Lots of things to think about this week. First off: I love Prezi. I heard about it during my masters program and first put it to use when I had to present during an interview for my current job (they must have liked it). My district superintendent also loves Prezi and using it during all of our district meetings and when he presents at conferences. Like Malia said in her video, I like to get away from using PowerPoint. Since everyone uses it, it can get boring, plus there are so many other options. For some reason I had never considered using the Explore part of Prezi. The Explore part is such a great way to get ideas or spark interest. It had also never occurred to me to use Prezi as a timeline tool, which it is perfect for. Pete and I are using the site Dipity for our lesson plan but I can see that Prezi would work for it as well.
Lots of information in the text and in the flipped videos on inquiry and Project Based Learning (PBL). This was well timed, I was just talking to a college about PBL. After showing him the site we are going to purchases the Starter Kit book to have in our library for staff and he is excited to start using it. Putting students first seems to be what inquiry and PBL is all about. Letting their own curiosity guide their learning will keep students engaged and them giving them something to do through PBL will engage them even more.
That is great that you are buying a PBL starter kit. Will the teachers be trained in it then? Do you anticipate they will be on board?
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