Reflection #3

Reflection 3:

1. Discussion on what should be considered in finding the "big idea" for a project.

The "big idea" is what you want your students to get from the overall project or idea. This would be the teacher’s reflecting on the main concept that they will be teaching and want the students to learn. Making sure you set up and relate the project to the real world will really help to get children involved and working towards that one goal.

2. Discussion on the 21st century skills.

Twenty-first century skills are important and becoming more and more popular in education. Using 21^st century skills will really help the students develop new ideas and think outside the box. The project they would be working on would evolve with these skills and the higher thinking allows the students to analyze, evaluate, and create.

3. Discussion on the 21st century literacies.

There is so much for the students to learn in this category and they used the NETS-S to address the students’ creativity, communication, and collaboration in the classroom. Literacies are important and crucial for the students to learn and become more independent with their skills that they choose to incorporate.

4. Discussion on each of the essential learning functions.

-Ubiquilty:  This gives the students the opportunity to learn any time, through a lot of different tools. They are able to be mobile and learn wherever they may be.

 -Deep learning- Deeper learning allows students to really engage themselves in their work and sort the information.

-Making things visible and discussable- Using a picture to learn the information and prove that it is correct.

-Expressing ourselves, sharing ideas, building community- Sharing what they have come up with and also share and learn from others.

-Collaboration-– Allowing students to learn and teach from each other, and also expanding their own ideas.

-Research- Students usually turn towards the internet for research and they can organize and save their work as they go.

-Project Management - This helps students manage time, work, and being bale to work on it at multiple places.

-Reflection and iteration- Learning to view your own work how others may see it and give yourself feedback on what you may want to change or fix.

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

Twenty-first century skills are very important to our project because we are also using this type of technology to complete our own project. We keep learning new tools and websites that I have never even heard before, but are a great help towards our project and work skills.