Saturday, November 8, 2014

Reading Reflection 5



1.Discussion on the items that should be considered before starting a project with students.

When beginning a project, there are multiple things to take into account. First, you must gather the resources and tools necessary to achieve the learning goals. This will include people, places, and things (tools and technology) that will aid in their learning. Students need to consider ways to make their project engaging and interesting to all involved and to make it worthwhile. Next, students need to plan a project calendar with steps and milestones that will help them stay organized and on task in order to effectively complete each goal and learning target. Finally, student’s need to understand the expectations for the entire project and the learning goals that they are attempting to reach.

2. Discussion on teachers and students’ management needs.
Management is an important thing in creating and completing a project as well as many other things. Management includes everything from the different tools for communication and recourses to different methods and avenues of assessment. In order for a project to be successful, systems and strategies need to be established for all of the above to stay organized. The student’s needs to be kept in mind when determining which management techniques are important and which will help them become most successful. Another important thing to keep in mind about management is time and flow of work so that your students are consistently completing their work in a timely fashion.

3. Discuss some of the technology applications that should be considered for use in a project.
Technology is a great resource for advancing your projects. Wiki, blogs, drupal and textpattern are great online resources to allow your students to utilize. Resources such as the ones listed above allow students to search for information and then work collaboratively no matter where they are. Tools such as these allow projects to be carried out in a more time efficient manor.


Concepts in this chapter relate to our project because there are many aspects to creating a kickball event while also making it an educational experience for students. This chapter defines the process of the different stages throughout the project process, which helps you to stay organized and complete each certain task. The most important thing that this chapter explains is that technology is a great tool to utilize in a project. For ours specifically, we are utilizing South Korean kickball ideals in comparison with the USA, and we would not be able to easily find that information without the internet. Overall, this chapter outlines each step and lays out what is important to think about before and during the project process.

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