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Needed: More Project Based Learning

7/21/2012

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The new school year starts on September 4th, and the week after that my new student teacher from SFU, Patrick (aka @runtboy) will begin his Long Practicum with me and my 6/7 class.  But thanks to the magic of Twitter, Patrick and I have been able to connect regularly since we were matched up. 

I had a really great conversation with Patrick the other day and wanted to share it with you all.  We started talking about our summer classes since he has PDP classes this summer and I am working on my Grad Diploma this summer.  Here is an excerpt:
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We were discussing two different types of assignments: the first being a traditional essay/paper style assignment and the second being a hands-on project such as building a bird house.  Patrick was talking about how excited he was to build his bird house and this reminded me of our students! Most of them are also much more motivated by hands on projects than the traditional written worksheet/essay! Patrick and I had a great discussion about learning and we definitely see eye-to eye on this, and I am so excited to see what he comes up with for September (and in some cases to be learning right alongside with my students, as Patrick is a very creative person and is sure to be trying things I have never even heard about).

This is such a good time of year for us all to be reminded that we are just like the students that we teach.  Things we find more interesting and more meaningful to our learning are the same types of activities that will resonate with our students.  Now is the time to think about our pedagogy, as we are all (hopefully) reflecting on the past year and thinking about how to improve our practice for the upcoming school year! 

I know that I am going to use some of my time off to read books about motivation (Drive by Dan Pink), teaching non fiction (NonFiction Matters by Stephanie Harvey on advice from @mrsdkrebs) and whatever I can get my hands on regarding project and passion based learning.  I plan on integrating
What will you be adding/changing to the way you teach next year?
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Patick
8/1/2012 08:18:27 am

I handed in my birdhouse and I will have to send you a picture of it. It has been a good semester and I can not wait to get started in September!

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