Thursday, October 16, 2014

Reflection #5: Lexie Sittsamer

Covers Chapter 5, Project Management Strategies for Teachers and Learners, of Reinventing Project-Based Learning, p. 75 to 91.

1. Discussion on the items that should be considered before starting a project with students.
  • Resources available
  • Interest(s)
  • Time available
  • Students educational needs
  • Technology
  • etc...
2. Discussion on teachers’ and students’ management needs.
  • Organizational needs
  • Effectiveness
  • Support needed
  • Outline / check box sheet
  • What is needed from others
  • etc...
3. Discuss some of the technology applications that should be considered for use in a project.
  • "tools for communicating with students and others about the project" (page 84)
  • "tools of making milestones and events visible and for notifying students when changes occur" (page 84)
  • "methods for getting resources to students" (page 84)
  • "systems for managing work products" (page 84)
  • "structures that support a productive learning environment in which teams and individuals are engaged in a variety of learning tasks at the same time" (page 84)
  • "assessment tools and strategies" (page 84)
4. Discussion on how concepts in this chapter relate to your topic/project.

Before assignment is handed out, ensure: 
  • that the project will work out
  • what is needed from others for project
  • will it be effective
  • what technology is needed
  • etc...

3 comments:

  1. I really like how you decided to bullet everything in your answers. It looks very clean and organized. I think I will start to use this strategy in my own responses.

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  2. I like how when you talked about your concepts you were able to look at how they would relate before your assignment was handed out. As well as how you pointed out that everything must be effective, we all know there are lessons that are not effective.

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  3. I liked that you talked about what you have to do before the assignment is handed out. I think it is especially important that you know the project will work before starting it.

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