1)
Before starting a project, the teacher needs to
consider the resources available. This includes both material resources and
people. The teacher also needs to consider milestones and deadlines. Breaking
big projects into smaller pieces makes time management much easier. Team
planning must also be considered. The groups should not be set up so that only
one student ends up doing all of the work. Finally, an assessment plan needs to
be considered. Formative assessment plays a huge role here.
2)
According to pages 84 and 85 of our textbook, the
teachers management needs include things such as tools for communication,
making milestones and deadlines visible to students, getting resources to
students, managing work products, structures for a productive learning
environment, and assessment tools. Students management needs include tools to
help them manage time and work flow, systems for materials, collaboration
tools, seeking assistance, ways to get feedback, and ways to see how parts
become a whole.
3)
Some of the technology tools that should be
considered for use in a project include a wiki, which is an easily edited
webpage, a blog, which has one main author or in the case of this class, a few
main authors, and drupal and textpattern, which are both slightly more
sophisticated web spaces. Personally, I would feel the most comfortable with
using a blog.
4)
In this class, we are using a collaborative blog
for our project. By using this blog, our teacher can give us real-time feedback
and everyone in this group can access it whenever we need to. We do not have to
be at home in order to post on the blog, we can do it from anywhere that has
access to the internet which makes it really easy to connect with each other
when needed.
It is so nice, like you said in number 4, that we can post from anywhere with internet not just from home. It makes it a lot easier, especially if we decide to use this in a classroom. It would be hard to make sure each student got the exact same computer every single day.
ReplyDeleteI agree that blogs are very convenient and effective to use. I like how we can post from anywhere and not have to be at home on the computer, it's nice I can post right from my phone. I think that blogs are a great idea for teachers to use in their classroom even in elementary schools because they are easy to use and efficient.
ReplyDeleteIt is nice thought. I believe that tools can make the project more easy to deal with. Also, students are able to discover and learn more about different website that support the project.
ReplyDeletethank you