Blended Learning Cycle
Making Thinking Visible
Building Comics
Project Based Learning
Roosevelt Elementary's PBL Program
There is much to learn from the teachers in these videos. The first video, "Back to the Future" really offered some insight into "active learning". Involving students in their learning can really benefit the students. Students participated in experiments and then blogged about what they learned during the process. These students also created Wiki pages to share their ideas. My favorite part about this video is when Brian Crosby introduced us to Celeste. Celeste was a young girl with Leukemia who participated in the class through a webcam. Technology can make all the difference in a classroom. "The Blended Classroom" introduced to me new ideas about the classroom. Paul Anderson has incorporated some great techniques into the classroom that he shares with us in his video. Anderson believes it is important to allows others to inspire you to try new things. I really liked Anderson's "Quivers" technique. Quivers is an acronym for question, investigation, video, elaboration, review, and summary. This technique, I believe, could be effective in the classroom. One of my favorite videos for this blog was the "Building Comics" video. It was really cool the way Sam Pane taught his students about internet safety. Each student created their own comic that displayed internet safety rules. Students were fully engaged due to this project. PBL in general is a great idea in my opinion. Students will learn real world 21st century skill while engaged in PBL, such as public speaking skills and team skills. PBL will only benefit students and help them develop into "learners".
Great job on your post. I think you reviewed what you learned from the different videos very well. I have to agree with you that the video dealing with internet safety and creating comic books was fantastic. It was not only a great way to get the kids engaged in learning how to be a responsible digital citizen, but it aslo showed how the students enjoyed the project based learning process. I also have to agree that using PBL in the classroom will create life long learners.
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