Joe Waski's DU Masters Program Blog

EDU 782 Mid Term Blog     So far this course has been very helpful with providing different tech tools to investigate and use.  While learning about tech tools has been great, the most helpful content that I've learned was about the 4 C's of 21st Century Learning.  The 4 C's include Communication, Collaboration, Critical Thinking, and Creativity.  While the 4 C's are great to incorporate with STEAM the 4 C's can fit in with any subject and does not necessarily need to be used only with STEAM.       I can see myself incorporating the 4 C's of 21st Century Learning on a daily to weekly basis.  I like to use discovery lessons for students to discover the content that we are learning in class.  I can easily fit in the 4 C's into their collaborative group lessons. I've always had great engagement within my class from most students.  I believe by using the 4 C's weekly and in each of my group activities I will have even more engageme...

  Active Learning Padlet  Source: ViewSonic Library What is Active Learning?  This week we took a look at active learning.  Active Learning is fully engaging students by having them be part of the learning process.  Active Learning replaces lecture and teachers just giving students information to regurgitate.  Active Learning involves students engaging by thinking, discussing, investigating, and creating.  Typically, students collaborate in small or large groups working on student centered activities with the direction of their teacher.  Why use Active Learning?  I believe active leaning creates more "buy-in" by providing students more ownership in their learning process.  Active learning also reinforces important material, concepts, and skills. Active learning also provides opportunities for students to think about and talk about what they are learning, this is great for students with ELL needs. Active learning also provides opportuni...