RR#5

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

The items that you should be considering before starting a project with a student are things like is what you are asking as a teacher achievable and measurable? How will you be able to test that the students are learning objectives? What objects and materials will you need in order to carry out your project? How will you get these materials? Will students bring them from home? Do you have grants? How is the participants of the project? Will you need others from your school or community to assist you in your project?

Discussion on teachers’ and students’ management needs.

Teacher’s management’s needs are:

-How will you as a teacher communicate with your students?

-What methods will you use for relaying information?

-What structures will be available for a supportive learning environment?

What assessment tools will you use?

-Systems for managing systems?

               * Rubrics

Student’s management needs are:

_How will students communicate with other students or teacher? What tools will the students use when they need to collaborate together?

-System for managing self and others?

-Systems and tools that help students manage their time and flow of work

-Methods for seeking assistance

-Systems that help students manage and use feedback on their work?

Discuss some of the technology applications that should be considered for use in a project.

Some of the technology applications that I should be considering for my project are Hot Lists, GoogleDocs, this lets group members all collaborate together and work together on a project without having to do it separately. Hot lists are great tools because the students will be more controlled given the websites they are supposed to use vs. browsing the web for unknown and un-revised websites. Any app for an IPad that could be beneficial to what I am teaching. And last but not least creating a class blog so that everyone can partake in the conversation in and out of class.

Discussion on how concepts in this chapter relate to your topic/project.

This concept relates to our topic because we are all collaborating to work on a big idea. Ours is having a classroom garden and teaching the students about supply and demand so that once they harvest their vegetables the students can sell them to the Farmer’s Market. For our lesson plans we are utilizing the Hot Lists and utilizing Task stream. We are also working together using GoogleDocs because it is very convenient for a group to all be able to work on something together and all at once.