Blog Post #6

Anthony Capps is a former EDM 310 student who is using what he learned in the class in him classroom now. In the videos Project Based Learning Part 1 and Project Based Learning Part 2, I mainly learned that with creating effective Project Based Learning assignments, we do not need to limit our students on what they do. We need to give them the opportunity to go above and beyond what we normally expect from them. I think that limiting students can be one of the biggest mistakes that teachers make. If we limit what they can do, then we will never really be able to see their full potential.

Mr. Capps speaks of a very helpful website called iCurio. iCurio is a search engine that allows students to pull information off of the internet that is safe and filtered. Discovery Education is another website that is mentioned by Capps in one of his interviews with Dr. Strange. Discovery allows students to get the visual aspect of what they're researching. Some students are better visual learners, so this website would really help them. The four main things that come along with creating an effective PBL are:
1. Be sure that the project goes along with the lesson
2. Make sure that every part of the project goes along with your lesson plans and that each part builds onto the next
3. Plan your lesson week to week
4. Have a daily plan
If you follow all of the steps and advice from Mr. Capps, you will be well on your way to conducting an effective PBL. After all, he did learn from the best.