RR#6

1. Discuss how technology tools can encourage students to be reflective and evaluate their own strengths.

Technology tools can encourage students to be reflective and evaluate their own strengths by inquiring, studying, planning, evaluating, comparing, managing, creating and presenting.  Students get to try new tools and help other students. Technology tools also help the students become more experienced.

2. Describe several ways in which you can get students’ minds ready for a project.

To get students minds ready for evaluation, students should first complete a self-evaluation.  This allows students to think about their capabilities and how they can direct their own personal learning. Teachers can also discuss students thinking and processes.

3. Discuss the elements of teaching fundamentals first.

Before getting into a project the teacher should teach the knowledge and skills students need to know in order to work independently later on in the lesson or lessons.

4. Describe the important steps in preparing students for using technology in project.

Teacher should plan efficient ways to get students ready to use technology tools for learning, this may require planning ahead. Teacher should also always have a good amount of set resources available. Learning functions should also be identified.   

5. Discuss ways to promote inquiry and deep learning.

Students can pick questions and plan investigations. Later they can begin to put the plan into work. To promote inquiry and deep learning teachers should ask question starters.

6. Discussion on how concepts in this chapter relate to your topic/project.

This directly relates to my groups classroom kitchen topic. The students will have to investigate using technology for most of the project.