Reading Reflection #10

1.      Discussion on the importance of setting aside time for reflection.

Reflection is a very important thing, we always as teachers need to remember to include ways and opportunities for the students to get to reflect. The book does a great job discussing how important reflection is. “Taking time to reflect helps students feel good about their accomplishments, but more importantly, reflection can be the thing that makes learning really stick.” (Pg. 147)  Reflection is essential in the learning process. When you can reflect as a whole group it somehow ties everything together, and it gets children to think about things they would have never done before. So much can be missed, if you cannot come together and reflect on.

2.      Discussion on the reason students need to reflect and elaborate.

Children need to reflect because they will learn things from peers that they might not learn if they don’t reflect. Reflections bring up questions and predictions. It helps children tie everything together and is essential for learning. Reflection allows students to use their imagination and think for their selves.

3.      Discussion on how schools build tradition and identity.

Schools build tradition and identity by allowing the children to experience special or exciting things. A tradition is something that the school may be known for. For example, if your schools tradition is having a science fair that creates the identity. Another example can be the school’s sports teams.

4.      Discussion on the importance celebrating a project.

This is very important because the more excited you get over a project, the more excited the students will be. If you are not excited about something, your students won’t be.  Celebrating a project gives you and the students something to celebrate and get happy about. When doing this, you must not be scared to reach out for help. You can utilize the school community and invite parents.

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

We have been reflecting a lot during the semester. We have been reflection personally, and as a group. We are constantly having reading reflections and we are also constantly reflection to other people’s responses. This helps us think outside the box and look at things from a different point of view. In this class, it’s a tradition to create a webpages by using PBL. This ties into this project because we are discussing what it means to build traditions and the identity of this class is a technology class.