What is "challenged based learning"? Before reading this article I didn't understand what educators meant by challenged based learning and it was unclear to me what they meant by the phrase. But now challenged based learning can be summed up as "what is known about the emerging learning styles of high school students and leverages the powerful new technologies that provide new opportunities to learn to provide an authentic learning process that challenges students to make a difference". This definition got me thinking about how I can use technologies in the classroom as part of my teaching future. Giving students control of their own ideas and letting them express their thoughts using their personal technologies is something that I think helps students stay engaged in the classroom and take an assignment more seriously.
While reading this article I liked the way the authors broke down the steps of challenged based learning and gave helpful resources for students to follow. Having useful resources as part of the challenged based learning would be much more effective for students, teachers, experts in the field, etc. and makes the learning more effective and validated. When talking about sustainability in the example provided in the article I remember teaching my second grade students about how recycling works, of course in a very simplistic way. Challenge based learning, if I had prior knowledge of what that meant, could have been a great way to let the students get involved in their own learning and let them come up with different ways in which to implement recycling in their lives. This article was very educational to me to read because I didn't understand the scope of challenged based learning and didn't truly realize that was even a "thing".
I know exactly what you mean, I also didn't know what CBL was before reading the paper and looking into it more. I also liked how you really connected this to the technology aspects and spent some time thinking about that. I know I didn't spend a lot of time thinking about what types of technology i could use or have i the classroom that would support CBL. Thanks for sharing your personal story about your second graders, its nice to hear about this is and what it looks like in an actual classroom setting.
ReplyDeleteI really like how you related Challenge Based Learning back to an experience you've already had and explained how you could have applied it if you'd known about it at the time. I also really liked that you talked about how letting kids have control of their own ideas and use technology to enhance what they can do with them is a great motivator and a great way to keep them engaged. Nice post!
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