C4K Summary #2

This week I have the pleasure of summarizing two students from the Pacific region. The first, Danielle, was given an assignment that will help her gain more literacy in writing complete sentences by writing a story. Her story was accompanied by a picture of a giraffe going to get a snack on a very sunny day, which was perfectly told in her blog post. It is great that they are using different technologies to research their assignments, and Danielle posted a video to the web that was filmed, edited and posted from her computer at school. She is learning to engage her ideas and passions is a very positive, collaborative and global way.

The other student I commented on was Wiremu, and he was required to make a post for seemed like a sentence writing assignment. He attends a school in New Zealand and was able to put together a good narrative that had enough imagery in it to make me feel like I was there. He was able to write complete sentences and tell his story in such a way that kept his blog post interesting and a pleasure to read. His school is Project Based and it is working wonders for having the students meet their literacy standards at early ages. Wiremu’s blog attests to how important the use of 21st Century tools are helping students to enjoy school and embrace education more readily.

These two students are wonderful examples of what the new examples of teaching is making the classroom a much more successful platform by which to teach. They enjoy what they are doing and really seem to take being engaged with PBL-structured classrooms seriously. It is great to see that the classroom is becoming a much more interesting place to learn.



Source: Pt. England School