Reading Reflection #11

1. Description of what occurs as a result of using the Project-based learning approach. 

When a project ends you want your students to feel like they have accomplished something big or “have been somewhere together.” At the end of the project you will have to make sure that you have become better prepared to use the technology in you lessons and your students have become more in touch with technology as well.  You should see the benefit in of communicating with others around the world and learning about their cultures along the way.  You want your students to feel as if they were just on a trip for a year.  They can tell you what they learned and what didn’t work so well in the project.

2. Discussion on ways to “bring your project home”.

The idea of “bring your project home,” is that you need to critique your work and not be afraid to compare your work to others who have done the same project.  When you compare your work to others you find things that you did not do, that you should do and things that they are doing that you do not want to do.  The chapter says that you should enter contests to get some feedback from professionals.  You have to enjoy the journey.

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

This chapter related to the whole concept of PBL. We have to look back to see what skills and benefits the students and you have gained from PBL and make sure that those skills and benefits stay with them forever. PBL gives students a different way to learn instead of the traditional way of learning.