Blog Post #9

I find Project Based Learning for Teachers to be very helpful  for not only myself as a future educator but to others as well.  As future educators PBL seemed to be used a lot in EDM 310 so I'm sure it has a lot to do with our field of study. This resource requires students not only to interact but to create and share their class work with other students and or teachers.  

Seven Essentials for Project Based Learning

1. A Need to Know- When a student ask questions about that particular subject and or assignment .

2. A Driving Question-Typically an open ended question that make the student think what was the whole purpose for completing this project.

3. Student Voice and Choice- Basically keeps the students interested when  making their own decisions when completing class work/projects.

4.21st Century Skills- This one speaks for itself, teaches our students the skills and techniques of communicating and using technology in today's world.

5.Inquiry and Innovation- Students come up with their own questions answers and conclusion

6.Feedback and Revision- which is basically where each and every student critiques one another's work.

7. A Publicly Presented Product- Students come together and share what they have learned

What Motivate our Students?

·         This topic would have to be the one I enjoyed the most. After watching the video I have learned that a simple "Good Job" could go a long way as a teacher.  However, rewarding my students is one of the many things I look forward to when becoming a teacher. I want my students to know that Hey, Good job and they should be praised for following directions and or doing their work.

 Ten Sites Supporting Digital Classroom Collaboration in ProjectBased Learning

The next assignment that I chose was" Ten Sites Supporting Digital Classroom Collaboration in Project Based Learning."  This also Plays an important role when using  PBL's and the different type of methods that are used such as…

Titan Pad

Wall Wisher

Coarkboardme

Google Docs

Microsoft Live

Today's Meet

Linoit

Skype In Education and Quick Screen Share

Two Students Solve the problem of Watery Ketchup By Designing A New Cap 

This particular video was very interesting to me. These two  high school students were dying to know why water comes out of a ketchup bottle when squeezing it. It's interesting to me because I've always wondered the same thing. The use of PBL helped these guys find out why such a thing happens. This shows that these  guys will go a long way in whatever they do, If you want something out of life don't stop until to reach it no matter what the situation may be.