Chapter 5

1.     Before starting a project, you need to consider and gather the materials you will need and use, the information your students need to know about certain technology if that is being used, and you need to think about what access your students will be able to have on the websites and to who they can get information from. Also you will need to consider how they will divide up responsibilities in a group, if they are doing group work.

2.     Teacher’s management needs:

a.     Tools for communicating with students and others about the project

b.     Tools for making milestones and events visible and for notifying students when changes occur

c.      Methods for getting resources to students

d.     Systems for managing work products

e.     Structures that support a productive learning environment in which teams and individuals are engaged in a variety of learning tasks at the same time

f.      Assessment tools and strategies:                

                                               i.     Ways to gauge whether students are working productively and accomplishing project goals

                                              ii.     Ways to assess the load balance within a team so no individuals end up doing too much or too little

                                            iii.     Ways to give just in-time feedback on student work as it develops, not just when it’s completed

Student’s management tools:

a.     Systems and tools that help them manage their time and flow of work

b.     Systems that help students manage materials and control work drafts

c.      Collaboration tools

d.     Methods for seeking assistance

e.     Ways to get and use feedback on their work, through self-reflection, team input, and teacher advice

f.      Ways to work iteratively and to see how parts add up to the whole

3.     Some technology applications are

a.     Wiki

                                               i.     An easily edited Web page.

                                              ii.     Great for developing information that flows from many to many.

b.     Blog

                                               i.     An easily edited Web page.

                                              ii.     One primary author controlling the contents.

c.      Drupal

                                               i.     Allows you to easily organize, manage and publish your content.

d.     Textpattern

                                               i.     Content management system that allows you to create, edit, and publish content.

4.     These concepts can relate to our chapter especially to the part about the blog because we have created a blog based on our topic and this where we share our thoughts and reflections.