Blog Post 11

What can we learn about teaching and learning from these teachers?

In Brian Crosby Back to the Future, he stated, " Without imagination and creativity, there will be no passion". I very much agree with the statement he made.  Children need to have passion.  When a student has passion he or she is more willing to learn.  Mr. Crosby let student set their own goals, this way the students would be more willing to reach their goal. He believe in active learning.  Crosby wants to empower kids to learn on their own by: collaborate, motivate, active, include, and connect.

Mr. Paul Andersen describes a Blended Learning Cycle is the power of learning which blends online, mobile, and the classroom together. The learning cycle includes the 5 E's

There are six parts to a Blended learning cycle

• Question
• Investigation/ Inquiry
• Video
• Elaboration
• Review
• Summary Quiz

Sam Pane 4th Grade is one of my favorite video. I love how the teacher Mr. Sam Pane use comics to teach his class about using the internet safely. He describes a good digital citizen as a person who chooses to act safely, respectfully, and with responsibility when you are online. He uses visual presentation as learning.  He let his student create a super hero who could stop you when you are not being safe, respectful, or responsible when online.

Project Based Learning helps to increase student engagement and enhance student learning. In the video the teacher talks about how there is always room for improvement. Some students only do enough work just to be by, instead  of giving their all. The teacher in this high school choose to combine three subject. By doing this it allows more time, deeper learning, and quick feed back. Students claim ownership to their work and by doing this their work will only improve. 

Roosevelt Elementary's PBL Program has the parents invoked which is always help. Project Based Learning is a different style of learning. PBL's are based on real world problems and are research based projects. Students who use project based learning learn 21st century skills, become self- motivated, learn how to communicate which teaches them social skills, and more. Project based learning can also involve the community.