Blog Post 6

Project Based Learning Videos
Anthony Capps is a third grade teacher at a school in Baldwin County called Gulf Shores Elementary. Schools now, especially in that area, are becoming more and more involved in advanced technology and combining it with teaching with the incorporation of new computers like Mac Books. Anthony discusses how he catches his students' attention by creating fun projects for them to do and create. The goal for him with this process is for the students to meet all the context that they need to know with the lesson, it is relevant to the kids' lives, it involves the community, and as well as having them driven by contact standards to what they are suppose to know. One of the examples he gave of what he did with the students was that they wrote a letter to congressman Jo Bonner about a real life situation. Applying Project Based Learning to your classroom is a great way to get your students involved and interested.

iCurio and Discovery Education
The video that was shown was a discussion on the program called iCurio, it is a program that Baldwin County is involved in. iCurio is a search engine that is a hands on program that the students can use themselves. It allows a safe search of all kinds of online programs that blocks pages that are not appropriate for students and are filtered for education program standards. It has a storage capacity for students that is really helpful by showing students how to organize and to practice early on by using folders, etc. It is a great use for students by using iCurio. Discovery Education is another website that Anthony uses frequently in his classroom. The way it works is you can type in what you want to research and the website will link you to a video to watch and learn more about the specified subject.