Logan-Ch 6 RR

From the ideas listed in the book, “Reinventing Project-Based Learning”, I think using a Blog would best help and encourage students to reflect and evaluate their work.  Students will be able to see past post, what they learned, ideas that might have not been answered yet, or they can reflect and improve on a post after doing more research. I’m looking at the idea of a Blog like a running record, but also a place for your classmates can give advice or leave positive comments.

Building up excitement, recognizing prior knowledge, and relating your topic to the real world could all help the teacher get his/her students ready for a big project. From the book, I thought it was a good idea that the teacher in the example brought up the idea just for a few minutes each day before actually starting the project.  I think this method helped the students to start brainstorming ideas, even if it wasn’t necessarily on their minds, she planted the seed.

The fundamentals are a big key, we can’t assume that our students know technology and are familiar with it. Before starting their research it could be good idea to visit the library, refresh your students on how to properly their resources to get the information needed. This doesn’t have to be a boring step but could be worked into the unit as a fun activity, like an internet scavenger hunt.

This chapter will help my group and me with our unit plan because it has given us good suggestions to formulate the beginning of a project with our students.  This is information that will help us with our unit plan but also how we conduct ourselves as the facilitator of a project.