Blog Post #12

What I've Learned Part 2
I really like and appreciate the fact that Mr. McClung so easily admits where he has messed up and what he has had to learn. After reading what he has posted after his second year, I can see that he had to rely on some of the lessons that he learned his first. During this past year, Mr. McClung had to take what he learned about the importance of communication and apply it. Because he had already learned the importance of communication, he was able to communicate and stand up for the things that were important. He was also able to communicate with the school moms who helped him throughout the year.
After Mr. McClung's first year, he posted to never stop learning. It is evident in his second year post that he has not stopped learning. McClung had to learn new subject matter, teaching styles as well as how to engage older students. It was not immediate, Mr. McClung was able to learn what he needed in order to be a good teacher.
I feel like Mr. McClung's lesson on the Path Lest Traveled is a mix between is lessons How to Read the Crowd and Be Flexible. He had to take both of those lessons from year one in order to create the atmosphere and discussions for his class.
I believe that Mr. McClung has learned a lot throughout his two years of teaching. He is open to new things and he is not okay with being a teacher who simply lectures. Mr. McClung is continuously learning and builds on what he has learned year to year.

M-Cubed
I had never seen Fablab before, but I think it is really neat and a great tool for classrooms. It can help demonstrate shapes and allow students to learn and understand geometry. It can be very difficult to understand dimensions, area and volume using a 2 dimensional pictures, but by being able to create shapes with the Fablab students are constructing what they are learning. By the students having an actual shape that they can hold, the teacher can better explain the concepts of volume, area and space.
I would love to teach and demonstrate shapes by using the Fablab in my classroom. I know that it is probably not possible to have the fabricator;however, I think that printing the shapes out onto regular paper can be just as resourceful. Instead of the fabricator cutting out the shapes, the students would have to cut the shapes out by hand.

Print Fabricate
Creating Unique Shapes & Custom Shapes
Imagine. Design. Create. Construct.
Making Shapes with a Hole