This blog post was really interesting to read for multiple reasons. The first being that it elaborated on something teachers experience all the time, which is how to lead a class and give students the information they need without lecturing the entire time. I really liked how Shelly Wright talked about her experience in a sequential order and included difficulties as well as strengths within the lesson. I loved how she allowed students to be so independent in the project while also working collaboratively. The way she incorporated technology into this project seemed really effective. I love the idea of letting students work together and use things like google docs to build a solid document full of different research. I had never heard of using delicious to bookmark important sites. I went through the website and was amazed with how much it had to offer and I immediately thought of how I could use that in my classroom with all different age children. I like how she was able to teach the difference between primary and secondary resources and then let the students explore the web to really see the difference between the two. I could relate to Ms. Wright when she talked about figuring out her role when trying to let the students take charge. It is such a challenge to let students work together to figure out important skills and information, but when they do it can be so successful and meaningful.
What I found equally interesting as the actual blog topic was the amount of responses to her blog. People left such great feedback and suggestions. I found it really enjoyable to read through them. I watched the video someone suggested to share with her class and I found it really interesting. The video talked about how we should be encourage learning by allowing students to do things they are good as instead of restricting them. It was a great video that could lead to interesting discussions/debates.
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