Project #9 Video Book Commentary

Blog Post 9

 The question " What can teachers and students teach us about Project Base Learning? " has numerous answers. Project Base Learning( PBL) has been very successful.  PBL is very successful with help students to learn. Most of these videos/ blogs state the same message which is PBL will help you in the long run in the workplace.
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The Seven Essentials for Project Based Learning listed seven facts that are useful w working on a project. The seven are:

• Need To Know

• Entry event which engages the students with and interesting and initate question

• Driving Question
• Brainstorming " capture the heart of the question"

• Student voice and choice
• The more a students include his or her voice the better the project

• 21st Century Skills
• Projects can give students the opportunities to build 21st century skills such as communication, technology, and collaboration. All of which would help in the workplace

• Inquiry and Innovation
• Project work in more meaningful when students conduct real inquiry meaning students follow a trail to their own question and discovery research to the answer which can lead to new ideal,  new questions, and their own conclusion. 

• Feedback and Revision
• According to Lamer and Mergendoller, " Students need to learn that most people's first attempts don't result in high quality and that revision is a frequent feature of  real-world work."
• A Publicly Presented Product
• Schoolwork is more meaningful when students present it to an audience instead of just the teacher and classmates. A student will care more about the presentation of their work if they have to show is to an audience.

Project Based Learning for Teachers defines PBL's as students taking control of their learning. Student work over a long period of time to answer a question and at the end of the project the students share their work with everyone. 

 Project based Learning is :

1. Inquiry based
2. Open ended
3. Problem Solving
4. Personalized

The four C's of Project Based Learning are:

1. Collaboration Skills
2. Communication Skills
3. Critical Thinking Skills
4. Career and Life Skills

PBL: What Motivates Students Today is a good video to give first time teacher an ideal of what students like that will motivate them to do good in school. Some of the students in the video said they like when the teacher would give them candy, sticker, or just cool school supplies for being good in class. I remember when I was in school I would try to be extra good so that at the end of the day or week I could get a goody out of the goody bag. Also students like when teach give them compliments. Give a students compliments when they do good on a test motivates the student to do good on the next test or quiz. What motivates some students to do good in school is when they think about their future career and college. Students know that in oder to succeed and have a good position in your future career you need to make good grade. For younger students, what motivates them to do good in school is that they know that if they do not make good grade their parents will not let them do the fun activities they want to play such as sports, or getting a new toy, or even taking away toys.

Project Based Learning in P.E.  describes how PBL can be used in any subject. This blog shows how students can teach other students the importance of physical activity out side of school. Having a healthy live consist of both staying physically fit and active.  It even includes the physical education standards. This blog shows how PBL and can help not just students but the community.

Ten sites Supporting Digital Classroom Collaboration in Project Based Learning are tools used to exchange the Project Based Learning experience. These site include collaboration and communication from etcher to student, student to student, and student to experts. 

The ten website are:

1. Titan Pad
2. Wall Wisher
3. Coarkboardme
4. Google Docs
5. Microsoft Live
6. Today's Meet
7. Linoit
8. Skype in Education
9. Quick Screen Share

Blog Post 8

Randy Pausch's Last Lecture was a great lecture. Randy Pausch lecture was very interesting. He taught at Carnegie Mellon University. In his lecture Rand main focus is childhood dreams. He states " Anything is possible. that is something we should not lose sight of. The inspiration and permission to dream is huge." I strongly agree that anything is possible. This is a great ideal to teach students in the classroom that anything is possible. Randy also makes a comment stating " You have to get the fundamentals down, otherwise all the fancy stuff isn't going to work." As a future teacher this statement really stands out to me. In school you have to learn the basic before you can learn anything else.

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C4T #3 and 4

For my comment of teachers 3 and 4 I had Teaching Social Justice in the Physics Classroom. This comment for teacher was a little hard for me to understand. The main focus of the blog was about Physics which is science which is a subject that I do not like to much. As I read the blog I was often confused on what the author was discussing. The main idea of the blog was Teaching Social Justice in the Physics Classroom. The blog  has 4 parts. Even though I was a little unclear on the man idea it was still interesting to read.
I commented:

• 1st comment:

Hi I am a student at the University of South Alabama. this article is a little confusing when I first started to read it. However the more I read the more I could understand it. The article I is very informative and gives good ideals about learning.

• 2nd comment:

Great Post! It is very organized and clear. I enjoyed reading the information. Physics is a little confusing to me but I did learn something out of your post!

Blog Post #7

Technology has become very common among all ages. students in kindergarden are even using technology in the classroom. Using iMovies and the Alabama Virtual Library in kindergarden help prepare students. In the kindergarden classroom the teacher set up stations were students get the chance to make an iMovie( book trailer). Although it may seem like kindergarden student could understand technology, it only takes maybe two example to show them the work before they know how to do it on their own. The Alabama Virtual Library ( AVL) is a great free source to teach students basic researching skills.

In the video We All Become Learners, Mrs. Bennett states " teachers teach students, students teach students, and students teach us." By saying that Mrs. Bennett is stating that everyone becomes a teacher and a learner at the same time. Ipads in the classroom can be very useful. In Chicago the schools find them very useful and improve the grades of students. Technology make students interested. Technology is mainly taking control of students with t.v, texting, games, and so on. Having technology in the schools will make student interested in learning. iPads in the classroom becomes a virtual field trip to students.  

The video Top 10 reasons to use technology in education names a few reason why schools use technology. the video had some really good point such as " Student Love it." Students love play with technology such as gameboys, xbox, and watching t.v. These are all thing kids like to do now. By bringing technology in the classroom you gain interest of the student. Gaining the interest of student make them want to learn more.

Project 7 part b

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Blog Post #6

 Project Based Learning Part 1 really shined some light on what PBL is. PBL is very common. PBL is the use of project to help students learn. PBL is a not only a means to show how students have achieved what you wanted them to, but it's for the students to actually learn something.  When coming up with a project, you should keep in mind to create a project that will have everything the students will need to know in the project. According to Anthony Capps, to strive a PBL must have or do; involve the audience, include student interest, driven content, and an authentic audience.  In
Project Based Learning Part 2 Mr. Capps points are that not every project will go as planned. He even  gives an example to a situtation where a parent had a problem with the project and as a teacher you have to respect the wishes of the parents.

Icurio is something I can see myself using in the classroom. Icurio is a safe online tool use for searches in the classroom. Students can search text, audio, and videos. Icurio has the capability of storage. When students do not finish their work or find something they would like to hold on to they can place it in storage.  Icurio is also a way of online organization. There is also a directory for historical features which allow students to look up again thing and get information.

 Discovery Ed is a great tool for the classroom. Discovery ed use videos to bring learning to life. Discovery ed can bring experts into the classroom about different subjects, especially in the subjects of science and history. This tool is good for those who are visual learners.