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My first instinct when watching the "How the Brain Learns" video was I want ot teach here!!!! I loved the comment made about that this school's main focus is to determine how the students learn and cater to that rather than teach them how to pass a test, BINGO!!! They had students learning how to cook who wanted to become chefs!!! Basic life skills.... sometimes our students just need that!

I agree that students do retain more and work better with project-based learning; however, until Ohio gets rid of the tests it is a little impossible to go full force project-based learning! We have been trying to incorporate some PBL into our curriculum slowly now that we have this tech grant. Of course, we don't have all of our equipment yet, so we just use computer sto do research. I agree that if a student is at the center of thier learning, then they will actually be more apt to use the knowledge that they do get. PBL is definitely the pathway to knowledge in the 21st Century.

I feel as if I get impatient with changes sometimes. And I constantly have to remind myself that all this project-based and inquiry-based learning has to be done baby steps at a time. There are lots of barriers and with time, I am sure those will be worked out! Hopefully before i retire!

I am glad "How to make a digital story" was added to our course. I have added this to my favorite URL's for future reference and to study up on how to create these more.