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The notion of place-based learning makes me wonder how education could transform if all students were deeply connected to their communities and local environments. It sparks questions about how schools can better utilize local resources, histories, and ecosystems to enrich learning.

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I really connected with how the children were when they went outside. When I was in elementary I always loved going outside for class and learning more about nature.

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Place-based learning is a positive opportunity because it connects students to their local environment and community, making education more engaging and relevant. It helps students see the real-world impact of their learning, fostering a sense of responsibility and purpose. By incorporating hands-on, interdisciplinary activities, this approach builds critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Additionally, it nurtures collaboration with local experts and promotes an appreciation for cultural and ecological diversity. Ultimately, place-based learning empowers students to become active, informed participants in their communities.

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using the community with authentic learning practices give children developmentally appropriate experiences. Tracking the old pictures in current day helped give children a real connection to the community, the impact of change, and gave them new injury questions about the world around them. Taylor

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This notion of place based education makes me wonder if there is a way there could be more access to this type of education. Or why hasn't this been spread across the nation.

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I believe placed-based education is a positive educational opportunity. Having the opportunity for students to learn from their surrounding environments. This is a unique opportunity for students and not every district is so lucky.

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I connected to this place based learning idea by seeing these student connect within their community and the environment around them. I also believe in these children and the ideology that being engaged within the curriculum is a more sufficient way of learning instead of just being taught at, actually having an active way in their learning.

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I connected to place-based education's foundation of having students engage directly with their environments. I believe this would also create a sense of belonging in the classroom and assist in building relationships among the students while working together. I also connected with the importance of students understanding their roles within their community.

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The notion of place-based education makes me wonder about the different ways communities could assist in shaping education. It also makes me wonder about how the different cultures and local histories influence the curriculum.

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I believe place-based education is a positive educational opportunity because it creates a deeper connection between students and their local environments. I also think that students will be more engaged in the assignments if they are working with their community.

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Kamani Tyson

Place-based education makes me wonder what if the community or environment is unsafe for students. How would an educator incorporate place-based education?

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Kamani Tyson

I think place-based education is a positive opportunity. Looking at different ways that students learn the best method is hands-on learning. Place-based can be incorporated in many different ways as long as it ties into their community or their environment so students can learn more about their surroundings.

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Kamani Tyson

I connected with the idea that students are engaged in the lesson. Students enjoy hands-on learning. Instead of having students sit in class and listen to lectures, the teacher had students look for problems and provided them with materials to solve it. This could help students think deeper about their community.

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Place-based education makes me wonder when it is a good time to incorporate or not into teaching. If it is done too much, does it begin to lose its effect of amazement, causing students to believe it is time to slack off? And when it is the most beneficial to use, such as topics or standards, and what is a good mixture of traditional and place-based education?

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I believe that place-based education is a positive thing. Students tend to have a hard time when it comes to learning because they don't understand how it is going to be used later in their lives. Using place-based education allows the students to understand their learning does have meaning and is something connected to the world, allowing them to gain a bigger sense that it is important to learn this. Second, place-based education allows student to be in charge of their own learning. With this process, students are the ones doing the actual steps into figuring out the end goal of the learning material. This allows the student to be in charge of pacing and guiding themself in a way that in the end makes it more beneficial to that student's learning style.

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I connected with the idea that when children are being engaged within the curriculum, more information will be retained through them. Whenever it comes to learning, I tend to be more present and retain more information when I enjoy the topic I am learning. Field trips allow there to be more hands-on engagement for the students. Back in first grade, we went on a field trip to Hale Farm during the time we were talking about early Ohio life. It was hard to fully understand what the teacher was talking about when it came to life at the time until we were able to go there and physically spend a day back in time completing some of the chores required of those children at the time. I believe this would be a virtual option to include within my own classroom to help children understand hard-to-grasp ideas.

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Place-based learning makes me wonder if students are learning because they are using the environment around them or if it is because they are moving and using hands-on, real-life materials. Both can resonate with students, but it makes me wonder which part students are really learning from.

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I think place-based learning in education can be used as a positive tool. It keeps students active and engaged throughout the lesson. they can also connect the curriculum to real-life events.

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I connected with the idea that when students are engaged in what they are learning, they absorb the information quickly. The students in the video all were doing an interactive activity and were well engaged. 

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I connected with the idea that when students are engaged in what they are learning, they absorb the information quickly. The students in the video all were doing an interactive activity and were well engaged. 

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How can teachers get out to get their students involved in plant based education more often? Is there a way to put regular education that is already happening and correlate those lessons into plant based education?

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I think plant-based education is positive educational opportunity for many students as it can be very hands on. Also, students are learning about their surroundings and how things are the way they are.

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I connect with the idea that when children are connected with a curriculum they learn better. As a student who didn't like school because activities just didn't grab my attention, I appreciate the importance that students are connected.

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What connected with me the most was seeing the children enjoy their time. I remember being so excited to do things like this. It got me out the classroom, got me curious and I actually retained the information because it interested me, and it was something I could relate to since it was in my community.

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I wonder if this is funded through the schools or if this comes out of the teachers' pockets. Things like this tend to cost money so I wonder if teachers don't tend to go this way because of the cost.

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I think this is 100% a positive educational opportunity. I can't see any negatives. This allows them to learn about their community and gets them actively involved. Most students don't get this opportunity, and I think it is great because it interests them while educating them.

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What does the notion of Place-based Education make you wonder?

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What does the notion of Place-based Education make you wonder?

