Reading Reflection: Chapter 5

1.  Prior to starting the project with students, you must think of all that you or they will need. What materials they will need, what you will allow them to use.  Also keeping in mind the safe sites or material that they may use.  You might have to send up some guidelines or preplan to have websites they can use and are safe for your age range. Will they be required to get expert information, and who can they seek for that. Also, potential field trips that could/will be taken? Thinking through all of these prior to starting the project with students is very important for safely, functionality, and time given for the project!

2. Time management is something you need every single day in life, whether for school, work, or your family.  Setting up a project calendar with milestones is something to help them have deadlines and be sure they know when those deadlines are. It helps the students to work towards them, and the teacher to set rules and guidelines for herself and for grading. 

3.  Now a days, there are a variety of technology applications you can use for projects such as with PBL.  Such as how we use for the course, a blog.  It works well for each group member to see what is used or being done in one centralized location.  Everyone can access it, everyone can add to it, and change what they wish to!  Other examples to share would be like google docs, and wiki to name a few other examples. 

4.  Time management is important to help to teach your students and to keep up with as a teacher.  It makes things roll better for both parties involved.  As a group, we must be concious of our deadlines, not only for our own grades and participation in the project, but to make sure we are meeting them for our overall group needs within our project and the final portion of it.