Day+8

__ Day 8 - Discussion and Problem based Learning __
=== I really enjoyed working with Steve H. today. We found a relevant video which relates to our topic (distributive property) off YouTube or Khan videos. The idea of finding the best explanation video for the lesson at hand is to help teachers who may have forgotten concepts. It is important to have a variety of quick videos laying around from Khan videos, yourteacher.com, YouTube etc, so that you can grasp an old concepts easily. ===

We then used these videos to continue creating a lesson. This lesson included
=== Of course, I never completed this lesson, but I did manage to develop some ideas in the list mentioned above. Steve and I also developed a real world problem. I realized today how much I struggle to create real-world problems and Fermi problems. I was never really encouraged to think outside the box, so to make sure of this in my classroom, will be a challenging task. ===
 * === Starting with prior student knowledge ===
 * === Asking a variety of questions ===
 * === Directing students to reasonable explanations to questions ===
 * === Avoiding drill and memory work ===
 * === Using visuals ===
 * === Maximizing student participation during the lesson ===
 * === Incorporating simple examples as well ===