Reading Reflection #7

Reading Reflection #7

1.      Description of the levels of classroom discussions.The description of the levels of the classrooms are Teacher to Teacher, Student to Student, and Teacher to Student.Teacher to Teacher means that teachers collaboratively work together and take into consideration how one teacher can help others and vice versa. This allows the teachers to come together and create an environment with the students being the teacher’s main priority. Teachers are able to bounce ideas back and forth between their colleges and this plays a huge role in PBL. Student to Students means that the students can converse and question each other. They can learn from each other and once this happens there is more opportunity to students to be able to work on their communication skills. Teachers can learn a lot by listening to these conversations and should try to encourage the students to dig deeper. Teacher to Student means teacher and student communicate. The teacher monitors the students and aids in the students learning, this is what is common in the PBL classroom. This learning environment allows the teacher to really get on a personal level with each student. The teacher and student create a trusting relationship where they both learn from each other and both teach each other as well.

2.      Discussion on the questions for “checking in” on students during a project.

Procedural questions are good because you can keep track of what the children’s strengths and weaknesses are. You can also keep tract of the students’ progress, and can track

Asking teamwork questions for checking in is a great idea because you want to know how the students working and collaborating together. Also, what are you going to do if the group isn’t working equally? Asking students questions about understanding is beneficial because if the students don’t understand what you ask of them, they will be getting set up to fail. If the students don’t understand, the teacher can always clarify. You can also keep tract by keeping an eye on the students and listening to how the students act and speak. Self-Assessment are great because this lets you see exactly where your students are at. Are they where you want them to be? Are some of them advanced, or some far behind?

3.      Discussion on the benefits to students when optimizing the use of technology.

There are so many benefits to utilizing technology in the classroom. Communicating is a huge thing because once you have the internet, you can talk to anyone. You could be in Michigan in a classroom talking to a class in India, and that allows many positive learning experiences. Having podcasts be available for the students is great. If you were to record your classroom and post it, the children and their parents would always be able to keep track of what their children are missing.

4.      Discussion on the 21st-century skills that can make or break a project.

Teamwork can make or break a project. This is such a big category because it includes communicating with individuals and also working collaboratively which can be very challenging some times.

5.      Discussion on how concepts in this chapter relate to your topic/project.

This relates to our topic because all of these fall into the PBL. Everything that we have been working on like collaborating with team members, deadlines, and checking in with our group.  We are constantly working together as a team to create an amazing unit plan.