THE BIG BANG!!!

sorry i never titled my big bang! :)

but it is right below!

This semester has flown by soooooooooooo fast! looking back at all the modules i have completed, i have learned so much throughout this semester. But this semester has revolved around project-based learning. To me PBL is having the students do it themselves, being hands on, and learning at their own speed. But this idea i have about PBL has not come with ease because this process has been confusing and a little bit frustrating at times. However i have learned a lot and can not wait to bring this into my classroom to make units more interesting and hands on for my students. when it comes to recycling i definitely learned how to be creative and come up with ideas on how to make a possible boring topic more interesting.

The Bang Bang--Katelyn

This semester has been one that has pushed me to learn new things about teaching.  Project-based learning became a huge part of my planning process when doing other lesson plans.  When first starting off, the entire process was a bit confusing, but with practice it became easier and more fun to incorporate into the curriculum.  With recycling in particular, I have been forced to think about what I would do in my own classroom to get my students to learn in a fun and new way.  I have had the chance to come up with so many projects to incorporate in lessons and it has forced to think about other subjects areas.  

We incorporated project-based in so many aspects during the semester with the different assignments we had to incorporate.  For this website we thought it would be fun to have the "big bang" be a newsletter the students would create and send out to the other students and staff of the school and their families.  It's a great way for the students to show and share what they've learned with people they know.  

The Big Bang of Lisa

Throughout this semester of being emerged into the project-based learning process and experience I have acquired professional and classroom perspective to use as a future teacher.   The process was new and a little confusing at first, not being provided with clear and concise directions made my anxiety increase when completing tasks.  But as the process moved on and I was able to access and use a variety of tools and programs to help enhance my learning process. I got excited about using similar activities with my students some day.  

I would say my goal in using project-based learning is to allow my students to learn in an autonomous manner while enhancing their strengths, overcoming their barriers, and self-evaluating and directing the process.  By allowing students to direct their learning through teacher selected curricula based units, students will be engaged and excited about learning as well as create a foundation of curiosity and communication that will help build characteristic skills that will last a lifetime.  

Ok so i have to make the final concept map and i was wondering if you guys had any ideas on what to add or take from the original two.  This final concept map has to be linked to our website, so we need to make the ideas great :) please let me know asap! thanks!

hey girls i just wanted to see what we wanted to do about this weeks assignment.. Katelyn i know we have discussed getting together but the only way i would be able to would be Sunday. On Saturday my cousin passed away from the house fire that broke out in Ann Arbor. I wont be around until Sunday.. I am sorry that i do not have any other available time.

PODCAST

Hey gals, 

Here is my script and concepts.  Hope you all had a good weekend and thanks so much for your help! 

Concepts from book: hotlist, powerpoint

 

As students reflected on the two previous lessons related to recycling during classroom discussion, the consensus revealed landfills are not the ideal solution to our continuing waste problem in America. Moving further along into the recycling unit, the students will combine prior knowledge with an overview of recycling (including what it is, what to recycle, and landfills) to brainstorm better solutions for people in the community to implement in an effort to reduce waste in existing landfills.  Through a teacher led discussion, the three R’s reduce, reuse and recycle will be used as the foundation to the solution. 

The idea of “old made back to new” will be interpreted in terms of recycling in the community, schools and home.  Students will use the safe surfing skills acquired from previous lessons to create a Hotlist of websites that provide easy to do ideas and tips for successfully using the old to new method of reducing waste.  Examples of these websites could be Goodwill and Salvation Army to model reusing old or lightly used items rather than buying new; the teacher and students using the example to brainstorm other websites that express the same principles will discuss the three R’s as well.  Students can work individually or in small groups to create the Holist and PowerPoint presentation that follows.

The PowerPoint presentation will require students to use five or more ideas presented in their Hotlist and create “how to” slides with pictures of authentic student examples of each.  This PowerPoint will be used to collaborate with the urban classroom about reducing waste in the community, schools and home.  The students PowerPoint must include at least one example of each environment.  To conclude this recycling lesson, the students will reflect on all three lessons as a whole through writing or discussion with the teacher for self-evaluation and teacher assessment of the unit goals.