Blog Post #5 Part 2

Personal learning networks are a great tool to have and are very resourceful. I have been using the program Symbaloo. It is a great site that helps you remain organized; on your homepage you can have links to many different websites. For me, it was pretty simple to get started; I just connected to my Facebook and I was good to go. On my homepage, I have different health websites and blogs to keep me updated, also have different fitness blogs connected to my homepage. With the personal learning networks, you can obtain endless amounts of resources that are beneficial.  

Blog Post #16 Final Reflection

Project 12 SmartBoard Project

Blog Post #13

How can we incorporate Project Based Learning into Physical Education Classes?

Grade Level: 9-12^th

Assignment: Have the students group up into teams of eight and establish a timeline of completion for one week. Once in teams, have them come up with engaging limited-contact to non-contact activities for other groups to participate in and that are appropriate for their age level. Each activity must contain an object, equipment, and rules. Once the teams are done developing their activities, they must present it to the class on either PowerPoint, video, and/or live demonstration.

Lesson Plans during Activities

-          Students must dress out in proper clothing for activities.

-          Start with a slow to moderate pace jog, two laps.

-          Proceed to full body stretching. “10-15 second per stretch”

-          Brief students of what is on the agenda.

-          Have constant supervision of the students during the activities.

-          Have a cool down period “Water and light Stretching”

-          Have the students change back into their school uniforms.

Rubrics

Blog Post #12

C4T #4

In Ms. Erin’s blog she talks about this tool she recently found called homework help desk. She explains the features it has, where you can type in a math problem and within seconds it answers the math problem. She also goes through the features it has where it explains basic principles of both math and language arts.

I commented that it is a very useful tool to have. It is great for someone looking for extra help outside of the classroom. As she stated in her blog, they were still building this website and hopefully it will expand to more subjects. 

Blog Post #11

In Mr. Crosby’s’ video, “Back To The Future”, he talks about strategies to help students who are at-risk learn effectively through Project Based Learning. He gets the students full participation by letting them crush cans and by sending balloons to the atmosphere. Effective learning can incorporate activities the students will enjoy and using more hands on time.  In Mr. Crosby’s classes, whenever students have an activity they embed their videos of their learning into their own blog.

In the Video “Blended Learning Cycle”, by Paul Anderson, he talks about this blended learning that is based on online experience, classroom experience, and mobile experience. Then he explains the learning cycle which incorporates the 5 E’s: engaging, exploring, explaining, expanding, and finally evaluating. With these concepts the Blended Learning Cycle is created. Anderson uses the acronym QUIVERS to explain his blended learning cycle.

Qu- Question

I- Investigation

V- Video

E- Elaboration

R- Review

S- Summary

For one to become a Super Digital Citizen, one must use the internet safety, respectfully, and responsibly. This teacher teaches his students on why it is important to be safe on the internet. He states that it is everyone’s responsibility to become a Super Digital Citizen. His students have to create their own superhero and create a comic book story line that helps them get out of unsafe situations on the internet.

In the video “Project Based Learning”, one Canadian School combined English, History, and computer class. It has allowed to students to go more in-depth with their material in project based learning. The three teachers explain how they were allowed to combine class a make project based learning happen.

In Roosevelt Elementary’s PBL program, it is explained how project based learning is encouraged. PBLs allow the students to go more in-depth with the topics. In the video the teacher gives her own definition of project based learning and incorporates thematic instructions into real-world problem solving skills into the classroom. The parents of the students really like the idea of project based learning because it allows the students to become more engaged and helps them with social skills.