Project Based Learning

I loved the article "Enhanced Podcasting." The article summarizes how podcasting can be incorporated into each subject area to enhance the content. What I particularly like about podcasting is it's so versatile. Teachers can effectively use podcasts in every subject and with every age group. The possibilities are endless. I loved the storybook idea for literacy projects. I feel that by giving students a way to create a storybook, they will be so involved in their learning and that is when learning becomes meaningful. It reminds me of when Chris Lehman in the TEDxPhilly video tells the story of when his wife asked in her high school physics class why she would need to know what he was teaching. The teacher wasn't able to give her an answer beyond, you will need it to pass the test and go to college. Now, I know that this teacher was a replacement teacher for the previous physics teacher, so he may not have known how to explain it, but I still think it proves the point  that we need to make learning relevant to our students. Unless the content we are teaching is relevant, our students won't learn. Incorporating technology into the classroom is a way to make the curriculum relevant. Not only will we be teaching our students the information they need to know, but we will also be teaching them the skills they will need to function in 21st century society.