Constructivism

I have learned so much from this segment of this course. I learned that I strive for the constructivist style of teaching in my classroom - one where the student is searching for knowledge and in charge of learning, and the teacher is the facilitator. I learned about making newsletters in Microsoft Publisher - I love this program - and these newsletters will come in so handy for so many facets of running a high school classroom. I learned about making a webpage and have already begun creating a webpage which is my classroom cookbook. I have been promising for semesters that I would find a way to digitize my cookbook and this is it!! I have explored some ways of leading (or pushing) students through otherwise dry material in my classroom in a more exciting and energizing way. I think they are going to love exploring these new assignments, webquests, newsletters and rubrics. I think they will begin to think of my classroom classwork as fun and not just a way to fill time between cooking labs!!