intel–module 1
I think that project based teaching will be a tremendous opportunity for both my special education and regular students, as well as for myself. As a history teacher I tend to do a lot of talking. But I love projects because kids retain information so much better when they can discover it themselves. Also, a lot of their focus is limited–they don’t have the attention span to retain a lot of facts, no matter how interesting. They need to move around. Right now we are very focused on TAKS in my classes and it is hard to find time to do projects–so that will be a challenge also.