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Reflections
What went well?
- Driving question "What Makes the Good Life for You" was
appropriate for the students.
- Investigation topic evolved from the literature.
- Focus was narrowed early to King Arthur.
- Ample background information (through reading, worksheets,
videos, and other activities) prepared students to investigate the
driving question.
- During collection, organization, analysis, and interpretation of
data, students learned from one another.
- Students enjoyed learning PowerPoint while creating artifacts.
- The follow-up activity, "Life After High School," was
taken seriously by the students.
- Students enjoyed the change of pace of problem-based learning.
- The scaffolding was timely and appropriate.
What would we do differently next time?
- Because students have a tendency to "waste time," next
time we would have them keep a daily journal on their progress
throughout their independent research.
- Next time we would have students write annotated bibliographies
of the sources they used, which would help them be more selective in
their use of sources.
- We would spend more time on follow-up activities.
What advice do we have for other teachers?
- Students will have different abilities with technology, so be
patient.
- Students should see guidelines and rubrics at the beginning of
each project/activity because they know what you expect of them.
- Activities should be tied to the standards.
- The teacher should emphasize content.
- Students should be given lots of class time to work.
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