Chapter 6 Reading Reflection

When teachers are creating a PBL assignment, teachers have to launch a project for their students. The beginning of the project is time to fill students with optimism and curiosity about their new journey.  Technology tools can be reflective for students and help them evaluate their own strengths. Blogs offer students space to reflect about what they are learning throughout the learning process. Online surveys allows you to identify the learning characteristics of students. You can uses these to identify strengths, weaknesses, interests, and use this information to guide your teaching. Online surveys can also work as a self-assessment for students to reflect on.
Before starting a project students' minds need to get ready. Project should start by tapping into students' prior knowledge. K-W-L activities are a great tool to assess prior knowledge. Teachers need yo be intentional on how they instill passion and transfer the project into the students' hands. Teachers should give students' ideas time to settle and blossom in their minds. Invite students to think about the possibilities of it before starting. Encourage students to expand on the project and discuss with their peers. Students ideas should generate interest and promote inquiry.
Teachers need to teach the fundamentals first before starting the project. Teachers need to think about teaching prerequisites and skills that students need in order to work with a degree of independence.  teachers need to set the stage for independent inquiry and share the assessment rubric with the students.
Teachers need to prepare for technology when it will be used in the classroom. Teachers need to set up a technology playground, and encourage students to teach each other about the technology while discovering it.  Teachers need to tap into students expertise and introduce project-management tools. It is also very important that teacher demonstrate the technology for the students.Teachers should rely on the technology specialist, that is why they are there. Teachers need to remember that one size does not fit all, they need to remember the usefulness of the technical skill within the project and decide how much the students need to know.
Teachers need to promote inquiry and deep learning for their students. They should be asking themselves questions throughout the project like, "Which one?" "How?" " What if?" "Should?" and "Why"
This is important in our  lesson because when we introduce a new project to students teacher need to promote inquiry and deep learning so they and understand it the best they can.