Throughout and after a project, it’s
important to set aside time for both yourself and your students to reflect on
their work, learning, and attitudes. Reflection allows the teacher to assess if
their learning expectations matched the students’ learning outcomes. Reflection
gives the students and teacher a chance to sum up what was learned and really
stop and think about what they did. Teachers get a chance to see how the
students felt about the project and if the project comes to an abrupt end or if
it leads the students to question and wonder about more things in the world.
There are several reasons that students need to reflect and elaborate on their projects. Reflections allow the students to look back and assess their strengths and weaknesses. It can also help them discover activities, concepts, and hobbies that they enjoy, or discover hidden talents. Reflection gets students to step back, remove themselves from the middle of the project and look at it from all angles. They can really summarize their learning and think about how much they accomplished. Good reflection questions can get students thinking about what they would like to learn next and what new questions they would like to explore.
There are multiple ways that schools can build tradition and identity as a project based learning community. Students in younger grades can be invited to events held by project based learning classes, or be told about projects by their siblings, which stirs up excitement for when they get to do the same kinds of things. Family members and the community can also be invited to play a part in the project or come celebrate the success of a project. Schools/classrooms can also build tradition and identity by creating great projects that the students are excited to show off and share with the community. Creating artifacts for the community to enjoy is a powerful way to get students excited and encourage them to produce their best work.
Showing off and celebrating the students work is very important. Celebrate the students’ ultimate success in spite of all the bumps and hiccups along the way. That’s definitely something to be proud of and gives the students a sense of pride and accomplishment. Students work can be celebrated in several ways. The teacher can display student work around the classroom, hold events to showcase their work to the community, or upload the projects to the web to show off to the world. When students know their hard work was worthwhile, important and meaningful, they will be more excited about future learning and future projects.
The contents of this chapter relate to our project because the students will be putting on a special event for the community to come out and experience. Since they know that their work will be displayed for everyone to see, they will take more pride in their work and be excited about sharing their work with others. We also need to take the time both for teacher reflection and for the students to reflect on the learning and growing that took place. Our final project will be a celebration of their success.
There are several reasons that students need to reflect and elaborate on their projects. Reflections allow the students to look back and assess their strengths and weaknesses. It can also help them discover activities, concepts, and hobbies that they enjoy, or discover hidden talents. Reflection gets students to step back, remove themselves from the middle of the project and look at it from all angles. They can really summarize their learning and think about how much they accomplished. Good reflection questions can get students thinking about what they would like to learn next and what new questions they would like to explore.
There are multiple ways that schools can build tradition and identity as a project based learning community. Students in younger grades can be invited to events held by project based learning classes, or be told about projects by their siblings, which stirs up excitement for when they get to do the same kinds of things. Family members and the community can also be invited to play a part in the project or come celebrate the success of a project. Schools/classrooms can also build tradition and identity by creating great projects that the students are excited to show off and share with the community. Creating artifacts for the community to enjoy is a powerful way to get students excited and encourage them to produce their best work.
Showing off and celebrating the students work is very important. Celebrate the students’ ultimate success in spite of all the bumps and hiccups along the way. That’s definitely something to be proud of and gives the students a sense of pride and accomplishment. Students work can be celebrated in several ways. The teacher can display student work around the classroom, hold events to showcase their work to the community, or upload the projects to the web to show off to the world. When students know their hard work was worthwhile, important and meaningful, they will be more excited about future learning and future projects.
The contents of this chapter relate to our project because the students will be putting on a special event for the community to come out and experience. Since they know that their work will be displayed for everyone to see, they will take more pride in their work and be excited about sharing their work with others. We also need to take the time both for teacher reflection and for the students to reflect on the learning and growing that took place. Our final project will be a celebration of their success.
I love how you mention that younger students can get involved in the projects of the older students! It's so true that all of the ways to build a community is also a great way to motivate students and encourage them to work harder! Awesome job!
ReplyDeleteI agree that it is important to show off and celebrate the students work. It lets your students see what they have accomplished and learned during the school year.
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