C4T#1, posts 1 and 2

I was assigned Stories > Data to read for C4T#1. Michael Kaechelle had just attended a motivational speech to start the new school year. He is not a fan of motivational speakers. There was one topic he agreed with the speaker about, stories are greater than data.

Below is the comment I left for Mr. Kaechelle's post.

Hi! My name is Sydney Reeves. I am a junior at the University of South Alabama. I am in Dr. Strange's EDM 310 class.

I actually do like motivational speakers when they do their job right. they are supposed to get you excited about an upcoming event. But, if they don't take their job seriously, I could see where that could be a problem. What do these speakers do to make you dislike them so much?

Twitter: @sydneybreeves
Email: sydneybreeves@gmail.com
URL for class blog: http://edm310.blogspot.com/
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I was assigned How to Get Students to Own Their Learning to read for C4T#2. Mr. Kaechelle talks about how he took a project about watershed that was normally completed at the end of the year, and make it the first project of the year. He brought in two speaker from LGROW to excite and help his students learn. It required the students to work together and brain storm. They became passionate about their work and they owned it. Little did his students know, they were learning a skill they would use for the rest of their life.

Blow is the comment I left for Mr. Kaechelle's most recent post.

I love the idea of starting the school year out with this out project. Students are not in their stereotypical "groups" yet. I also like the idea of working on the project throughout the year. It gives a sense of the real world. During jobs in the world today, it may take days, weeks, months, or maybe even years to complete a task. The students also get a sense of working together, which is critical in the world we live in today. They learn that not everyone is the same, and that different people bring different ideas to the table.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this post! I could see myself using this in my classroom in a couple of years.

Twitter: @sydneybreeves
Email: sydneybreeves@gmail.com
URL for class blog: http://edm310.blogspot.com/
URL for my blog: http://reevessydneyedm310.blogspot.com/