Active Learning
Active Learning
Children are prone to be engaged in lessons and have fun most during
active learning. I am a hands on learner myself and as an adult, I enjoy active
learning! Lessons involving active learning are exciting and can be meaningful
for children and teachers. Teachers and students can build memories and
relationships through the process. Students also benefit from the interactions, instead of observing or listening to teacher lectures. Active learning is
when students are able to participate and become involved in the learning
process rather than just observing or listening to teacher lectures.
Student Feedback
In the blog, it mentioned various resources supporting active
learning activities. Some of the resources are: TodaysMeet, Audioboom, and
PicCollage. Students were encouraged to create their very own book designs
using PicCollage. They were also instructed to use audio recordings of their
reviews. Students were given the chance to explore their creativity by coming
up with their very own script and design for the book review. Students then had
the chance to share their finished work. Students were also able to provide
feedback to their peers through the use of TodaysMeet. Teachers showed students
a short presentation of what helpful feedback should look like and how could be
useful. This was done as teachers noticed the feedback submitted though
TodaysMeet was not helpful. The presentation allowed teachers to discuss the
types of feedback: nonsense, neutral and strong. Students were allowed to
practice by identifying sample feedback from their previous submissions through
TM. Students continued to work on identifying the 3 different types of feedback
by a sorting activity.
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My Experience
The school where I work at I am currently a Paraprofessional. I am able to assist in a Kindergarten classes of 30 students. These students are all unique and eager to learn new things.
Active learning really appeals their attention. In math, these students are
allowed to rotate through different centers that have various math tools, they
could experiment with. The math tools are sorted that coincide with the unit
they are learning about. These activities last for the duration of the entire
unit. When a new unit begins, new materials, tools and activities are
introduced. These active learning centers help reinforce what students are
learning and can help assist their learning as well. They are engaged and
interested as they work with other peers, with the teacher or by themselves.
Active learning is beneficial for both the students and teachers. Teachers will
notice how engaged and interested students are during these lessons. Active
learning promotes student engagement and sparks awareness in students.
Hi Carmen,
ReplyDeleteIt was great reading about how to involve students in giving feedback to other students. I was actually just talking with my co-teacher in involving teaching feedback to students in the classroom and really liked how to form it into three different categories. This sounds like a great lesson! It is great to hear of all the hands on activities that are happening in the classroom as well! Thanks for sharing :)
I love how you are able to speak to the success of active learning in a kindergarten classroom!
ReplyDeleteHi Carmen,
ReplyDeleteI liked what you said in your first paragraph about active learning opportunities lead to memories and relationships being built. When students are involved in their learning they are going to care more and feel more emotionally invested than when they are just being fed information. When I think of my favorite learning experiences as a student I remember projects that I did with classmates that we worked really hard on and had fun creating. I'm happy to hear your kindergartners are moving around during their math class. We are doing the same thing in my school with 6th-8th graders.