Chapter 6

Project Launch Implementation Strategies

When you lay the ground work for the students to use what's next? If you don't find a way to find the project seem interesting to the students then they lose interest. When the students are engaged they enjoy doing their project. The project has to have a certain interest to them. The PBL can have different types of topics but it has to be worthwhile to make the students own their own work. There are different ways in getting the students to reflect on their project. As a future educator you can generate the students progress by using a KWL chart. The KWL chart can be introduced to the classroom in the beginning before the students work on the project. The KWL chart can be then introduced close to the end when the students are almost completing their project. Project base learning does not only rely on technology to explain the topic but the students input and ideas. A computer can generate ideas from topics, facts, and other learning material, but the student must also rely on prior knowledge, interest and teamwork to complete a project. When students become engage in their ideas from the project have them reflect on what they learned. Have the students think and speak of what they want to learn. Have the students gain knowledge and appreciation to what they are discussing. The students can sometimes draw blank in the KWL chart but can reflect on what they want to know when doing their project. If you have questions written on the board of what students want to learn it can generate the students thinking skills. Students can also ask questions as to why they are doing their project, what knowledge will they gain, what interest will they get from the project and overall have the students validate their own work. Let them speak of what they learned by drawing our their ideas from group work. The students can reflect on what they do not understand from the project by asking them questions such as, "Which one, How, and What if." (pg. 108) Draw out the students interest and understanding by encouraging their learning abilities and interest from the project.