Brian Crosby's speech in Back To The Future was very interesting to me. He seem's like a great teacher who actually cares about his students and wants them to learn. What I loved most was how interactive he was with his class. He wants to show his students that science can be interesting. How he made them blog and create Wiki's for a science class was different, and I enjoyed it. My favorite part I think was when he made the students act like they were the balloon an describe what they thought what was going to happen to them as the ballon, then after the experiment, go back and write how they would have felt after the experiment.
What really made me like Brian Crosby was how he let his student Celeste who has leukemia, still feel like she was a part of his classroom. Instead of just letting her stay home and not meet any of her classmates, Brian put her on Skype and made her feel like she was apart of the classroom. To me that was a very moving and touching idea. Not all teachers would go out of their way, to make all students feel so special.
Paul Anderson:
In Anderson's video Blended learning Cycle, Anderson talks about how he has started Blended Learning in his classroom. Blended Learning is taking mobile, classroom, online learning and putting all three together. For Anderson's Blended Learning Cycle he created an acronym called "Quivers". For Anderson's "Quivers" he has six arrow's inside the quiver and just like the six arrow's he has six parts to his own learning cycle:
QUestion: To start the lesson Anderson asks a question that will grab hold of the class, so that they will be intrigued and want to pay attention.
Investigation: The next step is to start getting the students to ask questions. Help to get them thinking about what they will be learning.
Video: Anderson then show's visual aid to his students so they can see and gain more information about what they will be studying.
Elaboration: Elaboration is when the students actually go and find the answers out to their own investigations.
Review: For review Anderson sits down with each of his students individually and asks questions to see if student actually understands the lesson.
Summary quiz: The last step in Anderson's "Quivers" is the summery quiz. It's a little quiz that his students take online, so that they can review what they know.
I like Anderson's strategy. What I like most, is his "Review". The idea where you pull the student to the side, and make sure that he/she know's what they are talking about and doing, just one on one is a GREAT idea!I will definitely be using that in my classroom!
Hey Nikki Rae! This is a great blog post! I love how Mr. Crosby interacts with his students, and how he goes above and beyond to interest them in their school work. I also think that the way he includes Celeste,even though she can not attend class. That is a great way to use technology to benefit every student. My favorite think about Mr Anderson's Blended Learning idea is also his review. This makes sure that the students understand the material before they move on.
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