EdTech 542 – Technology Supported Project Based Learning is an online course in which students learn how to construct instructional units using the Project Based Learning (PBL) Model. Throughout the course, students work alone or in teams in order to select and develop a PBL project for their own teaching or training. This is the PBL project I developed during this course; it’s called Ancient Greek Legacy.
Below you can see my Learning Log/Reflective journal for this course. According to the course’s instructions:
In their reflective journals, a student might keep: a to-do list, time line, questions, observations, outline for their group or individual project, list of resources, if appropriate. The reflective journal should reflect the students’ line of inquiry, new questions that arise during the process of investigation, and their thoughts on the project. The reflective journal is designed to help students organize their reflections on the project and the production process, to document students’ work and experience for self-evaluation during and at the end of the project, to provide a place for students to write questions and comments suitable for teacher response, and to help the teacher with assessment by providing additional insight in the students’ experiences. Journal entries can be prompted with specific questions posed by the teacher, loosely guided with topic suggestions, general places for student reflections, or a combination of all three.
Learning Log/Reflective Journal
10th week’s reflection [8/3 – 8/5]
Course Reflection When we started this journey I had no idea what PBL was. I have been a teacher for many years and I have conducted many projects but nothing compares to
9th Week’s Reflection [7/27 – 8/2]
Revise and Refine Our reflection this week is about the processes and procedures that will follow the conclusion of our PBL project. Although, I have not "run" a PBL project before, I suppose
8th Week’s Reflection [7/20 – 7/26]
Managing the Process / The Role of the Teacher In this week's resources I found two amazing pages one of them called "Bloomin' apps" that gathered in just one page a
6th & 7th Week’s Reflection [7/6 – 7/19]
Planning, Preparing & Scaffolding When I started this week's assignment, I was happy to read/watch about the backward planning design that I was following all along in my teaching career. After all
4th-5th Week’s Reflection [6/22 – 7/5]
Assessment Planning These two weeks involved a lot of thinking about how my PBL project should be assessed and what exactly I wanted my students to know at its completion. As
3rd Week’s Reflection [6/12 – 6/21]
Visual Project Organizer This week brought me one step closer to what a project based learning really is. I formed my project's driving question and sub questions and updated my newly
2nd Week’s Reflection [6/8 – 6/11]
A PBL Project idea This second week, we started thinking about the PBL project that we'll produce for this course. I would like it to be something useful for my Greek language
1st Week’s Reflection [5/31 – 6/7]
Project Based Learning The first week of this course was very enlightening for me! I learned a little bit about my classmates through an activity that revealed their personality and creativity!
