1. Project Based Learning Part 1: Experiences of a 3rd Grade Teacher and Project Based Learning Part 2: Experiences of a 3rd Grade Teacher Throughout these videos Anthony tells us about project based learning and how he uses it in his third grade class. He explains that PBL should relate to the students and their community. Also how it should have great content. Anthony says that we should create opportunities for our students so they can go above and beyond.
2. iCurio- In this videos Anthony tells us what iCurio is and how to use it. iCurio allows students to research safely on the web for content that is for educational purposes. It also helps them be more organized because they can save their work to folders online.
3. Discovery Education- This is visual learning for the students. Anthony said that when he added pictures and videos into they lesson helped the students retain more information. Today most students learn by visual learning. During the lesson if we add more visual learning then the students will learn more of the lesson.
4. the Anthony- Strange Tips for Teaching Part 1 throughout this video Anthony and Dr. Strange gave us a list of tips for teaching. In this video I learned that even outside of work you are always thinking or talking about your class. No matter what you do teaching always comes up in the conversation. Anthony says that work should become our play and we should learn to enjoy work just a much.
5. Use Tech Don't Teach it We shouldn't teach the technology because the students already know how to use it. We should use the technology because the students learn more by using it. It also gets your students excited about learning.
6.Additional Thoughts About the Lesson He said that lessons are four layers think: year, unit, week. daily. Plan they year about what you wan to achieve by the end of the year, then split it into units, then look at the week and see if you will make your week, then look at the daily and see if you will everything done to meet your year goal.
I found all of the videos interesting, probably the most interesting of all the videos we have watched. It is good to see and hear the stories of local teachers. I think he does a great job at incorporating PBL into his classroom and I find the other tools he mentions to be effective and interesting.
ReplyDeleteAnthony is filled with great information and many examples of how he used PBL in his class. I really like the idea of using iCurio for researching because this provides safety online. I agree with technology getting students excited about learning. I think it may be because they think school is just pencil and paper when in reality it is so much more. An editing suggestion is to change “they” to “the” in the sentence that starts with “Plan they year about” in paragraph 6. I enjoyed reading your blog!
ReplyDeleteYou need to use Alt and Title Modifiers on ALL pictures.
ReplyDeleteExpand your blog post on how you plan to use some of these tools in your own classroom.
Really loved these videos they were so informal. So many things I had no clue existed. good job!
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