Upon watching the videos and hearing the conversations between Anthony Capps and Dr. Strange I found out a lot of very interesting details about teaching with project based learning. It amazed me the things Anthony shared about his third grade class. Thinking back, I don't think I was on the same level of learning as the kids are today. They are really expanding their learning knowledge, which is a wonderful thing! He talked about how he had his kids in his classroom do some research and write some letters pertaining to what they were going over in class at the time. After they had finished their final drafts of the papers, the students themselves got to critique the letters and choose the best ones out of the ones they had done. This is a wonderful thing and got the students involved, and made them want to do the best they could do so their letters could be the ones sent off! Anthony shared some wonderful information with Dr. Strange via video, that he so kindly shared with us.
Some of the very important things I learned from these videos is let the students be in charge, and do research on things that interest them most. If teachers do this, they will get better quality things from their students because they will be more willing to find out about the materials that interest them! Another very important thought received from these videos were when Dr. Strange shared that in order to be a great teacher, the teacher themselves have to be prepared to learn for themselves throughout their teaching process. Teachers cannot think that they know everything there is to know, or they will not be successful. Knowledge is ongoing and not one person can know everything there is to know about everything. Teachers also have to be very flexible and creative. Having a backup plan is essential! Especially with technology. Something always goes wrong with technology, without a doubt. So being flexible and having something else to keep the students entertained either while you have someone come and fix the problem, or you set up the next activity for them to do. This is something that is very important, because once a teacher has lost the attention of his or her students then it is hard to catch their attention back. Students, especially at a very young age, have very short attention spans. Having something for them to do at all times is essential.
"Thinking back, I don't think I was on the same level of learning as the kids are today. They are really expanding their learning knowledge, which is a wonderful thing! "... I agree but it because of all of the technology used in classes. Students have so many resources at their finger tips.
ReplyDeleteI agree this is a "wonderful thing" but I think there are better words to replace it after the first use.
I enjoyed reading what you learned form Anthony Capps because a lot of it was diffrent from what stood out to me.
Where are your links to the videos you watched and used to answer the driving question? And where are your alt/title modifiers for the picture? Working links and alt/title modifiers are required for all blog posts!
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