After reading the article, I feel that it could be really beneficial for students in the classroom. I like the idea of challenge based learning in general. I feel that it allows students to creatively come up with ideas or issues that they feel passionately about and want to put action behind.
As a student myself, I have come across many issues that I feel should be addressed and aren't. Doing this project associated with the IT class for challenge based learning, I feel that I will be able to interact and pose an issue that I feel deeply about. In the classroom, students will be able to come together and create ways to show how passionate they feel about their issues. I feel that allowing students to take part in challenge based learning allows them to work on so many skills at once. It could involve anything from communication to the outside world to developing social skills by working in groups. Challenge based activities also allow for students to increase their technological skills in addition to reading and writing.
Overall, I think that the idea of challenge based learning is great, and I think that all students should be able to experience challenge based learning at least once in their academic careers!
I definitely agree with you-I think this is absolutely something that would be beneficial in the classroom! I think allowing students to express themselves creatively is important and this is something that allows them to do that as well as pursue something that they are passionate about.
ReplyDeleteI wish this was something that I got to do when I was a student still in school. I also think it is totally true that this allows students to work on many skills at once-all the more reason to incorporate this into our classrooms :)
I agree, I believe CBL should be tried in all classrooms. I am not saying that this is the only way students should accomplish thing but this would be a great way for students to dive into a topic and really feel moved by it. The skill these students will gain by trying CBL is amazing and will carry on to college. I also agree that CBL will increase students technological skills in addition to reading and writing.
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