The next assignments we had were very interesting to me as a future teacher because the podcasts we had to listen to was about a different kind of learning environment.The first one was called an edible schoolyard .The idea come from a restaurant owner who wanted children to have better lunchroom nutrition.I watched to video for this.The podcast and center of the environment was on a garden.The class went outside everyday for first period.The students planted,harvested,and ate from their garden.The garden experience was able to be carried into classroom learning with social studies,science,math,and many other important aspects of learning.The must important being life and social skills.
The other podcast for this assignment was called the global village.It is about another kind of learning environment that does not take place at the school though.It is on a ranch in Arkansas.It is a learning environment where American students became people from other countries poor countries like Guatemala.The students break into groups even a group of refugees.each group is given some supplies but not everything they need the refugees are given nothing.The students must barter with the other countries to get what they need to survive.They also live in housing like those people would live in.Refugees of of course get only shabby tents.The point of this experience is show the students that poverty and hunger are real.It is to make them think about the world outside of what they know and to think about how they can help.