Teaching with Projects - Activity 4

Planning a Publication to Explain Projects

 

40 minutes

Think about how you currently use projects or plan to use projects in your classroom. What questions might your learners, their parents, or other teachers in your school have about projects or project-based learning? How could you best answer their questions? What would you need to consider in your publication to explain projects?

 

Step 1: Planning the Publication

Considering who would benefit and what would you like to include in your publication?

Click here to open the Course Notebook which is also available in the Resources | About This Course section on the CD. You may type your responses into the document or print the Notebook and write your thoughts out by hand. The checklist is available in Module 1, Activity 4, Step 1: Planning the Publication in your Notebook.

Use the following to help you plan your publication.

  • How projects are used in my classroom
  • Various learner roles in a project and the tasks learners may complete
  • Benefits of projects
  • How projects address assessment standards
  • What learners can expect once a project is underway
  • How a project is assessed
  • How projects have been used in my classroom in the past
  • Pictures to use

 

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