learning Cycle is very informative on flipping the classroom. Paul Anderson gives a wonderful way that he teaches in his classroom. I love the acronym Qu.I.V.E.R.S. that he uses in the classroom. I learned that one of the most important things he talks about is the probing question. This gets the class exploring the activity more and finding out their own answers. Anderson said he believes that "you don't really learn something until you can teach it to somebody else." I think that it is very realistic to see that your class has learned something by teaching others.
Making Thinking Visible showed me that students can interpret the bigger meaning. They were given the passage and told to create a headline summarizing the passage. These students were taught how to dig deeper than the surface and think in a different way to uncover the true meaning.
In the video Teaching Digital Citizenship, I learned a lot about teaching. This is such a unique way of teaching, and it also gives the students a chance to express themselves by designing their own superhero. This is a very effective way to teach internet safety. When the students created their own comic strip showing safety issues that they could come across on the internet, they showed what they had learned by using their superhero to show what to safely do while online.
Project Based Learning showed me that it was possible to combine three subjects together by doing project based learning. I never would have imagined that PBL could make this possible. This allowed for quality feedback from the teachers to the students. PBL allows students to see they can reach beyond their full potential, and allows the teachers to teach beyond the standard curriculum.
The video Roosevelt Elementary's PBL Program shows the many perspectives of PBL. I learned that to teach PBL, teachers sometimes work and collaborate together to create the groups and scenarios. Parents love PBL because it allows their children to work with others in an educated way. They are learning how to speak publicly at such a young age to prepare them for the future. The students become more engaged and active, and also become closer with their classmates and environment.
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