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Chapter 11 Reflection

As a result of using the Project-based learning approach many doors open. You are able to create better concrete plans that make projects successful. You made a difference for your learners, they will remember there project journey. Teachers will find new ways to organize their classroom and communicate with parents. Also you were able to meet instructional goals. There are many things you can do to wrap up projects and "bring your project home," share your project idea with an existing network, such as iEARN, create a project library, turn your project into an archive on the web, or even publish your project work. Also you could enter your project in a contest giving you a chance to put your best work forward for others to see. This chapter related to my topic from the class in many ways. It taught me ways to teach better, making lesson useful and memorable for students. Also we are bringing the project home with our own projects from the class my creating a website that others can see and view our work throughout the semester.

Reading Reflection 11

As a student, the end of a successful project should leave you with vivid memories, souvenirs and artifacts you have collected along the way, and plenty of ideas for shaping your next learning adventure. Good projects open the door and create connections that you can build into future project designs. As a teacher, fostering student engagement means encouraging them to think beyond the set class time, to encourage them to continue interaction with project members, and therefore to be thinking about and constructing their own reality at any time of the day. At the end of a project, students understand project management, big picture thinking, meeting deadlines, having a global audience, and the importance of being professional. The overall end result of using the project-based learning approach is that students will become more independent and the teachers will be more prepared. 

“Bringing your project home” is simply wrapping up a project and making sure your students are proud of their hard work.  In order to “bring your project home” it’s important to capitalize on your investment, critique your work, share your insights, become a resource for your colleagues, enter a contest, and end the journey. As a teacher, we need to make sure that were aware of what our students’ skills are and acquire these skills into their projects.  It’s important to have teachers and students reflect on their project so that they can improve the project next time. Having a teacher to student relationship is important because it will emerge a stronger ability to cope with the demands of 21^st- century learning. 

The concepts in this chapter relate to what this class is all about, project-based learning. This chapter discusses the end result of a project and ways to bring the project home. In our group we are all using these concepts to bring our project home.

Reading Reflection 11

There are numerous of things that occur after a project using project-based learning. The students and instructor feel as if they have been somewhere together. They've been on a journey and it was long and worth it. But in the end it was completed. These projects will leave you and your partners with vivid memories. Even souvenirs an artifacts we have collected along the way. Along with plenty of ideas for shaping your next learning adventure.

There are ways of 'bringing your project home'.

• You can capitalize on your investment
• You can critique your own work
• Share your insight
• share by using existing networks
• create a project library
• Turn your project into an archive on the Web
• Publish your project
• Become a resource for your colleagues
• Enter a contest
• Enjoy the journey

This chapter relates to me and everyone else participating in these PBL projects. Everyone needs to understand the things that occur after the projects are done. We all need to find ways to 'bring our project home'. We each have our own way to 'bring our project home' and find a way to help others after we are done.

Reading Reflection 10

It's important to have our students take time to reflect on learning experiences. Taking time to reflect helps students feel good about their accomplishments, but more importantly makes learning really stick. Setting aside time for reflection helps students to reveal things they might not otherwise think about: what they learned, their growth as learners, and what they want to learn in projects ahead. Ask students, how was our project important to you? Ask them to reflect on their skill development. The end of a project is also a time to think about growth in learning dispositions. Give students an opportunity to reflect on ways they overcame obstacles or persisted when they work was hard. Lastly, help students think about how joyous and gratifying the learning journey can be.

Ask students to reflect and elaborate during and after a project. Ask: what does this get you wondering about next? What do you want to learn now and how do you want to go about it? Having your students reflect and elaborate will get your students involved and interested in the next steps of the project.

Most schools' identities are tired to their traditions. Some schools are sport powerhouses. My high school was known for their state champion wrestling through out my four years in high school. Other schools send students to science competitions. Think about how your class and school can establish a tradition of emeplary project work. Once you have established a tradition of excellence, students will feel its a privilege to honor the tradition with their hard work. As you reach the culmination, think about ways to showcase your project that will establish your identity as a community of learners.

Celebrate the project with your students. Show students work, put on an event, create a blog, or hold a party. Any way you do it, celebrate learning, and build you school's identity as a place where kids get to learn through projects. Displaying projects in a classroom gives students a sense of pride in their work. Have students celebrate projects from throughout the whole year. It's more meaningful than a typical class party and just as joyful and it's one last chance to anchor memories in students minds. You will learn a lot right here about what students remember and value. This will be useful as you plan for the next year.

Their are a lot of concepts in this chapter that relates to our class project. During our project we have been using a blog to reflect with other students in our class. We have also been asking our students in our projects to reflect on their project work. We are also creating a website to show off all our hard work this semester. 

Chapter 10

Taking time to do a reflection is important. It helps students feel good about their accomplishments. Also having students elaborate engraves learning, so they remember the information. As a teacher ask the students many questions about their project experiences. To elaborate as the student, "What does this get you wondering about next? What do you want to know now, and how do you want to go about it?" Schools build tradition and identity, something the school is known for. All schools share tradition and an expectation of excellence. Schools build tradition through community members and students. Celebrating learning accomplishments builds identity, show students work, hold events, create a blog, or hold a party. Concepts from this chapter relate to my project in many ways. We reflect on our work every week to remember what we have learned and also elaborate.