Reading Reflection 7

1. Preparing students for projects (147) -Know-Wonder-Learn (KWL) activity -Let students know of an upcoming project ahead of time -Post clues about it on a classroom website/twitter -Let them explore the idea of the project before its beginning -Tell them before just to "sleep on it" -"Silk Road" (149) -If the project is about a place, "fly" your students through the area so that they get to see what it looks like through something more interactive (Google Earth) than just looking at a map in their textbook. 2. Preparing students for technology used during the project -"Set up a technology playground" (153) -Allows students to self-teach how to use the technology and for tech-savvy students to teach others who can't quite grasp how they are supposed to use it. -"Introduce Project-Management Tools" (154) -Project log or journal- "...to help students track their progress toward goals" -Demonstrate (155) -"You... can always demonstrate new tools, but it might be more efficient and enduring for one of you to create a screencast that your students can watch-and watch again"