Friday, November 27, 2015
Chapter 11 Reflection
At the end of a project, it is a good idea to have students reflect back and get them thinking about goals that they may have for the next project. Have them think about what they would like to improve on such as teamwork or time management and have them set goals to achieve that. As a teacher, it is also a time for you to reflect on what you've learned; what made the project successful and things you would change or do different next time. When you think back on the project, think about what the most engaging learning activities were and think about ways you are able to incorporate those activities into another project so the students are really engaged and their attention is grabbed. The best teachers are teachers who share. Think about what valuable insights you have learned from the project that would be useful for other teachers as well. There are many different ways you are able to share those insights with others, such as existing networks that teachers go to for inspiration and ideas, creating your own project library, contributing photos of your project, creating an online archive of the projects or publishing your project. Good projects are ones that open new doors and create connections that are able to create valuable insight for other teachers and ones that are able to be built into future projects.
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Nice job reflecting on chapter 11, I think we got a lot of the same stuff from the reading like how time can be used efficiently to achieve goals your students and you have set. Also how important reflection is in planning the next lesson, I agree that the best teachers are the ones who share information to get feedback so they may improve course instruction. I also really liked how you described the qualities of what a good project should do for a child, good projects shouldn’t feel like they have come to an end instead they should give a student somewhere to go from there.
ReplyDeleteI loved the part where you said "the best teachers are teachers who share". This is so incredibly true!! It is so hard to try and do things on your own as a teacher. We are constantly needing help, but if we can find that help from a blog where a teacher has shared their experiences that would be fantastic!
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