When you
become a successful manager of digital-age projects, you touch on a combination
of skills to facilitate your student’s learning. Your students will also learn
from your example. After introducing your students to these skills they will
begin to develop their own strategies, know how to manage time, collaborate
with classmates and assess their progress. By following these skills, your
students should be able to lead themselves to maximize their learning
experience.
When
gathering resources for a certain project, it is important to look into what
inventory you will be working with and consider how specific resources could
support your project. If you aren’t able to find the supplies you need, put the
word out to other teachers around your school or throughout the parent
community. Using your class website or email will allow those people to hear
about what could be used in the classroom quickly. Community resources such as
recycling centers are also a great place to ask for anything they might donate
or need to get rid of.
Projects
of all sizes offer different opportunities to teach and reinforce good time management
skills for both the student and teacher. A good idea to help your students
manage all the work they need to do is by making a project calendar. By doing
this, students will be able to clearly see deadlines, track their own progress
and troubleshoot potential problems before they get behind. If you are planning
a project that will last several weeks, it will help to chunk bigger tasks into
smaller ones so that is more manageable. If you decide to use an online
calendar, share those calendars with parents through email so that they can
help their child stay on task and be aware of upcoming milestones
Students’
project management needs
-Systems
and tools that help them manage their time and flow of work.
-Systems
that help students manage materials and control work drafts
-Collaboration
tools
-Methods
for seeking assistance
-Ways to
get and use feedback on their work, through self-reflection, team input and teach
advice
Teachers’ project
management needs
-Tools for
communicating with students and others about the project
-Methods
for getting appropriate resources
-Systems
for managing work products
-Structures
that support a productive learning environment learning environment in which
everyone is engaged in a variety of learning tasks at the same time
-Assessment
tools and strategies
I liked that you decided to list both of the project managemnt needs for teachers and students because it makes it easy to see and compare them. Its interesting that there needs to be a strong relationship between students and teachers when it comes to projects because teachers need to be able to help their students no matter what.
ReplyDeleteIn your first paragraph I noticed that a lot of the skills you mentioned that the students will gain from their teachers successful project management are also skills that will make them a good employee one day! By working on skills like strategy building, team collaboration, time management, and assessing of their work they are preparing themselves unknowingly for the work place. Love that you pointed these skills out!
ReplyDeleteGreat job recapping sally, I really liked how you took what the author said and applied it to our own teaching future. Also how you told us about using these digital age projects will actually help children in the long run in their learning by having the students be able to lead themselves. The second section about the importance of getting the right tools for your project was well put and did a good job of recapping main point’s author made in chapter 6. Also the reference to community centers where children can go to recycle or donate would be a teaching tool I would want to use in my classroom. Finally I think you grasped the big concept that differentiating projects is important to capture not just all the material you are trying to over but also meet your student’s needs.
ReplyDeleteGreat job recapping sally, I really liked how you took what the author said and applied it to our own teaching future. Also how you told us about using these digital age projects will actually help children in the long run in their learning by having the students be able to lead themselves. The second section about the importance of getting the right tools for your project was well put and did a good job of recapping main point’s author made in chapter 6. Also the reference to community centers where children can go to recycle or donate would be a teaching tool I would want to use in my classroom. Finally I think you grasped the big concept that differentiating projects is important to capture not just all the material you are trying to over but also meet your student’s needs.
ReplyDeleteProject management is crucial when doing a project this big. Not only for the teacher but also for the students. I think it is important to have a mini-lesson on how to manage your project before you even begin the lesson. One issue with doing such a big project during school time is that not all students work at the same pace. Students will fall behind and this will create issues. Therefore, it is so important to really emphasize the importance of time management with these projects.
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