Cedu521: Week Three

This week I really focused on completing my lesson plan unit. When planning out my unit, which will last about ten class periods and will focus on the immigrant experience, I really took into consideration the practices presented by project-based learning, which I became more familiar with while doing my article reviews. I really am excited to put this unit into practice, especially because of the way it will allow me to further integrate technology into my classroom.

I also really liked the curriculum changes that I worked on for the group project, I think that the changes are definitely something that a school district could and should implement if they are lacking technology integration.

Cedu521: Week Two

This week I particularly enjoyed writing my first article review because it focused on project-based learning and how a specific PBL experience was implemented in an 8th grade social studies class. Being a social studies teacher myself, I found this article to be very informative and gave me implementation ideas. In addition, I feel like I can better prepare my instructional unit for this class based on ideas presented in the article. Beyond this, I really liked contemplating the level in the Bloom's Taxonomy (and the updated technology version) that my students are currently at. Reflecting on this made me a bit more aware of things that I can do to encourage higher-level thinking and technology functioning within my instruction and throughout my school overall.

CEDu521 Blog: Week One

This week I really enjoyed learning more about project-based learning. I have used PBL in my social studies classroom in the past, but the information we learned this week further confirmed its effectiveness. In addition, I had never really heard about the levels of LoTi until last week. Learning the LoTi levels really made me reflect on my own teaching and what level (s) I fall in based on the things I have my students do. As a result, I think I am more aware of the levels of LoTi and hope that this will translate into even more technology integration into my classroom.