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I wonder if the time spent outside of a traditional classroom for Place-based Education is worth the experience and knowledge gained. Planning trips to parks and other locations can take a lot of time, and I’m not sure if the benefits of these experiences outweigh the time spent traveling. While I think it's beneficial for certain topics, I’m unsure if it’s necessary or effective for all subjects or for every class."

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Do you think place-based education is a positive or negative educational opportunity?

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Do you think place-based education is a positive or negative educational opportunity?

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Place-based education is a positive learning opportunity because it connects students with their community and environment. It makes learning more interesting and relevant by involving real-world problems and experiences. Students develop important skills like critical thinking, problem-solving, and teamwork. They also learn more about their local culture and environment, which helps them feel connected to the world around them.

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What I connect is by remembering my Washington DC field trip in 8th grade. I connected with it when we saw the battle ground of Gettysburg. The stories the tour guides would tell really made you feel a connection that you cant get when you read it out of a book. I haven't visited the 9/11 memorial but I definitely want to just to have a better understanding.

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I wonder about all of the different places you could take students worldwide. Like how the Akron students visit Stan Hywett, it makes me think where do the students in other states visit.

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I think place based learning is a super positive experience for students. It is a great opportunity for engagement and it offers hands on and interactive learning you would not be able to get from classroom activities.

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I connect to this by remembering all the different field trips I have gone on in my education. I really enjoy learning outside the classroom and it has taught me a lot about things I can't understand by reading a textbook.

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I connect to these resources by having a personal connection to it by going and learning somewhere else that isn't a classroom. Back when I was in school I learned so much by going on field trips to many different places and learning more about the topic of what we are learning. It helped me make a personal connection to it and without me knowing I was learning from it. It is super beneficial for me and other students as well. I hope that I can have access to this resource one day in my own classroom to use with my students.

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I think it is a positive learning opportunity. This helps the students learn about the world around them and have hands-on learning as well. This will help them with making personal connections and having fun as they are learning.

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I wonder if schools that do not have an outdoor place if they take their students to the park to learn. I also wonder how many tools and resources students can use to learn while doing their projects out in nature.

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Frankie Campbell:

I wonder how many different opportunities there are for place-based education. The possibilities must be endless! I wonder how many of these will be available and accessible to me as a future teacher.

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Frankie Campbell:

I think this is 100% a positive learning opportunity! Students are able to get a better grasp on real world examples, get hands on experiences, and so much more!

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Frankie Campbell:

I think place based education is such a good resource for teachers. I connect to this from our trip to Stan Hywett, I will certainly be trying to use it as a resource in my future classroom as well as other places that provide the opportunity for place based learning. I saw how I can be of use to my own students in a situation of place based learning. I think I will definitely try to do this as much as I can in my own classroom. I wonder what opportunities are out there for place-based learning.

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I connected with this as a future teacher because I can see how engaging place-based learning is, especially in teaching about their communities. Overall, I think that place-based learning is a great way to engage students in content because it relates directly to their lives, including their communities. It allows children to see their active role in solving problems within their community. The class in the video did this by providing students with problems that they are expected to solve, specifically though looking at data of wildfires in the community. I think place-based learning is an interesting way to incorporate a child's responsibilities or place within a community in their curriculum for school to attach more meaning to their learning. I wonder how this can be applied to other courses, including ELA, mathematics, science, or social studies content.

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With place based learning, it makes me wonder how the teachers connect what they did in the environment to the classroom setting. I know it said by projects, but what other things will the teachers do other than projects?

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I think place based learning is positive for education. It allows students to connect what they learn in their environment to school and daily life around them.

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In the video, I noticed the students were engaged within their environment and willing to learn about what they saw. They seemed to really enjoy and enhance what they were learning about. It seemed they were willing to apply what they learned in their environment to their classroom setting as well.

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One thing that I wonder about place-based education is if they still will take normal test. In the video it said that it is project based learning. Do they still take the state test at the end of the year?

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One thing that I wonder about place-based education is if they still will take normal test. In the video it said that it is project based learning. Do they still take the state test at the end of the year?

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Place-based education is a positive educational opportunity because it ties the environment around the student to the curriculum. The students learn to interact with their environment or community in order to create a deeper understanding of the environment. The students learn the curriculum better when they are really engaging with the curriculum. Students are interacting with real problems for them to solve using math, science, and history.  - Jordan Kovalchin 

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Place-based education is a positive educational opportunity because it ties the environment around the student to the curriculum. The students learn to interact with their environment or community in order to create a deeper understanding of the environment. The students learn the curriculum better when they are really engaging with the curriculum. Students are interacting with real problems for them to solve using math, science, and history.  - Jordan Kovalchin 

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In the video, I saw students interacting with the environment. They had engaging curriculum and used real world problems in math for the students to solve. The students went on a hiking trip that allowed them to connect to nature and then make a model of a landslide in class. - Jordan Kovalchin

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In the video, I saw students interacting with the environment. They had engaging curriculum and used real world problems in math for the students to solve. The students went on a hiking trip that allowed them to connect to nature and then make a model of a landslide in class. - Jordan Kovalchin

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Something that I wonder is how this approach could be adapted for students in urban vs. rural areas, or how to incorporate local issues like environmental concerns within the students' learning. - Gabby K

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Place-based education is a positive approach because it makes learning relevant and engaging. By focusing on students' surroundings, it creates a deeper understanding and respect for their environment. Students might see the direct application of math, science, and history in their daily lives, which can boost motivation within their learning. - Gabby K

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In the video, students learn about their local environment, history, and culture, such as Hood River's geology. This approach is important for students because it connects academic subjects to real-world places they know and interact with. - Gabby K