Managing the Process

July 11th, 2011

This week was interesting in terms of managing the process for PBL. In addition to constructing criticisms for the project, I had to come up with a valid defense. I also enjoyed the management of the project as a way to get the students involved. In other words the students were invited to evaluate not only the project, but the teacher.

As it goes with any project, management is a key step. Managing and refining a project becomes a deliberate science to bring a great project out of the wood work. My project is going to involve several checklists for the management process.

The students will use these checklists, a project evaluation and a teacher evaluation for the culminating activity as well as the learning itself. It provides a great opportunity for me as a teacher to understand what I’ve done well and what I could improve on.

This week really put the final pieces together to solidify what PBL is about. Allowing the most input from the students as possible. I had a fellow teacher who said to me once “whoever does the work earns the most from it.”

In project based learning the student gets the most out of the project because of the amount put into it. I’ve enjoyed the way my project is coming together and I am only a few short revisions away from having a solid project and finishing this first semester at BSU.