C4T #2

     During this comment for teachers cycle I have the privilege of reading blogs post by Mr. Delp. First, I got to watch an inspirational video Mr. Delp posted to his blog. The YouTube clip was a short documentary about a little league, first year soccer team that competes against an older second year team. The younger team never scores but remains happy and competitive despite being defeated every time. The players never complain, argue, or become frustrated. They remain motivated and optimistic anticipating to score a goal. This is the way we should educate our future students. I believe letting them learn from their failures will help them grow into independent self-motivated learners. Project Based Learning helps this initiative. Project based learning teaches students how to learn independently and correct their mistakes. It's goal it to make students lifelong learners and problem solvers. It produces skills needed in the current and future workforce. Ultimately, the younger team finally scored a goal which excited them, and if we educate our students like the soccer coach educated his team they will find solutions to their problems.
      My second comment on Mr. Delp's blog was on his "Do you Really Believe ?" post. On this blog post Mr. Delp talked about how educators must have grit when educating academically challenged students. Grit means educators must possess a stubborn attitude that every child has the potential to learn. As educators we have to hold fast to the notion that every child has the capability to learn anything. We must reward small victories because larger one will follow. I told Mr. Delp how motivating and inspirational this blog post was to educators. It should be posted to every teacher's blog in America.