Blog Post 11

What Can We Learn about Teaching and Learning from These Teachers? 

In the video Roosevelt Elementary PBL Project I learned that not only do PBL projects help students learn the common standards for their grade, it also helps them gain basic skills. With PBL teachers are given the help they need to guide and teach students the basic skills they need like public speaking skills and also skills that involve technology. Everyday teachers are faced with many challenges but PBL makes things a little easier in the classroom for teachers!

In the video Project Based Learning  I learned how to include more subject content into one project lesson. This video was shared to us by Dean Shareski, and she explains throughout the video that when a teacher incorporates more subject content into a lesson it allows students to to have a better understanding of the information being covered in the classroom. This idea made a lot of sense to me because students could always use a better understanding of the concept they are learning and if teachers can help by doing this then they should!

In the video Super Digital Citizen , I learned about Mr. Sam Pane. Mr Pane is a 5th grade teacher who explains his lesson about keeping the internet safe for students. He allows his students to brainstorm idea on how to keep the internet safe and asks them to create a cyber hero that can be put into a comic strip that involves the same idea of keeping the internet safe. Mr. Pane allowed the students to display their creations throughout the classroom which then allowed the students to walk around the room and explore the other ideas and creation made by other classmates. This was a really great idea and lesson because it allowed students to use their imaginations based off what they got out of the lesson. It also allowed the students to see the many ways other students can be creative and use their imagination.

In the video Making Thinking Visible  we meet Ron Richart. Mr. Richart was always faced with the question: "how do I get my students to think?" throughout the video. He answered the question creatively by allowing his students to work in groups to collaborate and answer a question. Once they have an answer he will ask the students a question again and see what their answers are after they have worked in a group. This allows students to work together to come up with a conclusion to a question and use their ideas and reasons behind the answer.

In the video about Paul Anderson  I learned about the many teaching styles and techniques he uses in the classroom. The video included the idea of QIVERS. I found QIVERS to be an excellent and interesting idea to use in the classroom. QIVERS stands for question, investigate, elaboration, review, and summary quiz. Mr. Anderson allows his students to explore each of these concepts throughout their time in his classroom. According to Mr. Anderson this idea has been very successful in the classroom for most students. Mr. Anderson has very unique and interesting teaching strategies that I will definitely refer back to.

In the video Back to the Future we learn about Brian Crosby and his ways of teaching. Brian explains how he encourages his forth graders to want to learn using many technology resources. Brain also explains how he uses class blogging, fliker, and wiki in his classroom to get his students involved. Mr. Crosby is also challenged in a way that can be really hard on a teacher. Unfortunately a young student was diagnosed with cancer in his classroom and according to higher people would not be able to be included in class anymore. In Brian's mind this was not okay or an excuse for that student to be excluded from an education so he used video chat everyday to include that student into their classroom. This was truly inspiring to me because Brian could have left the child alone but he included the student in every way he could and allowed them to continue their education.

Teachers must be able to face the many challenges that will come our way throughout our teaching careers. Being resourceful whenever those time come about is crucial and it is our job to manage the situation the best we can and learning from these videos has been extremely beneficial.