1. Some potential pitfalls in project design include spending a long time on activity, short time on learning outcomes, technology being layered over traditional practice, trivial thematic units, as well as being overly scripted with many, many steps.
2. Some good features of a project would be projects loosely designed with the possibility of different learning paths, generative which cause students to construct meaning, centered off of a driving question, captures the students interest through complex and compelling real-life experiences, structures so students learn with and from other students, and by the students actually doing are a few good ones.
3. Project ideas come from everywhere! Some great ideas from the chapter include: project plans developed from other teachers, contemporary issues, news stories, and student interests and questions.
4. The first step to design a project is to revisit the framework and make a final list of learning objectives. Next, you must establish evidence of understanding for what the students would know or be able to do. The third step is planning the project theme or subject. The fourth step is to plan entree into the project experience.
5. The concepts in this chapter relate greatly. We already have our project idea, but revisiting the framework of our idea and looking at our learning objectives is still very important. We want to include all our information in a clear and concise way.
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