Sunday, September 30, 2018

I may be repeating myself and if so I'm sorry. The Video demonstrates how best to use project based learning combining it with technology and experts in the field. The teacher acted more like a facilitator of the learning process than the "teacher" of the learning. The students were the teachers and specifically the drivers of the learning that was happening. Student came up with their own grading system or rubric but, at the end of the video the teacher was looking for specific learning process of the students. The teacher summed it pretty good when he talked about the students having to synthesize the information that they took in to come up with answers to Dr. Williams and formulate their responses to the conversations they were having with her. When the students demonstrated this ability then you know actual learning was happening. The fact that the students didn't have an actual wasp and substituted a bee was another example of process not product and in the real world you rarely have perfect situation and you have to be able to modify adapt or come up with a solution to get the job done.

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