Blog Post #5

Project Based Learning Part 1

As Anthony explains, project allows the students to create a project using all the content at the end of the lesson to show what students had learned. Anthony states that the most important is related to the real world experience. Good project have an audience, keep students interested in mind. The project should have involved community and most importantly it is driven by content. I learned that PBL is not only to show whether students know the material but to help teach the material in a fun and excited way.

Project Based Learning Part 2

Anthony shared with us that not everything was going to help us, so we need to prepared for everything. Anthony gave us example of how one of parent did not want their child to learn culture about Afghanistan, so Anthony has to repeat the wish of parent in his classroom and gave the students another alternative project. According to Anthony, we need to give projects that the students love to do and the parent must be pleasant with the assignment. Anthony said that never limit students with all information, as a teacher, we need to give students opportunity for them to go beyond what we expect them to do. We know that if the students are engaged,that mean they are learning and everything they learn in the classroom is meaningful to them. Sometimes things do not go as planned, teachers need to change assignment at last minutes. Anthony shared a story that his students need to go online and create a comic strip for the story they had read, but the printer wouldn't work and they couldn't print off the comic. Anthony tells the students to write an essay for the most important senses intend print off the comic strip.

iCurio

iCurio is online tools that concert few for purposes. Anthony states that iCurio allows students to safety research for images, audios, video and all online medias. As Anthony says that iCurio i a tool that help teachers and students store what they think is valuable. ICurio keeps audios, videos, and images organize. It is useful and safe for student because teachers can monitor what their students doing on the iCurio. Moreover, iCurio let students save their currently works and continue when they get back on later.

Discovery Education

As Anthony says that a picture is worth a 1000 words and video must worth a million. Discovery Education is a great tool to let the students watch and get more information from videos. Anthony used Discovery Education to give his students opportunity to watch and listen to the video at the same time, so they can easily understand the content. Discovery is a great place for teachers to support their assignment with illustration or videos.

Tips for Teachers

This was a very amazing conversation to listen to. I think this list will be helpful for my career as a future teacher. Dr. Strange and Anthony were create a list about the tips for teachers. First of all, Dr. Strange states that teachers need to be interested in learning. Dr.Strange gave example that if you are not learner then you will not be successful because we have to be learner and be model that behavior for other people and our students. Anthony suggests that let student work hard and play, so students can learn in fun and excited ways. Another tip Dr. Strange explains is that teachers must be flexible, creative and willing to change the planned at a moment notice. Dr. Strange and Anthony explain that the important to get feedback from an audience, so students can be reflect on works and ultimately revise it to get better results. Overall, hard working teacher who want to be learner and have passion to engaged all students can be an invaluable asset in any school.

Don't Teach Tech-Use It

Anthony says that technology is natural for kids and they enjoy to use it. Anthony explains that teachers shouldn't teach kids technology but use it. As educator, we shouldn't expect perfection when their students using technology.Sometimes, students can learn from their mistakes, and teachers must allow students to reflect on their mistakes, so they can understand why and how they can correct their mistakes. Using technology in the classroom also helps students to express themselves, create what they like and be able to share with other people. Specially, technology is clean and a great tool for students to learn through their mistakes.

Additional Thought About Lesson

As Anthony explains there are four layers to creating lesson: year, unit, week and day. I learned that planning a lesson take a lot of thought. In the first layer, the year includes what content standard have to be covered over the course of the school year. The next layer, the unit is typically a 6-8 weeks time period that the teachers have specific content. In the third layer, the week is weekly plan the teachers have in order to complete a unit. The last layer is day, teachers must complete each week expect amount of work in order. After watching this video, I learned that I have to construct my lesson in the future based on four layers to creating lesson to cover all materials that is expected of the course.