CED 521 Class Two Reflection

In watching the George Lucas video this week, I was very impressed with the tasks that these students were completing. As a special ed teacher working with very young children, I often lose sight of the possibilities that exist for older students. In all of these activities, I saw not only the academic benefit of these projects but also the social skills that are learned through PBL. I would imagine that students who routinely participate in PBL are better equipped to meet the communication demands of the workplace than students who do not. What better way is there to teach and learn interpersonal communication?

After class, I viewed the "Pay Attention" video on TeacherTube. I found this to be a powerful video which may help to persuade some of the more technology reluctant teachers. As a younger teacher, I often find myself better understanding the student perspective of technology than the general teacher perspective of technology. While many of my co-workers are more than willing to try technology, I still find myself being an advocate for technology based learning a few times a week. Slowly, I think the majority of them are starting to come around.