1. Technology is a great way to encourage students to be reflective and evaluate their own strengths. They can use blogs to reflect their learning over time on a particular topic, similar to what we're doing for our project in this class. Another technology tool the text mentions is ProfilerPRO which is an online survey tool that allows you to identify the learning characteristics of an individual and also among group members. This website allows you to create a survey that meets your needs, which is very useful in projects. SurveyMonkey and Boomerang are also websites that allow you to create your own surveys. I've used SurveyMonkey in many of my other classes and it seems to work very well for gathering data in all areas of the topic your working on.
2. To get students' minds ready for a project teachers can tap into their prior knowledge on the topic the project will cover. The KWL (Know-Wonder-Learn) is a great tool to figure out what the children know, are unsure of, and what they can learn about the topic. Another great way to open students' minds is to allow them to use their imagination and open their eyes to the possibilities within a project. Encourage your students to explore and think about the topic of the project.
3. The elements of teaching fundamentals first according to the text are to set the stage for independent inquiry. Use the KWL process to figure out what the students know and wonder, this helps them generate what they want to learn. Also it's important to share the rubric with your students to give them a road map that leads to their achievement.
4. In order to prepare your students' for using technology in their project teachers can set the technology up as a playground for learning. They can use this idea to find their own ways of solving problems. Tap student expertise by allowing students to teach others. This can be done by setting up computer stations, each with one tool students will use in their project. You can also introduce project-management tools such as a log or journal to allow students' to track their progress during the project. if you're comfortable with the tools your students will use, you can also demonstrate their use. It's okay to rely on your technology specialist for collaboration ideas as well.
5. In order to promote inquiry and deep learning teachers need to understand there is a relationship between need and opportunity, and between scarcity and abundance. Consider certain question that students' might ask and figure out how you might guide your students' to solutions. Also guide students' toward questioning by imagining what practitioners or experts might ask. It's important that teachers are committed to shaping students' interests into real inquiry, so they guide them past the superficial and factual to more meaningful research.
6. This chapter relates to our topic, Staying Healthy because it gives us ways to organize our thoughts and gain a deeper learning about how to use our information we gain throughout the project. We can take information given in the chapter for catching students' attention to create our lesson plans.
I loved how detailed your post was. I also liked that your reflection included personal experiences. The only thing I could possibly ask for is page numbers when you reference the reading. :)
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