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Reading is Fundamental in PBL

Important article for the role reading plays in project based learning, a cornerstone of New Tech Network learning! Reading is a fundamental part of that!


Reading is Fundamental in PBL
by Andrew Larson New Tech Network
Article: click here

“One of the “Need to Knows” we get a lot in Magnify Learning PBL training sessions is, “how does one incorporate reading books into projects?” I went back and forth with this question in previous years of doing Project- Based Learning, but now I know exactly how I feel about it. Using books as content scaffolds in projects is essential. Whether literature or nonfiction, having students read a book alongside project work makes sense. Here are ten guidelines for using books in a PBL setting.”

The Peer Tutoring Model

At this year’s New Tech Conference I learned about a Peer Tutoring program that I think would be great especially for secondary schools with students that aspire to support others as tutors and mentors. It would be a great way to build morale at secondary schools across grade levels and to model what we find at university campus writing centers and math labs! Check out more about the Hillcrest High School Peer Tutoring Program at the PTRC Blog link: Peer Tutoring Program Spotlight: Hillcrest High School click here

The Peer Tutoring Model

“The program is set up to offer one to one or small group student-led after-school tutoring sessions. Program participants are students who have been identified by teachers, parents, or themselves as needing additional help or work time as well as Beta members who expressed interest in being tutors.”

My Cobra Tech Poem

After school let out last year I got the chance to reflect on how I felt about what I was learning from my colleagues about Cobra Tech Academy’s New Tech program. The poem below is what I wrote at the time going into my first year as a New Tech teacher.  Here’s to everything I’ve experienced since then. Shout out to all our Cobras at Canyon Hills! This one’s for you!

What will your child be?
What kind of plan have WE
created for them to succeed?
In New Tech young Cobras
will be introduced to a new way
of LEARNING…EARNING their way
as a life long student TURNING
the keys of understanding
how to work TOGETHER
empathetic to be BETTER
people…
and while technology
continues to shape our
world it is your child’s creativity
and innovation that will
make it MOVE…
this program is a chance to PROVE
that they can realize their dreams
in real time…no matter the challenge
or difficulties that may seem to ARISE
Cobra Tech is your child’s
chance to SHINE!

by Mr. Lee