Blog Post #6

While watching the videos Project Based Learning: Experiences of a 3rd Grade Teacher Part 1 and Project Based Learning: Experiences of a 3rd Grade Teacher Part 2, it made me thing of different things I could do as a teacher to incorporate Project Based Learning in the classroom. I really liked how Mr. Capps had the students write letters to the Congressman Joe Bonner. He had the students read and critic other students' letters and they had only used eight of the twenty-eight letters of the students. The eight that they used were the eight letters that the students thought were the best. Having the students pick which ones were the best is a great idea because they get to make the decision as a class. I love how Mr. Capps says that you should let your students go beyond and do not give them limits with projects. You never know what the end result would be and some students may get really into the project.

 iCurio is an online tool that lets students search safely for different things for class. It can search information, videos, and images. It only gets things that can be used for educational uses. You use it as a search engine but it also lets you save things that I useful. Students and teachers are able to save the information and it can help you with organizing because you can save things in folders to keep it together.

 Discovery Education is a resource that is great for teachers when it comes to science and social studies. Mr. Capps says that it brings experts into the classroom because of all the information that it provides for you on different things. This is a website that I will most likely use in my classroom because of all the information, images and videos that it provides. Today it seems like more people watch and/or listen to things more than actually reading and writing things, so this would be a way to have students listen and watch things when it comes to science and social studies.

  The Anthony-Strange list of Tips for Teachers Part 1 is a great video with different tips to help teachers. I definitely agree that it is hard work but it can also be fun if you let it be. Working with students can be fun if you make it and it is definitely rewarding! I can not wait to have my own classroom and incorporate things I have learned in the classroom.