tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post6906095791277953094..comments2024-03-28T05:35:07.354-04:00Comments on Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: When students own the learningLisa Nielsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07759123507185453030noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post-1356742234132700982010-12-17T18:58:23.802-05:002010-12-17T18:58:23.802-05:00Good on you for trying this! Can you see the next ...Good on you for trying this! Can you see the next step? It sounds to me as though your students are still regurgitating existing information. Can you move them on to creating new knowledge? One of my 'rules of thumb' is - if you can Google it and find the answer then someone else has already done the work. Did they actually have beetles and isopods at hand as they did this? Putting the student at the centre is very powerful learning. The New Zealand national curriculum is based on this.Robynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post-82742587078056209792010-12-06T04:47:48.170-05:002010-12-06T04:47:48.170-05:00@Anonymous,
You know, it was interesting. Usually,...@Anonymous,<br />You know, it was interesting. Usually, when I assign a specific project using a particular technology, if students don't know how to use the tech, they are full of questions directed at me. When I assigned this open-ended activity, because they knew they were in charge of it all, they put the learning on themselves and actually went online, on their own, looking for tutorials! It was truly amazing!Keith Ferrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15445369218449579074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post-29974059699930063702010-12-05T22:53:04.731-05:002010-12-05T22:53:04.731-05:00Fabulous story! However, would 4th graders know ab...Fabulous story! However, would 4th graders know about Glogster, Bitstrips, Prezi, and Scratch on their own? I suspect the high quality of the previous projects and experiences in this class laid the foundation that prepared these students to work on their own.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post-14559714322784335172010-12-05T22:07:59.161-05:002010-12-05T22:07:59.161-05:00Thanks so much for mentioning me in this post Lisa...Thanks so much for mentioning me in this post Lisa! Letting go like this is one of those moments in teaching where you get goose bumps because you can truly feel the excitement of learning taking place.Keith Ferrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15445369218449579074noreply@blogger.com