Blog Post # 5

1. In the video Project Based Learning Part 1: Experiences of a Third Grade Teacher Anthony Capps is speaking about what project based learning is to him. He mentions how project based learning is not really trying to see if the students are learning what they are suppose to be learning. However, it's more about learning the content of what teachers are trying to teach in their classrooms. Teachers can combine different methods of applying project based learning within their classrooms. Students can tap into their creativity side and really get into the lesson at hand. He also stated a crucial part is going back and revising their work.
2. In the video Project Based Learning Part 2: Experiences of a Third Grade Teacher Anthony Capps talks about how excited his third graders be when they do their work. Teachers should never limit the students because they will get more out of it than we think. When students are not limited they can really express themselves and shine through their best work effort. Parents and other people involve likes project based learning because it shows real results of students actually learning and wanting to learn more.
3. In the video iCurio Anthony Capps defines iCurio as an online tool that can allow students to effectively search the web in a filtered way. It can help not just students but everybody learn how to become and remain organized on the computer which can help move things more smoothly. Students can really enjoy it because it can help them keep all their projects organized, keep them on tracked, and help them to navigate back to what they were doing before they somehow gotten interrupted by something. There is also a directory on iCurio that students of all grade levels can use and access themselves to where they need to go on the website. It is even helpful for students with disabilities as well.
4. In the video Discovery Education Anthony Capps talks about how discovery education can help students with their research. Discovery Education can be a way of having a personal expert on a particular subject in the classroom through video. The research can take students to a whole new level on what they are looking up information on for a project. Students can get the audio and visual of the subject. After watching these videos I learned that project based learning can be very fun and it's not all about doing the projects itself but it's more about learning the content within the projects. The more you let the students do and not limit them the more they can actually learn and grow. Plus students actually wants to do the work and more.