1.) Project Based Learning Part 1:Experiences of a 3rd Grade Teacher
2.)Project Based Learning Part 2: Experiences of a Third Grade Teacher
3.) iCurio
4.)Discovery Education
5.) The Anthony - Strange List of Tips for Teachers Part 1
6.)Don't Teach Tech - Use It
7.)Additional Thought About Lessons
There were several things I learned from the videos mentioned above. Foremost, the biggest I pulled away is to be malleable as a teacher, meaning be ready to change. The way Anthony talked with such enthusiasm in Project Based Learning Part 1: Experiences of a 3rd Grade Teacher it really made me reassess my opinion of where learning is headed. I first thought that learning should not go straight to all technology. Then I thought that "Here is a teacher with first hand experience with all the new tech, and accepts it." Most likely I even had more access to technology then he did growing up, so why should I not accept it? After watching the two videos on PBL it made me think back to a Comedy Central movie Accepted. In this movie the main character invents a college where the student is the teacher. Whether it was joking with the idea or not it gave a good definition of PBL, and maybe it is not a joke after all?
Technology, as mentioned above, I did not like the idea of it. The idea does scare me a little since it is new. After watching the two videos, iCurio and Discovery Education , I have decided to reconsider. To think that the information load like that would be at a child's fingertips? I would have killed for that rather than spending relentless hours searching through books just to find a sentence worth of information. The video Don't Teach Tech - Use it really made me feel comfortable with this fear. Be open minded, let someone teach you no matter who it is, or what it is about.
All the videos above have taught me that teaching is changing, and I need to learn more everyday if I want to keep up. The video The Anthony - Strange list of Tips for Teachers Part 1 really opened my eyes on some of the things I need to fix. I like to consider myself a decent learner, but I need to remember how to keep learning and not to stop. Mostly because there is always something new to learn.
I really liked how you put all the videos at the top. It makes it look organized and easy to access. I have also saw the movie Accepted. Now that you have mention it, the movie is kind of how project base learning is. Great post. Keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteYour post is not very well write. I am not sure when you thought what or if you then thought something else. In addition, I could't determine whether it matters or not.
ReplyDeleteYou wrote: " it really made me reassess my opinion of where learning is headed. I first thought that learning should not go straight to all technology. Then I thought that "Here is a teacher with first hand experience with all the new tech, and accepts it." Most likely I even had more access to technology then he did growing up, so why should I not accept it? After watching the two videos on PBL it made me think back to a Comedy Central movie Accepted. In this movie the main character invents a college where the student is the teacher. Whether it was joking with the idea or not it gave a good definition of PBL, and maybe it is not a joke after all?
Technology, as mentioned above, I did not like the idea of it. The idea does scare me a little since it is new. After watching the two videos, iCurio and Discovery Education , I have decided to reconsider. To think that the information load like that would be at a child's fingertips? I would have killed for that rather than spending relentless hours searching through books just to find a sentence worth of information. The video Don't Teach Tech - Use it really made me feel comfortable with this fear. Be open minded, let someone teach you no matter who it is, or what it is about." Let's extract what we can:
"I first thought that learning should not go straight to all technology. Then I thought that … why should I not accept it?…Technology ... I did not like the idea of it. The idea does scare me a little since it is new…. I have decided to reconsider….The video Don't Teach Tech - Use it really made me feel comfortable with this fear. Be open minded, let someone teach you no matter who it is, or what it is about."
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I appreciate your observation that my post was not very well written. Could you be more specific? Are you talking about grammar, punctuation, vocabulary....
DeleteThis comment replaces my first post in which the last word in the first sentence was write which is not the correct word to use.
ReplyDeleteThe comment above is in response to my original post which I have now corrected by changing write to written.
Your post is not very well written. I am not sure when you thought what or if you then thought something else. In addition, I could't determine whether it matters or not.
You wrote: " it really made me reassess my opinion of where learning is headed. I first thought that learning should not go straight to all technology. Then I thought that "Here is a teacher with first hand experience with all the new tech, and accepts it." Most likely I even had more access to technology then he did growing up, so why should I not accept it? After watching the two videos on PBL it made me think back to a Comedy Central movie Accepted. In this movie the main character invents a college where the student is the teacher. Whether it was joking with the idea or not it gave a good definition of PBL, and maybe it is not a joke after all?
Technology, as mentioned above, I did not like the idea of it. The idea does scare me a little since it is new. After watching the two videos, iCurio and Discovery Education , I have decided to reconsider. To think that the information load like that would be at a child's fingertips? I would have killed for that rather than spending relentless hours searching through books just to find a sentence worth of information. The video Don't Teach Tech - Use it really made me feel comfortable with this fear. Be open minded, let someone teach you no matter who it is, or what it is about." Let's extract what we can:
"I first thought that learning should not go straight to all technology. Then I thought that … why should I not accept it?…Technology ... I did not like the idea of it. The idea does scare me a little since it is new…. I have decided to reconsider….The video Don't Teach Tech - Use it really made me feel comfortable with this fear. Be open minded, let someone teach you no matter who it is, or what it is about."
This is what you have to say?
Yes that is what I have to say. Thank you for being patient with me, and for the advice given in yesterday's class. I will put more effort into condensing what I have to say in a more brief format and get rid of the wordiness.
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