Thursday, 4 November 2010

Week 5: PBL, Webquests, tasks tasks tasks...

I started late this week, but I showed up. Project Based Learning I am familiar with but I found Gael's article very ... touching. I am that kind of teacher, with fewer resources which are starting to be more, we do similar things. Engage students in learning because we open doors and windows ajar to reality. The classroom is in many cases isolated from the world where we ALL live. Project Based, Task Based, Constructivism, CLT, Critical Thinking bridge that gap. 

That's why I attach my strawberries, which are not mine, I help them grow, they are part of the Earth as I am, as you are...
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  1. Nada El-Soufi5 November 2010 at 12:45

    Hi Andrea,
    I agree with you that the classroom is isolated from the world, but with the use of the Internet, it is not the case anymore. I think your strawberries are like your students that you also help grow and mature.
    Nada

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  2. arjaanmoo6 November 2010 at 22:42

    Hi Andrea,

    Me too, I have found Gael's article....very touching since she introduced her article: I was a traditional teacher using a grammar-based curriculum along with dialogues and drills to teach English...
    As a teacher I think I have to adjust my teaching like Gael and all we here have done. I might be clumsy at the beginning with technology but I believe , for the sake of our children, I can improve myself through practice, practice, and practice.

    When I am in class, I always share my own education and life experience with them so that the students can prepare themselves for the real world by the shortcut I pave to them. Definitely, I agree with you that tasks including critical thinking can fill the gap between classrooms and real world.

    Best,
    Moo

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  3. Dhika7 November 2010 at 05:42

    Hi Andrea and all..

    The article was very touching..one project could make something different in a community..how great it was! I agree with Nada, the internet opens the world widely..

    I believe that despite the differences of the strawberries..you will be the one who help them grow and mature together...goodluck ^^

    Dhika

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  4. Andrea11 November 2010 at 17:03

    ...thank you all for those valuable comments, you have made my day today, I am again late for week 6...
    and like the strawberries we are different, should grow together but with a different result, bigger, smaller, all important anyway.

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