My son came home the other day and was actually talking about his school day! I was shocked because he is typically a quiet kid, and since we moved here 6 months ago it’s been hard for him. He is a different kid and likes to draw and read comic books, so when he started telling me and showing me his new class, I was excited. It was all about graphic novels, and how to put them together from story board to publishing. I thought the syllabus of the course plan looked great, it is designed to teach a multitude of things throughout the 10 week course. Very engaging for students and fun for teachers to present I would imagine.
I grabbed some of his work for the class and saw it was from a company called
Go Teach Go. I did some of my own research and saw that they do indeed have quite a few complete project based study courses available for only $30! I literally laughed out loud, I wanted to purchase one called Drawing The Line – Global Theme Park Design for myself and my son to do together. It looked really fun to research and design an actual theme park (which I love) with my son as a project together, I mean for $30 who can go wrong?
All in all this was the best thing to happen to him in this school, and in his schooling in general, in a long time. I am very pleased to see that teachers are still thinking outside the box when it comes to courses and the plans they teach. I’ll be waiting to see the outcome of their final project when it is done, before they present it to the community (that is the final course ending) which will be a great experience for him.
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