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are three levels of classroom discussion that takes place during a project.
There is teacher to teacher discussion, teacher to student discussion, and
student to student discussion. Teacher to teacher discussions can occur face to
face or through the use of technology. Teachers can discuss procedural aspects
of the project, assessments of project pieces, and much much more. Student to
student discussion involves the students discussing their learning progress.
Teachers should be aware that students may need some guidance and modeling for
how to interact with one another in discussions. Once students have gained
those skills, the teacher can stand back as bystander, being careful not to
take over conversations and stepping in as needed. Teacher to student
conversations involve providing students with on-the-spot feedback and checking
student understanding. Much of the teacher to student conversations take place
with smaller groups of students, so that the teacher can provide feedback.
As students complete their projects, there are several questions that a teacher can be asking to keep students moving forward. The questions can be procedural questions, such as Are we on schedule? Do we have the materials we need? The questions can be teamwork questions. Is your group communicating clearly and respectfully? Are all members contributing? Have you found a way to manage conflict, or do you need some help? Questions can be understanding questions. Have you thought about…? What does this mean for your project? Questions can be self-assessment questions. Is this information making sense to me? What am I learning from this information? Is there more that I can do to contribute to my group?
There are many student benefits to optimizing the use of technology. By allowing students to choose the technology that they would like to use, the students learning can be more meaningful and beneficial to their project. Limiting the students to master one technology is inhibiting. By optimizing technology, students can stay organized. The optimization of technology can result in students being able to communicate with people around the world. Through the use of technology teachers can provide instant feedback to students.
There are several 21st century skills that can make or break a project. One of the 21st century skills that students need to master is troubleshooting. In the real world, students are going to face problems and challenges. Students need to learn to deal with these challenges and analyze what’s going wrong or what can be improved. Students also need to be able to manage conflict. Managing conflict will help the students in almost all areas of their future.
The concepts from this chapter relate to our project because we need to teach students skills for troubleshooting. We can teach students how to predict areas of potential problems or challenges. Such as thinking ahead to our “Taste the World” night and thinking of ways to avoid problems. As teachers, we would need to be communicating with other teachers, because they are outside of the situation, so they can think of things we missed. We also need to be communicating with students, giving them feedback and checking of student understanding.
As students complete their projects, there are several questions that a teacher can be asking to keep students moving forward. The questions can be procedural questions, such as Are we on schedule? Do we have the materials we need? The questions can be teamwork questions. Is your group communicating clearly and respectfully? Are all members contributing? Have you found a way to manage conflict, or do you need some help? Questions can be understanding questions. Have you thought about…? What does this mean for your project? Questions can be self-assessment questions. Is this information making sense to me? What am I learning from this information? Is there more that I can do to contribute to my group?
There are many student benefits to optimizing the use of technology. By allowing students to choose the technology that they would like to use, the students learning can be more meaningful and beneficial to their project. Limiting the students to master one technology is inhibiting. By optimizing technology, students can stay organized. The optimization of technology can result in students being able to communicate with people around the world. Through the use of technology teachers can provide instant feedback to students.
There are several 21st century skills that can make or break a project. One of the 21st century skills that students need to master is troubleshooting. In the real world, students are going to face problems and challenges. Students need to learn to deal with these challenges and analyze what’s going wrong or what can be improved. Students also need to be able to manage conflict. Managing conflict will help the students in almost all areas of their future.
The concepts from this chapter relate to our project because we need to teach students skills for troubleshooting. We can teach students how to predict areas of potential problems or challenges. Such as thinking ahead to our “Taste the World” night and thinking of ways to avoid problems. As teachers, we would need to be communicating with other teachers, because they are outside of the situation, so they can think of things we missed. We also need to be communicating with students, giving them feedback and checking of student understanding.
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