Chapter 8

There are several ways to build to extend lessons beyond the classroom. Some of the ways to reach beyond the immediate classroom are to have a blog. having a blog allows a teacher to work, and share ideas with colleagues. Incorporating blogs also allows your student to be able to connect with people over vast distance so that they can experience live input and collaboration.The EAST initiative model focuses on student independent learning, project based learning, using technology as tools and collaboration with others. The model is used from lower elementary up to the higher level learning of highschool age. teachers have found that for the years this program has been implemented, it has shown a high success rate amongst educating students. A couple key points of the program is that is helps students become independent for when they head out into the real world situations.Teachers should let students lead their projects. A couple reasons that this would be effective is that it makes sure that the students understand the concepts to the point of being able to teach that subject to someone else, allows students to become comfortable with their projects, and also builds a students confidence when giving explanation.All of this summary is releveant to my project because all of the things talked about can be beneficial to use when having a class of my own. I especially find the EAST inititative model of upmost importance because it allows students to connect and become independent thinkers and to be able to take action in real world situations.