This week's assignment led me to research a teaching style that I am super excited about. Community service learning is a partnering pedagogy that combines learning goals and community service in ways that can enhance both student growth and the common good. I have always loved doing community service, and having the chance to use that in the classroom is wonderful. In community service learning, the teacher makes curriculum outcomes and objectives, and the students create ways to learn those outcomes through service projects. I feel like this is a great way to get out of the classroom, grow students, and give them real world experience. Teachers must make clear learning objectives, and make sure that students are learning and working toward those objectives. Teachers must also makes connections between the students and community partners so that the service projects can be done. It takes a lot of preparation, but it is well worth it. Students learn so much better with "hands on" learning, and what better way to do that then with community service. Students can finish out the class with a real sense of making a difference, all while learning the curriculum and "passing the test." Collaborative learning can be used with community service learning. Students can be broken down into small groups with the groups working on different projects, or each group working on different aspects of the same project. I am going to include a video that further explains community service learning. https://youtu.be/JoAMjepiDRo Thanks and until next time...
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It's that time again! Glad to have you back! This semester we have read, "Teaching Digital Natives", by Marc Prensky. I don't even know where to being, besides go out and get the book. As a newbie to the teaching scene, I am so glad to start with this book and to be able to keep its theory, ideas, and suggestions in the fore front of my mind going forward. Prenksy introduced me to the partnering pedagogy. This theory suggests sharing responsibility with your students, and making less about the teacher and lectures, and more about the students and 21st century learning. I especially loved the chapter about people and passions. I truly think that is an area that all teachers, even the best, can improve in. When we discover student's passion, we give them a reason and motivation to engage and learn. And how exciting is that?? And of course partnering is not all about technology, but technology can be a huge asset to a classroom! It can help teachers unleash a student's creativity, and give them freedom in their learning process. And through this book I discovered that is one of things that digital natives want, freedom as well as respect, group work, ad to have a part in the classroom. I can say that this book has inspired be to dig deeper, and push myself toward being a partnering teacher and having partnering classroom. And I think this book will be used for years to come!
Hello everyone! So glad you are back. This week I learned about constructivism and would love to share. Constructivism is really a theory about how people learn. It says that people learn and gain knowledge from the world through past experiences and by reflecting on those experiences. Then that theory was applied to teaching. So the idea is that student's learn best by building on past experiences and making connections in their mind. This teaching method comes from combining theories from Vygotsky, Piaget, Bruner, and Dewey and Constructivism was born. It proves that learning should be social, based on real experiences, it builds on past experiences, and finally it should be active.
This week I was tasked with learning about flipped classrooms. All I can say is wow, and I am jealous. :) If you are like me, and thought flipped classrooms was something to do with a new physical education class, let me share some of the knowledge I have attained this week. Flipped classrooms is a teaching technique where the roles for learning are essentially reversed. Students are given at home assignments, that typically would take place in the class. They learn through a wide variety of mediums which in include but are not limited to online lectures, textbook reading, watching videos, internet searching and much more. Students are given the tools and responsibility to initially learn lessons at home. And in turn, class time is available for more "home work" type activities, hands on learning, group activities, and one on one help from the teacher. It moves the teacher from the lecture stage, to teaching and guiding one on one. I would personally have loved this teaching style as a student, and I can only imagine that digital natives would especially love it. I have a 7 year old son, and I truly hope that his future teachers will use this technique as well.
I am majoring in educational design and I am excited to learn more about flipped classrooms and use this in designing educational content. This teaching technique also uses many 21st century skills and helps prepare students for future jobs. The at home lessons encourage student responsibility, and critical thinking skills. While teamwork, creativity, and oral communication can be used during in class activities. I am including a video I made as well to further explain flipped classrooms. youtu.be/jO9Vm24lLO0 Until next time.... Tiffany |
AuthorHi, I'm Tiffany. I am a wife, mom to a 7 year old son, and currently seeking a degree in Educational Design. Archives
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