Caryn
Hay
EDT
3470
4/13/12
Reflection
# 11
This chapter
begins to wrap the book up as a whole and discusses what occurs as a result of
using the project-based learning approach. Some of the results of using
project-based learning are vivid memories, souvenirs/artifacts that you have
collected throughout the process, and plenty of ideas for shaping your next
project.
The
chapter then finishes by discussing the ways you can bring your project home,
or open new doors and create connections that you can build into future designs.
Those are to capitalize on your investment, which is focusing on what it was
that made your project successful. Critique your work, have your colleagues and
yourself sit down and discuss the project as a whole to decide if this was a
good idea or there are ways you could make it better. Share your insights; you
can do this by creating a project library or sharing your idea with another
group of people. Become a resource for your colleagues; use your experience to
help teach them what they can do to be successful in their own classrooms.
Enter a contest; this gives you the chance to put some of your best work ahead.
Finally, enjoy the journey, this means whatever it is you decide to do remember
to enjoy the experience.
Being an educator and creating and implementing these project based learning lessons and units is not only a learning opportunity for our future students but we as well will still be learning through it all, even when we are in the field. Just like you stated in your reflection, when we are all finished we can collect samples, artifacts or celebrate the end of a project, but also by doing this we can see what may need adjustments for future classes and get insight from colleagues based on those results. I think that is very important because no matter what, as teachers we will always be learning and will always have room for improvement.
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