Reflection 5

Reflection #5:

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

Thoughtful preparation will benefit both you and your students and is important to consider before starting a project. Before starting a project with students you need to start by gathering resources and materials you will need. Then you need to make sure that you teach your students to become effective time managers and create a deadline. You also need to consider how the student teams will be organized and how exactly you will assess your students.

2.   Discussion on teachers’ and students’ management needs.

Teachers’ project-management needs include: tools for communicating with students and others about the project, tools for making milestones and events visible and for notifying students when changes occur, methods for obtaining resources, systems for managing work products, structures that support productive learning, and assessment tools and strategies. Students’ project-management needs include: systems and tools that help them manage time and materials for work drafts, collaboration tools, methods for seeking assistance, ways to get feedback, and ways to work iteratively and see how parts add up to the whole. Overall, teachers and students in a school who are using a learning management system can use many of its functions to help manage projects.

  

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

Some of the technology applicants that should be considered for use in a project are an assortment of Web-based applicants and services to suit the needs of your project. You can link a set of tools together in a wiki, associate them with a blog, or use a desktop application. The applications that should be considered also depend on what type of project you are doing.

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

Concepts throughout this chapter relates to our project because we are using an assortment of Web-based applications and more specifically using a blog for communicating with other teams and learning new information. Also, we are all learning management skills that will keep us organized and on task within the classroom.