PBL+-+Post+Project+Reflection

= PBL - Project Reflection =



1**. Student Engagement ** >>
 * Bill Andersen’s Reflections on His Project **
 * 1) What was the level of student engagement during the project?
 * 2) Students had done PPT presentations in prior project. This time they did Mayan history.
 * 3) Sent students out to research the Mayan culture.
 * 4) Created google maps
 * 5) Use of technology
 * 6) Amount of gore in the topic! (content)
 * 7) Quality of literature on Latin America, books and Internet
 * 8) What key aspects of the project design or delivery contribute to the level of student engagement?
 * 9) **Project Idea ** (What reflections do you have about the overall idea for the project?
 * 10) Following the New York City SS Scope & Sequence
 * 11) Learning a lot of geography, geology as well as technology
 * 12) Time Consuming!
 * 13) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-roman; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Answering the question in the google map takes time.
 * 14) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-roman; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Accessing the google map.
 * 15) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Quality and Use of the Driving Question: **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> How does Geography, Economics, People and Key Events affect a region?
 * 16) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Initially, they didn’t understand the driving question. Economics: no, Geography: yes.
 * 17) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Where your students able to answer the driving question right away? No, took weeks for them to answer the question. Not easy to answer the question.
 * 18) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Will they be able to answer the question at the end of the project? Yes! His goal is to have them use PPTs, podcasts and google maps to explain the driving question.
 * 19) **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">What strategies did you use to maintain a focus on the driving question throughout the project? **
 * 20) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Using research questions on the Internet.
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">They have researched these questions and answered them.
 * 2) **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Do you think you would refine the driving question next time? **
 * 3) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Yes, I would define the word “geography” more specifically.
 * 4) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">They need some type of specific question to help them focus.
 * 5) **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Scope of Project **
 * 6) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Time consuming: He would make the project smaller
 * 7) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">maybe study just the Mayan calendar and incorporate math into it.
 * 8) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Or perhaps, just their religion.
 * 9) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Or group it with one group studying just religion, calendar, sacrifices, etc.
 * 10) **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Selection of Content Standards & 21st Century Skills **
 * 11) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Took them right off the Scope & Sequence
 * 12) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Students were deeply engaged in the content.
 * 13) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">He feels they covered the content standards very well.
 * 14) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Geography was the most important content standard they studied.
 * 15) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-roman; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Cities were in rain forests which generated study into role of rain forests in today’s society.
 * 16) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-roman; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The rock structure of Mayan cities was crucial.
 * 17) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">They will be able to show what they know through the end product and performance.
 * 18) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What 21st Century skills did you teach? Colaboration, presentation, critical thinking skills ALL DAY LONG?
 * 19) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-roman; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Teaching the skills of presentation: Gave them a rubric on presentation & creativity and he noticed that they duplicated them. Make sure you understand what you have put on your slide.
 * 20) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What would you add? Collaboration (double or triple up students in groups)
 * 21) **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Selection of Culminating Products & Performances **
 * 22) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How well did your culminating products and performances align with your intended outcomes?
 * 23) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-roman; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Intended Outcomes: What will students know at the end of the project? Yes, definitely. They will love presenting what they know.
 * 24) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-roman; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How authentic were the products and performances?
 * 25) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“Authentic” - presenting to an authentic audience like parents, group.
 * 26) **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Effectiveness of Entry Event **
 * 27) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How effective was the entry event?
 * 28) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-roman; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Launched right after a series of presentations on Lewis & Clarke.
 * 29) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-roman; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Based next project on the one he modeled on Lewis & Clarke
 * 30) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Did your entry event cause your students to pose questions about the topic and tasks?
 * 31) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-roman; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Definitely. We asked a lot of questions on “Who are they?”
 * 32) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-roman; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Introduced it by a lesson on the “Ball Court Game & Mayan Culture”
 * 33) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Would you make any revision to your entry event or adjust your approah when launching the project in the future?
 * 34) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-roman; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">21st Century skills - collaboration, presentation, more focus on critical thinking
 * 35) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-roman; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Content - target only a few specific topics, not all.
 * 36) **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Quality and Use of Rubrics **
 * 37) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Was the rubric clear enough? No, they have to be more specific for students to be able to use them effectively.
 * 38) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Did you use the rubric as a teaching tool?
 * 39) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-roman; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Yes, after the presentations and during the presentations. I gave them a critique and the peer group offered CONSTRUCTIVE critique. Peer group posed questions. (Ron Berger’s book)
 * 40) **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Quantity and Use of Scaffolds and Learning Activities **
 * 41) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How well did you build your students’ background knowledge for inguiry?
 * 42) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-roman; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Did you front load instruction? Yes but during the project. I wanted them to find the information for themselves first.
 * 43) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-roman; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I sued the textbook, video and students engaged in research.
 * 44) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How effective was your project “scaffolding”? To what degree did you provide the necessary amount of skill instruction?
 * 45) **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Team Work **
 * 46) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How well did the students work in groups?
 * 47) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-roman; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Students were constantly engaged in group work -- we modeled and supported their efforts to collaborate.
 * 48) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How did your selected project management strategies/structures contribute to your students’ level of success with the team work?
 * 49) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-roman; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Specific Instruction on Plagiarism: We are teaching them to understand not to plagiarize. We taught them to use “Word” and find synonyms. We saw them then teaching each other.
 * 50) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-roman; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Research Structures: Jigsaw research