Stephanie Hill
EDT
4-5:20
As both teacher and student begin Project-based learning (PBL), there are many things that we need to keep in mind. One thing that we need to keep in mind when beginning our journey with PBL is that we have to be willing to take risks. This means that because PBL is a new and different type of learning we need to transform our brains to think in a new way. Some of the main points that the book talks to keep in mind is that today’s students are up to a challenge, projects are worth the effort, students live and learn in the new world and new contexts encourage the project approach. I think the most important point to keep in mind is that students live and learn in the new world because in order for students to truly benefit from learning, they need to be able to bring their knowledge from the classro0m to their everyday life situations.
PBL has a vast amount of benefits. First off, PBL encourages students to be charge of their own learning, such as thinking of their own questions and developing meaning from the answers to the questions that they have. In addition, PBL aides children to use different tools to attack a project that they may have never thought of before beginning PBL. Continuing, PBL gives children to question one others ideas and come together as a classroom to discuss the best solution. Also, PBL directs children to work together and be active what each others classmates think and have ideas about. On another note, PBL provides teaches with the access to think ahead of the time or “jump time zones” (12).
There are a few issues that need to be considered for PBL. One of the issues that needs to be considered is the transformation to PBL because it is such a revolutionary way of teaching. PBL uses methods that many teachers may have never had experience, thus the transformation to teaching PBL can be difficult.
At New Technology High, which is an example of New Technology Model, the students and teachers underwent many changes while seeking a new vision of learning. New Technology High explains that although there is access to computes at all times, students use computers as an extra source or material when creating projects. Furthermore, the technology at New Technology High gives students the opportunity to see how they are doing other than the standard letter grade (17).
Project Based Learning...
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We should all use it.
There are many things that we do need to keep in mind while using project-based learning and I defiantly think that taking risks is one of them. In order to give the students everything they want out of a project it is going to take risks since there is not just a book that you are going to be going off of or a genetic lesson plan. As the teacher you have to be willing to take risks in every aspect of the project, even though most of it is going to be new to the teacher as well. As the teacher you are going to have to do a lot of research to see what really works for you and your students.
ReplyDeleteEven though we all read the same chapter for this reading assignment, I enjoyed reading someone else's perspective on the chapter. My favorite part from your response is the part where you said, "PBL encourages students to be in charge of their own learning." I feel that this is extremely important for everyone involved to understand that school is what you make it. If you don't take the time to study for the tests and learn the material, it is your fault. If you take the time to learn the material, create well thought out papers and study for all the quizzes, tests, and exams, you're setting yourself up for success. PBL allows all students to be successful, by just giving them new resources to use to grasp concepts in a better way than they normally would have by using the traditional teaching styles from before. Great response, Steph- please disregard my haiku about PBL.
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