Reflection

I began this journey with questions, questions, questions.  I end this portion of the journey with many questions, yet armed with some answers.  One of the answers I have is that nothing prescribed will work completely.  I certainly understood this, but have wanted to find a way to implement project-based learning that felt 'right'/'correct'.  Ironically, I despise one-size fits all education, but was searching for the holy grail of PBL to make the messy feel more comfortable.  

If I create frameworks (length, groupings, support, resources, goals, assessments) that don't match needs of learners, address enduring understandings, etc, I have the potential to 'harm' students in some way.  That is the current that runs beneath the exciting, engaging adventures of Project-Based Learning.

Concrete Metaphor of My Current PBL Reality

Where I was at. Blech! 

Where I am, but donʼt want to stay

Ahhhh...I wonder what this

feels like?

Tidbits

Miscellaneous Project Details (that don't 'deserve' their own page)

Documentation Project:  Reality TV program of their week in HSCL (I figured this would also be a good parent communication connection for those not quite understanding our school yet.) A total flop!  Kids were going here and there with different groups and grade level projects and this never got off the ground successfully.

Real World Road Trip problem My co-facilitator and I went to visit our students at their schools.  I started in Hartland.  She started in Shorewood.  Our first stop was Racine, then St. Francis, then West Allis, and then New Berlin.  Jen had to be to Fort Atkinson by 4 pm for a funeral.  Where was the most logical place to leave my car that day.  Whoa!  This was a tough one for them.  I am geographically challenged as well, so it was beyond my comprehension!  Standards galore in this problem.