Grady: Chapter 5 RR

This chapter is about time management and how it is important for both teachers and students. In order for a project to be successful, time management needs to be evident. If you don't plan out what your students will be doing ahead of time, the project can end up being more complicated than it needs to be. Being organized and having good time management skills are something both teacher and learners should become good at. Before starting a project, materials should be collected as well as resources. Having experts in the field who know a lot about the topic your students are working on is very helpful and beneficial for the students. Interacting with people who know a lot about their topic gives them insight to how the project will fall into place. As a student, it is hard to manage your time especially when you are studying several different subjects. You can help your students become more organized and improve their time management skills by providing them with an outline or calendar of dates when things are due. When students have it all laid out in front of them, they can plan ahead and know when everything is due. They can plan around these deadlines. Assessing students is a huge part of PBL. Testing students before, during, and after the project helps you as a teacher get a sense of what they knew prior, what they found out through research during, and what they gained and learned at the end of the project. This all related to our project because in order to be a good teacher, you need to have good time management skills so that you can model for your students how they should be organized and manage their time. Planning ahead of time is key for a project to be successful.