Blog Assignment #11

    In the first video of Back to the Future, Mr. Crosby teaches us there is a lot to allow our students to do in the classroom. He showed us that he had his class using blogs to embed videos, write about what things happened in the projects, and why they happened the way they did. He even has his fourth graders create Wiki webpages which I myself just recently learned about. Mr. Crosby had his students write a story about being the balloon from their project and the trip the balloon would make in the air. He mentions how the students would start with thinking inside of the box, but then they would think outside of the box. Once the students finished the story they would post their stories onto their blog. Afterwards, Mr. Crosby had his students write about their own high hopes and post that to their blogs. The kids loved getting comments from other people and even started leaving comments on other students. This allowed the students to connect with other people around the world. His students even Skyped a class in Australia to help them with a project the Australian class did not know how to perform. The kids did not only get to show off what they knew, but his own students learned the language intense such as feedback, read/write content, writing to clarify and share, and much more. The most coolest thing I learned from Mr. Crosby was when a kid was sick, but she was still being able to participate in the classroom. 

      Paul Anderson's video Blended Learning Cycle there is much to learn. First off the blended learning is taking online, mobile, and classroom learning and mix these three forms together. A learning cycle is known for the five E’s which are engage, explore, explain, expand, and evaluate. When mixing the blended learning and learning cycle together is when there is then the blended learning cycle. Mr. Anderson also uses the acronym of QUIVERS for there to show there are six parts to the learning cycle. The QU is for question to help get the students engaged and starting to think about things. The I is for investigation/inquiry to allow the students to start experimenting about the project. The V is simply video to get the students into doing pod casts and also seeing themselves in their eyes. The E for elaboration will help explain things that the students are supposed to be learning about. For the R, which is for review, will allow him to meet individually and ask the students questions to see their progress. And finally the S is a summary quiz to help test the students about what they should have learn. I love when Mr. Anderson makes the comment that we cannot really learn something until we explain it to someone else. I learned the most from this video since it gave a lot of great things to use in the classroom such as the acronym and the background knowledge. 

     For video three Talk about puzzles in small groups and create a headline and share with the class. Give a few words to back up the headline. Then put up headline for display. Then when kids do their final project he will ask what is the headline and have them think about how things have changed in that story and in time.

Fourth Video: Building Comics

     Bring up a quote from Spiderman to them that is common to them.  Small discussion and then discuss a digital citizen. How to be safe and responsible online. No hacking and giving personal info. Will create a digital citizen superhero that will allow the students to build. Take five minutes to show students then allow them to build their own. They then have to take the character and put them in an imaginary situation that is seen in the real world. Next there will be a story created. Bigger sense of ownership since students created the superhero. Students are able to analyze things better. Next they take a gallery walk and give them a comment on a students comic. To show students they will be exposed to a lot of things online.

Fifth Video: Project Based Learning

     Students may not be able to tell you what class they are in. Projects engage learning and deeper thinkers. Combined all sorts of subjects together. To help make students do better and give better feedback. Makes students say they are proud of their work. Has kids take ownership of it more and want to make it more perfect.