Reflection #1: Lexie Sittsamer

1. As I begin the journey through Project-Based Learning (PBL), I need to keep in mind:

• the available technologies,
• try new techniques, 
• have dialoge with peers / others in the teaching field,
• research the newest findings,
• student based learning,
• interaction, and
• more. 

2. Overall benefits of the PBL (Project-Based Learning) approach:

• use of new technology,
• evolving ideas and ways,
• teamwork,
• ability to collaborate,
• student based learning, and
• more. 

3. Benefits to students who participate in PBL:

• team-work interaction,
• builds leadership skills,
• students learning from one another,
• working at own pace - with assigned guidelines and deadlines,
• innovative and creative freedoms, and
• more.

4. Issues that need to be considered in PBL approach:

• what guidelines need to be set,
• teacher lead or student lead,
• how information will be learned,
• how students will be measured on content, and
• more.

5. New Technology High as an example of New Technology Model:

• PBL (project-based learning),
• real-world preparing, 
• problem solving,
• small-scale,
• community building,
• communication/feedback, and
• more.