Experts and Newbies: Bloggers on Project Based Learning is a blog dedicated to project based learning. The post I commented on was entitles Tell the Story: Celebrating Student Success.It
discusses the benefits of project based learning, stating that teachers
are inspired by seeing something "click" for their students, and that
using PBL, "clicks" happen more often. The blog post goes on to to tell
the story of a little girl named Sally. Sally has Asperger's and was
becoming withdrawn and much preferred solo work. But through PBL, she
was engaged and responsive to the material and her fellow classmates.
She went so far as to present their project at the local mall. PBL seems
to majorly trump the traditional lecture format.
For the next assignment, I returned again to Jennifer Ferguson's blog. I chose to comment on the post My Learning Journey of Connected Coaching.
In this post, Ferguson wrote about her process of becoming a connected
learning coach. This was a lengthy post in which she posed herself
questions of reflection and then answered them. It shows through her
writing how deeply she cares for her field and her journey as a
life-long learner. I told her this, and hope that I can remain motivated
and as self determined in my career as she is in hers.
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