Read and Reflect chapter 6

It is good to lay ground work before starting a project with your students. Teachers should take into consideration that they need the student’s attention. Teacher should allow students to open up their imaginations, and encourage students to explore the topic for a good amount of time. Students should also be instructed to discuss the topic amongst fellow students. By spending time amongst the topic before starting a project students become engaged and focused. Teachers should instruct students to become independent with their learning, but to do so students must utilize the skills or knowledge that they already have. Students should have prior knowledge of the topic that they are working on this way they can take charge of their own learning. their are several steps when teaching students how to learn with technology some include setting up a technology play ground, tapping student skill sets, and introducing project management tools. Setting up a technology playground refers to opening up opportunities for your students so that they can learn independently instead of your direct instruction on how to use that technology. Tapping student skills sets, allows advanced students help lower level students with technology. Introducing project management tools contain journals, and daily logs are highly helpful to students. Using these tools the students are able to track their own progress on parts of a project they have worked on or completed, and what still needs to be finished. Some more steps for preparing students for technology include demonstration, relying on a technology specialist, and the thought of one size fits all or not. Being a teacher you should be comfortable with the technology, and tools your students will be using. By demonstrating how to use this technology it is beneficial to your students learning. If you as a teacher are not familiar with the technology you should ask for the assistance of a technology specialist. It is also helpful to collaborate with this specialist so that you can choose the technology that would most benefit your students. Lastly it is good to ask yourself "do all my students need to have mastered this technology?" If the students are going to be using it throughout their life then yes. This chapter helps us with our project because it is good useful information to know when understanding how we need to structure