teacher findings/learnings
- Students learn better when engaged
- When given opportunities to think outside the box, students WILL - Students learn how to solve their own problems when given the opportunity - Students WILL take control of their own learning when teachers step back - When engaged in project based learning, students build character and develop better team building skills - Students WILL take time and use their energy to learn something new when they are motivated and see purpose in their learning - Students will learn if you let them - Giving students freedom to choose what they want to learn proves beneficial - The willingness to let go of curriculum outcomes and structure allows teachers to be more creative and provide more meaningful opportunities for students. This also opens the door to more students and provides a more inclusive classroom. - Students were willing to take a lot more risks while in character during the role play than when they were not. |
Student testimonials
When I started the year I never liked it I wanted it to be fun I never really liked this year now I don't want it to stop because it's so fun and cool.When we started I never knew nothing about it. But then one day a light bulb came on and i knew how to make the robot move and since then I know how to build and move a robot because it's very easy same with the drones.I wish every school could have this so every child could have this cool experience in their life like we did in our lives so they could be as cool as us. - Devin.
When we were learning how to program the drones i was really excited we had to learn how to do it by ourselves which was hard but exciting when we finally programed it without any flaws it started to get easier and easier but then we were presented with challenges over and over again we never gave up no matter how hard it was we wanted to learn it - Jolan
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When i first started building robots and programming, it was really tough to learn about moving the robots all around. So much went wrong and I was frustrated sometimes because nothing would work.After i got a hang of it I got way more done. Same with my math. In my opinion i've improved so much in my programing, math and science.
Making mistakes kinda helped me because i knew not to do it again and try something different. - Kiana |
It’s different because I find we are working together more, but we had our fights. I think this brought us closer because we understand our differences. How we don’t like to use this colour on something like other people do. And I find its different because last year we actually just learned from our books, we never actually did anything, just learned from our books. This year has been a lot funner. - Zoey
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