- Discuss the potential pitfalls in project design.
- Discuss the features of a good project.
- Discuss where project ideas come from.
- Discuss the steps to design a project.
- Discussion on how concepts in this chapter relate to your topic/project.
We all hope to have a successful project design but there are some pitfalls that may come with that to watch for. The first is being long on activity and short on learning outcomes. The project can be a waste of students' and your time if it is busy but reaches lower order learning aims. Another is technology layered over traditional practice. You have to make sure the project is of quality and not just a dressed up research report. Next is trivial thematic units. Thematic teaching is not necessarily project based, know the difference. Another pitfall is overly scripted with many, many steps.
A good project is loosely designed with different learning paths. It is here arid causing students to construct meaning, centered around a question, capture students' interest, realistic, and reach beyond school to involve others. It should also tap into rich data, are structured so students learn with and from each other, have them working as inquiring experts, use 21st century skills and literacies, get at learning dispositions and finally, have students learn by doing.
Good projects are everywhere and give inspiration. One can get inspiration from a tried-and-true project, projects by other teachers, news stories, contemporary issues, student questions and interests, classroom irritant and a collection of great ideas. There are four main steps to designing a project. First revisit the framework by making a final list of objectives, decide on skills to address and identify dispositions. Second is to establish evidence of understanding. Then plan the theme/challenge for students. Lastly plan your entry to the project and how you will introduce it.
These concepts relate because my group and I have to begin designing our project and this gives us the steps to do so. It also has given us the pitfalls to look out for as we design it. This gives us the push to produce a successfully designed project.
A good project is loosely designed with different learning paths. It is here arid causing students to construct meaning, centered around a question, capture students' interest, realistic, and reach beyond school to involve others. It should also tap into rich data, are structured so students learn with and from each other, have them working as inquiring experts, use 21st century skills and literacies, get at learning dispositions and finally, have students learn by doing.
Good projects are everywhere and give inspiration. One can get inspiration from a tried-and-true project, projects by other teachers, news stories, contemporary issues, student questions and interests, classroom irritant and a collection of great ideas. There are four main steps to designing a project. First revisit the framework by making a final list of objectives, decide on skills to address and identify dispositions. Second is to establish evidence of understanding. Then plan the theme/challenge for students. Lastly plan your entry to the project and how you will introduce it.
These concepts relate because my group and I have to begin designing our project and this gives us the steps to do so. It also has given us the pitfalls to look out for as we design it. This gives us the push to produce a successfully designed project.
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DeleteI wrote that it is really nice with the technology available today that we can share our ideas and see other teachers' ideas and results. If there are ideas that are effective and worked for them, it is nice that we can see some of these and implement them ourselves too as options.
It is awesome that we can share our ideas so easily nowadays. Technology is an amazing tool if we use it effectively.
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